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 nonce /ˈnɑn(t)s/
 現時,目前,當前(a.)一度發生的

 Nonce n.  The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce, i. e. for the present time.
    The miller was a stout carl for the nones.   --Chaucer.
 And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him
 A chalice for the nonce.   --Shak.
 Nonce word, “a word apparently employed only for the nonce”.
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 nonce
      n : the present occasion; "for the nonce" [syn: time being]