| 词汇 | ad infinitum |
| 词源 | ad infinitum. Latin for “to infinity, without limit,” as in this little poem by Jonathan Swift that was a favorite of President John F. Kennedy: So naturalists observe a flea Hath smaller fleas that on him prey; And these have smaller still to bite ’em, And so proceed ad infinitum. |
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