qua

英 [kweɪ] 美 [kweɪ]

• prep. 作为；以之 ... 身份或资格

例句

用作介词 (prep.)

1. Qua literature the work is negligible.
   就文学本身而论，这本著作不是很重要。
2. Money, qua money, cannot provide happiness.
   钱本身不能给人以快乐。
3. He did it not qua father, but qua judge.
   他不是用父亲身份而是用法官身份处理此事的。
4. Patience is a sine qua non for a good teacher.
   做个优秀教师必不可少的条件是要有耐心。

经典引文

• Qua phonetician, de Saussure has no interest in making precise the notion of species.

  出自：Word

• Wayland Ogilvie's dissatisfaction with the pictures qua pictures.

  出自： S. Brett

词汇搭配

• sine qua non 必要条件
• causa sine qua non [拉]必要条件, 不...