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qua

preposition
🔊/kweɪ/, 🔊/kwɑː/
🔊/kweɪ/, 🔊/kwɑː/
(from Latin, formal)
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  1. as something; in the role of something作为；以…身份
    • The soldier acted qua soldier, not as a human being.那名士兵当时以军人的身份行事，而不是以一般人的身份。🔊🔊
    see also sine qua non
    Word OriginLatin, ablative feminine singular of qui ‘who’.