extra quattuor maria

extra quattuor maria (eks-tr[schwa] kwah-too-[schwa]r mar-ee-[schwa]). [Latin] Beyond the four seas; out of the kingdom of England. • The reference is to the seas surrounding Great Britain. The phrase was tradition when explaining a husband’s impossibility of access to his wife at the time of conception.

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译者Jessie，毕业于亚洲顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与能源、自然资源与利用相关的法律文件。