early 14c., from French sans, Old French sen, sens (with adverbial genitive) "without, except, apart, not counting," cognate with Provençal senes, Old Catalan senes, Old Spanish sen (Spanish sin), Old Italian sen, from Vulgar Latin *sene, from Latin sine "without," enlarged form of sed, se "without," from PIE root *sen(e)- "apart, separated" (see sunder). In reference to fonts, 1927, short for sans-serif.
实用例句
1. There were no potatoes so we had fish and chips sans the chips.
那时没有土豆，所以我们吃了不带薯条的炸鱼薯条。来自《权威词典》
2. The clinical effect was evaluated with BPRS, SANS and SAPS.
采用BPRS 、 SANS、SAPS和 临床疗效评定标准进行评定.来自互联网
3. NOSIE 30, SAPS, SANS and the holistic happy scale were used.
