prox

IPA/pɹˈɒks/
IPA/pɹˈɑːks/

prox — 縮寫

1. a short written form used after a numbered day in old formal letters to show tha

1.縮寫C2
釋義

下月的

舊式書信中指下個月的日期

a short written form used after a numbered day in old formal letters to show that the date falls in the next month

例句

Please pay the balance by the fifteenth prox., as agreed.

請依約於下月十五日前付清餘款。

date + prox. in formal payment writing

The clerk marked the order for delivery on the third prox.

書記員把訂單標成下月三日送達。

on the third prox. after a day number

同義詞
  • next month

    the clear modern phrase used in ordinary writing and speech

  • following month

    a fuller formal phrase without the old date abbreviation

反義詞
  • inst.

    old correspondence abbreviation for the current month

  • ult.

    old correspondence abbreviation for the previous month

文法句型

the fifth prox.

dated the ninth prox.

due on the first prox.

用法筆記

Used in old-fashioned formal correspondence after a day number to mean 'of next month'. Modern English usually replaces it with 'next month' or a full calendar date.

常見錯誤

The meeting is prox.
The meeting is next month.
💡'prox.' is not a normal standalone word in modern sentences; it appears in old date formulas after a numbered day.
Please reply on prox Monday.
Please reply by the fifth prox.
💡this abbreviation is used with a numbered date, not with weekday names.