echo.xiao:
【Echo20180425Day8詞匯分享】
consign[k?n'sa?n]
【解詞】
mid-15c. (implied in consigned), "to ratify or certify by a sign or seal," from Middle French consigner (15c.) and directly from Latin consignare "to seal, register," originally "to mark with a sign," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + signare "to sign, mark," from signum "identifying mark, sign" (see sign (n.)).
Meaning "deliver into the possession of another" is from 1520s. Specific commercial sense "to transmit to another in trust for sale or custody" is from 1650s. Related: Consignee; consignor.
來(lái)源于古法語(yǔ)“consigner”以及拉丁語(yǔ)“consignare”。
【釋義】
V.
- To consign something or someone to a place or situation where they will be forgotten or do
not want to be means to put them there.
棄置 (某物于某處或某境地); 發(fā)落 (某人于某處或某境地)
同義詞:put away, commit, deposit, relegate - to send or deliver goods to someone, usually someone who has bought them 托運(yùn)
【字典例句】
1.It was time to consign his bat and glove to the cupboard.
2.It seemed that the custom of riding side-saddle would be consigned to history.
3.Those who refuse to change with the times will soon be consigned to history.
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固定搭配:consign...to...
凝鏡君:
【林淑君20180425Day17詞匯分享】
【同義詞辨析】absurd相速, ridiculous柜候, silly都有“患蠢踊跟,可笑的意思乘盼。
absurd 荒謬的筝蚕,可笑的货葬,指因不符含常識(shí)财搁、違反真理或不合邏輯而令人發(fā)笑。
【辨析】If you say that something is absurd, you are criticizing it because you think that it is ridiculous or that it does not make sense.
【例證】There was an absurd idea that the earth was fat and motionless過(guò)去曾經(jīng)有一種荒謬的觀點(diǎn)認(rèn)為地球呈扁平狀而且靜止不動(dòng)慕购。
ridiculous 荒唐可笑的聊疲,指因?yàn)樗济翢o(wú)知而令人發(fā)笑并成為笑柄,含有蔑視成分沪悲。
【辨析】If you say that something or someone is ridiculous, you mean that they are very foolish.
【例證】It is ridiculous to judge a foreign culture only by its food获洲。僅僅根據(jù)一個(gè)國(guó)家的飲食來(lái)評(píng)價(jià)該國(guó)家的文化是荒唐可笑的。
silly愚蠢的殿如,傻的贡珊,指由于單純或者頭腦簡(jiǎn)單而顯得愚蠢。
【辨析】showing a lack of thought, understanding or judgement
【例證】a silly little boy傻小子
素誼:
【Susie20180425Day8詞匯分享】
bug /b?g/
【釋義/字典例句】
cn.
- (informal) an illness that people catch very easily from each other but is not very serious小采婺佟门岔;輕微的傳染病
He'd just recovered from a flu bug.
1)搭配:catch/pick up/get a bug
I picked up a bug last weekend.
2)搭配:tummy/stomach bug (=illness affecting your stomach)
He’s off work with a stomach bug. - (especially American English) a small insect小蟲(chóng);臭蟲(chóng)
I observed small creatures: ants, bugs, moths, worms, all working their ways, digging in and out of the soil. - a fault in the system of instructions that operates a computer(計(jì)算機(jī)程序中的)漏洞烤送,錯(cuò)誤寒随,故障
He installed a firewall to protect against hackers, a virus protection program to stop online bugs. - a small piece of electronic equipment for listening secretly to other people’s conversations(微型)竊聽(tīng)器
And it was then that agent had to install a bug with microphones inside the mayor's office. - (informal) a sudden strong interest in doing something(對(duì)…的)熱衷,迷戀
搭配:the travel/sailing etc bug
They caught the sailing bug.
vt. (bugging, bugged)
- (informal) to annoy someone 使煩惱帮坚;使厭煩
It just bugs me that I have to work so many extra hours for no extra money. - to put a bug (=small piece of electronic equipment) somewhere secretly in order to listen to conversations 裝竊聽(tīng)器
The telephone was bugged, and most of the rooms had mini microphones hidden under furniture and behind pictures.
收獲:最近在看的一本小說(shuō)里面總是出現(xiàn)bug牢裳,而且是做動(dòng)詞使用。當(dāng)時(shí)根據(jù)語(yǔ)境叶沛,想著bug有蟲(chóng)子的意思,或許這個(gè)動(dòng)詞有令人討厭的意思吧忘朝。然后就查了一下灰署,原來(lái)bug有那么多意思。
pei:
【黎佩婷20180425Day15詞匯分享】
sedative
【解詞】來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)sedativus"calming, allaying,"
【釋義】
n.
a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
【例句】The plant acts as a sedative in treating neuralgia.
這種植物被用作治療神經(jīng)痛時(shí)的鎮(zhèn)靜藥。
【造句】Sedative is usually used to make patients clam by doctor.
adj.
tending to soothe or tranquilize
【例句】This is feeling a bit sluggish, which is a common side effect; the sedative's effects may be.
這是感覺(jué)有點(diǎn)遲緩溉箕,這是一種常見(jiàn)的副作用晦墙;鎮(zhèn)靜的影響可能是。
【造句】Sedative effect hasn't disappeared for two hours.
沉潛一念:
【朱希娟20180425Day7詞匯分享】
propaganda
【詞源】
New Latin, from "Congregatio de propaganda fide". Congregation for propagating the faith. Its first known use happened in 1718.
【詞義-搭配-例句】
- n. uncountable. (usually disapproving)information which is false or which emphasizes just one part of a situation, used by a government or a political group to make people agree with them.宣傳,鼓吹(通常指政府或政黨為影響輿論而采用的)
eg: the spreading of political propaganda
The party adopted an aggressive propaganda campaign against its rivals.
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之前經(jīng)常跟agenda 搞混肴茄,理清就清楚了晌畅。
李洪彬:
【Ben20180425Day8詞匯分享】
coalition /k??.?'l??.?n/
【解詞】coalition是coalesce的名詞形式,co- (同com-) "together" 寡痰,-alesc "to grow up" 抗楔,直譯可以理解為,“一起成長(zhǎng)”拦坠,延伸出的coalesce的意思是“結(jié)合连躏,聯(lián)合”。
其中贞滨,alesc這個(gè)詞根也出現(xiàn)在adolescent里入热,說(shuō)明coalition,coalesce跟adolescent是同源的晓铆。
【釋義】
1勺良、Coalition is the act of two or more groups joining together 聯(lián)合;結(jié)合骄噪;聯(lián)盟
2尚困、A coalition is a group consisting of people from different political or social groups who are co-operating to achieve a particular aim. (政黨、社團(tuán)等的)同盟腰池,聯(lián)盟
3尾组、A coalition is a government consisting of people from two or more political parties. 聯(lián)合政府
【搭配】
1、與形容詞的搭配:
strong/loose/broad/broad-based/international/multilateral coalition示弓;
a majority/minority/grand coalition of...
centre-left/centre-right/conservative/left-wing/liberal/progressive/radical/right-wing/two-party/bipartisan/ruling coalition
2讳侨、與動(dòng)詞的搭配:
assemble/build/create/forge/form/organize/put together + coalition
coalition + break up/collapse/fall/fall apart
3、與名詞的搭配:
coalition government/member/partner/party/spokesman/forces/troops
4奏属、短語(yǔ):
in (a/the) coalition, coalition between, coalition of, coalition with
【例句】
1.They didn't rule out coalition with the Social Democrats. 他們不排除與社會(huì)民主黨人結(jié)盟的可能性跨跨。
2.a coalition of environmental and consumer groups 環(huán)境保護(hù)和消費(fèi)者團(tuán)體的聯(lián)盟
3.Since June the country has had a coalition government... 從6月份起,該國(guó)一直由一個(gè)聯(lián)合政府執(zhí)掌政權(quán)囱皿。
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從三個(gè)詞義的不同來(lái)看勇婴,顯然一個(gè)比一個(gè)具象。從中也感受到了一個(gè)單詞的詞義演變過(guò)程會(huì)隨著使用情景的變化而呈現(xiàn)不一樣的圖像嘱腥。
例如耕渴,對(duì)于coalition,它的詞義鏈條是:
“一起成長(zhǎng)”->結(jié)合齿兔、聯(lián)合->(多個(gè)團(tuán)體結(jié)合的)聯(lián)合體->(政治的場(chǎng)景下的)聯(lián)合政府橱脸。