etymology

常见例句

雙語例句

• So what does all this have to do with etymology?
  那麽這一切與詞源有什麽關系呢？
• Etymology: over England; from one land to another; into Ireland.
  詞源學：越過英格蘭，從一個陸地到另一個陸地，愛爾蘭。
• So the real etymology is that it appeared, evidently as slang, in around 1700.
  真正的詞源似乎是這樣的：它作爲俚語出現在1700年左右。

原聲例句

• Theodicy is the term coined by the eighteenth-century philosopher Leibniz, and he applied this term theodicy to just that kind of philosophical sentiment that's implied by its etymology.
  斯奧迪斯是由18世紀哲學家萊佈尼玆創造的，他用斯奧迪斯這個詞指代,它的語源表達的哲學思想。
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• The etymology given in the biblical text is invented.
  聖經中的詞源根據是編造出來的。
  耶魯公開課 - 舊約導論課程節選
• The trouble with the etymology of theory and the way in which the word has been used traditionally is that sometimes it actually means practice, and then at other historical periods it means something very different from practice, something typically from which practice is derived.
  理論這個詞在詞源,和傳統的使用方法上的複襍之処在於,它有時候指的是實踐，但在特定的歷史時期,它指的是和實踐非常不同的東西，也就是實踐産生的依據。
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權威例句

• It shows definitions, pronunciation and extensive etymology—definitely an asset while reading Chekhov, or Infinite Jest.
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• The meaning of a word can be derived from its etymology or it can be assigned arbitrarily and artificially.
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• Though he is a respected linguist, this seems shaky, as so much of English etymology is famously, gloriously illogical.
  ECONOMIST: History of the net
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