etymology

常見例句

So what does all this have to do with etymology?
那么這一切與詞源有什么關(guān)系呢？
Etymology: over England; from one land to another; into Ireland.
詞源學(xué)：越過英格蘭，從一個(gè)陸地到另一個(gè)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：它作為俚語出現(xiàn)在1700年左右。

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(jì)哲學(xué)家萊布尼茲創(chuàng)造的，他用斯奧迪斯這個(gè)詞指代,它的語源表達(dá)的哲學(xué)思想。
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The etymology given in the biblical text is invented.
圣經(jīng)中的詞源根據(jù)是編造出來的。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)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(gè)詞在詞源,和傳統(tǒng)的使用方法上的復(fù)雜之處在于,它有時(shí)候指的是實(shí)踐，但在特定的歷史時(shí)期,它指的是和實(shí)踐非常不同的東西，也就是實(shí)踐產(chǎn)生的依據(jù)。
耶魯公開課 - 文學(xué)理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

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.
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