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2011/05/27 (Fri)
1. civility noun
原句: What I really miss is the civility.
意思:
a. polite behaviour
b. remarks that are said only in order to be polite
字源: late Middle English: from Old French civilite, from Latin civilitas, from civilis ‘relating to citizens’ (from civis ‘citizen’). In early use the term denoted the state of being a citizen and hence good citizenship or orderly behaviour. The sense ‘politeness’ arose in the mid 16th cent.
例句:
a. Staff members are trained to treat customers with civility at all times.
b. She didn't waste time on civilities.
2. compromise verb
原句: We cannot compromise on security.
意思:
a. to give up some of your demands after a disagreement with sb, in order to reach an agreement
b. to do sth that is against your principles or does not reach standards that you have set
c. to bring sb/sth/yourself into danger or under suspicion, especially by acting in a way that is not very sensible
字源: late Middle English (denoting mutual consent to arbitration): from Old French compromis, from late Latin compromissum ‘a consent to arbitration’, neuter past participle of compromittere, from com- ‘together’ + promittere ‘put forth, promise’, from pro- ‘forward’ + mittere ‘send’.
例句:
a. Neither side is prepared to compromise.
b. I refuse to compromise my principles.
c. She had already compromised herself by accepting his invitation.
3. tint verb
原句: Many people tend to look at what they think was a golden age of flying with rose-colored glasses that tint their view of what service on now-defunct airlines was really like.
意思:
a. to add a small amount of colour to sth
b. to change the colour of sb's hair with a tint
字源: early 18th cent.: alteration (perhaps influenced by Italian tinta) of obsolete tinct ‘to colour, tint’, from Latin tinctus ‘dyeing’, from tingere ‘to dye or colour’.
例句:
a. She's having her eyelashes tinted.
b. Have you tinted your hair?
4. defunct adjective
原句: Many people tend to look at what they think was a golden age of flying with rose-colored glasses that tint their view of what service on now-defunct airlines was really like.
意思: no longer existing, operating or being used
字源: mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘deceased’): from Latin defunctus ‘dead’, past participle of defungi ‘carry out, finish’, from de- (expressing reversal) + fungi ‘perform’.
例句: He wrote for the now defunct newspaper, the Daily Correspondent.
5. nostalgia noun [uncountable]
原句: Nostalgia is always wonderful.
意思: a feeling of sadness mixed with pleasure and affection when you think of happy times in the past
字源: late 18th cent. (in the sense ‘acute homesickness’): modern Latin (translating German Heimweh ‘homesickness’), from Greek nostos ‘return home’ + algos ‘pain’.
例句: She is filled with nostalgia for her own college days.
原句: What I really miss is the civility.
意思:
a. polite behaviour
b. remarks that are said only in order to be polite
字源: late Middle English: from Old French civilite, from Latin civilitas, from civilis ‘relating to citizens’ (from civis ‘citizen’). In early use the term denoted the state of being a citizen and hence good citizenship or orderly behaviour. The sense ‘politeness’ arose in the mid 16th cent.
例句:
a. Staff members are trained to treat customers with civility at all times.
b. She didn't waste time on civilities.
2. compromise verb
原句: We cannot compromise on security.
意思:
a. to give up some of your demands after a disagreement with sb, in order to reach an agreement
b. to do sth that is against your principles or does not reach standards that you have set
c. to bring sb/sth/yourself into danger or under suspicion, especially by acting in a way that is not very sensible
字源: late Middle English (denoting mutual consent to arbitration): from Old French compromis, from late Latin compromissum ‘a consent to arbitration’, neuter past participle of compromittere, from com- ‘together’ + promittere ‘put forth, promise’, from pro- ‘forward’ + mittere ‘send’.
例句:
a. Neither side is prepared to compromise.
b. I refuse to compromise my principles.
c. She had already compromised herself by accepting his invitation.
3. tint verb
原句: Many people tend to look at what they think was a golden age of flying with rose-colored glasses that tint their view of what service on now-defunct airlines was really like.
意思:
a. to add a small amount of colour to sth
b. to change the colour of sb's hair with a tint
字源: early 18th cent.: alteration (perhaps influenced by Italian tinta) of obsolete tinct ‘to colour, tint’, from Latin tinctus ‘dyeing’, from tingere ‘to dye or colour’.
例句:
a. She's having her eyelashes tinted.
b. Have you tinted your hair?
4. defunct adjective
原句: Many people tend to look at what they think was a golden age of flying with rose-colored glasses that tint their view of what service on now-defunct airlines was really like.
意思: no longer existing, operating or being used
字源: mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘deceased’): from Latin defunctus ‘dead’, past participle of defungi ‘carry out, finish’, from de- (expressing reversal) + fungi ‘perform’.
例句: He wrote for the now defunct newspaper, the Daily Correspondent.
5. nostalgia noun [uncountable]
原句: Nostalgia is always wonderful.
意思: a feeling of sadness mixed with pleasure and affection when you think of happy times in the past
字源: late 18th cent. (in the sense ‘acute homesickness’): modern Latin (translating German Heimweh ‘homesickness’), from Greek nostos ‘return home’ + algos ‘pain’.
例句: She is filled with nostalgia for her own college days.
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