单词 | 仍旧 |
释义 | 〔urodele〕Any of various amphibians of the order Caudata, including the salamanders and newts, in which the larval tail persists in adult life.有尾目两栖动物:一种有尾目的两栖动物,包括蝾螈和水螈,特征为幼虫期的尾巴,在成年期仍旧存在〔we〕"How can we enter the professions and yet remain civilized human beings?”(Virginia Woolf)“我们怎样才能做这一行而仍旧保持文明人?”(弗吉尼亚·沃尔夫)〔presently〕An original meaning ofpresently was "at the present time; currently.” That sense is said to have disappeared from the literary language in the 17th century,but it has survived in popular usage and is widely found nowadays in literate speech and writing.Still, there is a lingering prejudice against this use.In the most recent surveythe sentenceGeneral Walters is . . . presently the United States Ambassador to the United Nations was acceptable to exactly 50 percent of the Usage Panel. presenthy 的一个原始意为“现在,目前”。 那种意义据说在17世纪时从文学性语言中消失,但在大众用法中仍旧存在并且现今广泛存在于受过教育人的口头语和书面语之中,然而反对这一用法的成见仍然存在。在最近的调查中华特士将军…最近是美利坚合众国驻联合国大使 这句话的接受率在词语惯用法小组里正好为百分之五十。 〔wastage〕"Disease and desertion still caused much greater wastage than battle"(Theodore Ropp)“疾病和荒芜仍旧导致了比战争多得多的浪费”(西奥多·罗普)〔pariah〕In the wordpariah, which can be used for anyone who is a social outcast, independent of social position,we have a reminder of a much more rigid social system,where only certain people could be pariahs.The caste system of India placed members of the pariah caste very low in society;until 1949 they were also known asuntouchables. The wordpariah, however, which we have extended in meaning, came into English from Tamil paṛaiyar, the plural of paṛaiyan, the caste name, which literally means “(hereditary) drummer"and comes from the wordpaṛai, the name of a drum used at certain festivals. The word is first recorded in English in 1613.Its use in English and its extension in use probably owe much to the close relationship that developed between Great Britain and India.Indeed, many of the British servants in India were from the pariah caste.pariah 一词能用于任何一个被社会遗弃的人, 不管他的社会地位如何,在这个词中,对我们有一个更严酷的社会体制的暗示,在这种体制下,仅仅某些特定的人才能成为被社会遗弃的人。印度的社会体制把被遗弃者的社会地位订得很低,直到1949年这些人还仍旧被称作是不可接触者 。 然而,我们已经扩展了含义的pariah 一词从泰米尔语 paraiyar 即 paraiyan 的复数转入英语中来, 字面含义是“(世袭)鼓手”,源于一种特定节日用的鼓名parai 。 1613年这个词首次在英语中有所记录。它在英文中的运用和用法的扩展可能很大程度是由于大不列颠和印度的密切关系。的确,在印度许多英国人的佣人都来自于贱民阶层〔still〕Up to or at the time indicated; yet:仍旧:到了指定的时间;仍然:〔swim〕"his brain still swimming with the effects of the last night's champagne"(Robert Smith Surtees)“昨晚的香槟仍旧让他头晕目眩”(罗伯特·史密斯·瑟蒂斯)〔embourgeoisement〕"The Soviet party, despite a new appearance of embourgeoisement, remained tightly faithful to Soviet discipline"(New York Times)“苏维埃党,尽管有资产阶级化的新表现,仍旧坚信苏维埃的纪律”(纽约时报)〔prevail〕an ancient tradition that still prevails.古代的传统仍旧盛行〔very〕 as well as by other syntactic criteria.But the status of other participles is still in flux.Some speakers accept phrases such asvery appreciated, very astonished, or very heartened, while others prefer alternatives usingvery much. What is more, some participles allow treatment as adjectives in one sense but not another:one may speak ofa very inflated reputation, for example, but not, ordinarily, of a very inflated balloon. As a result, there is no sure way to tell which participles may be modified by a barevery —syntactic tests such as the use of the participle as an attributive adjective will themselves yield different judgments for different speakers—and writers must trust their ears.When in doubt, the use ofvery much is generally the safer alternative. 也可以由其它句法标准衡量。但是其它分词的位置还仍旧在变动,一些人同意例如very appreciated, very astonished(非常欣赏的,非常惊讶的) 或者 very heartened(极受鼓舞的) 这样的词组, 而另一些人喜欢选择使very much (非常的) 这种用法。 另外,有些分词允许在某些意义上用作形容词,但不能用在其它意义上:例如一个人可以说a very inflated reputation(很好的名誉) ,但一般不说 a very inflated balloon(很鼓的气球)。 这样一来,就很难辨别哪一个分词能只用very 修饰——句法测验, 例如作为一个定语形容词的分词用法,对于不同的说话者能产生不同的判断——作者必须相信他们的耳朵。当有疑问时,very much 的用法通常是一个比较安全的选择 〔utilize〕A number of critics have remarked thatutilize is an unnecessary substitute for use. It is true that many occurrences ofutilize could be replaced by use with no loss to anything but pretentiousness, for example, in sentences such asBarbara utilized (prefer used ) questionable methods in her analysis or We hope that many commuters will continue to utilize (prefer use ) mass transit after the bridge has reopened. Bututilize can mean "to find a profitable or practical use for.” Thus the sentenceThe teachers were unable to use the new computers might mean only that the teachers were unable to turn the computers on, whereasThe teachers were unable to utilize the new computers suggests that the teachers could not find ways to employ the computers in instruction. 一些批评家认为utilize 只是 use 的一个不必要的替换词。 在许多情况下utilize 可以被 use 替代,除了矫饰的风格被去掉之外意思上没有任何减损, 例如:Barbara utilized ( used 更可取) questionable methods in her analysis(芭芭拉在她的分析中用了一些有争议的方法) 或者 We hope that many commuters will continue to utilize ( use 更可取) mass transit after the bridge has reopened(我们希望许多乘公共汽车上下班者在桥重新开通之后仍旧使用公共交通)。 但是utilize 可指“为…找到一种有益的或实用的用途”。 因而下面这句话The teachers were unable to use the new computers(老师们不会使用新电脑) ,有可能指只有这些老师不会打开计算机, 而The teachers were unable to utilize the new computers(老师不会运用新计算机) 暗示了那些老师在指导时不知道如何利用电脑 |
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