| 单词 | 好消息 |
| 释义 | 〔Haven〕American writer and editor noted for her moralistic stories and books, includingNo Such Word as Fail (1852) and The Good Report (1867). 海文，埃米莉·布雷德利·尼尔：(1827-1863) 以说教性的故事和书籍闻名的美国作家和编辑，作品包括《没有失败这个词》 （1852年）和 《好消息》 （1867年） 〔evangel〕from Greek euangelion [good news] 源自 希腊语 euangelion [福音，佳音，好消息] 〔news〕just heard the good news;刚听到好消息；〔news〕If you take the first letters of the directions North, East, West, and South,it is true that you have the letters of the wordnews, but it is not true that you have the etymology ofnews, contrary to what has often been thought. The history of the word is much less clever than this and not at all unexpected.News is simply the plural of the noun new, which we use, for example, in the adage "Out with the old, in with the new.”The first recorded user of this plural to mean "tidings" may have been James I of Scotland;a work possibly written by him around 1437 contains the words "Awak . . . I bring The [thee] newis [news] glad.”It is pleasant to see that the first news was good.However, his descendant James I of England is the first person recorded (1616) to have said"No newis is better than evill newis,”or as we would put it, "No news is good news.”如果你取北、东、西、南四个单词各自的首字母，就得到单词news 的所有字母， 但是这并非news 的出处。 这个词的历史远比这巧妙且不是完全不可想象的。News 是名词 new 的复数形式， 举例来说，我们在谚语“旧的去了，新的来了”中使用了这个词。关于把这个词的复数作为“音讯”来用的最早记录是苏格兰的詹姆士一世，在他写的一本约1437年的书里有这样的话语“阿瓦克……，我给你带来好消息，”看到第一条是好消息是很让人高兴的。然而，他的后代英格兰的詹姆士一世却是记载(1616年）最先说出下面的话的人：“没有消息比坏消息好”或者如我们所说的“没有消息就是好消息”〔pep〕The good news pepped him up.好消息使他振奋起来〔load〕Good news took a load off my mind.这个好消息卸去了我心头的重担〔good〕a good experience; good news from the hospital.美好的经历；医院传来好消息〔evangel〕from euangelos [bringing good news] 源自 euangelos [带来好消息] 〔lift〕The good news gave us a lift.好消息让我们精神振奋〔living〕became very animated when he heard the good news.当他听到这个好消息时，精神焕发起来。 |
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