单词 | 很少用 |
释义 | 〔wake〕The pairswake, waken and awake, awaken have formed a bewildering array since the Middle English period. All four words have similar meanings, though there are some differences in use.Onlywake is used in the sense "to be awake,” as in expressions likewaking (not wakening ) and sleeping, every waking hour. Wake is also more common than waken when used together with up; andawake and awaken never occur in this context: She woke up (rarely wakened up; never awakened up or awoke up ). Some writers have suggested thatwaken should be used only transitively and awaken only intransitively, but there is ample literary precedent for usages such asHe wakened early and They did not awaken her. In figurative sensesawake and awaken are more prevalent: wake,waken 和 awake,awaken 这两对词自中古英语以来就形成令人不解的一组词。 四个词有相似的意思,尽管在用法上有差异。只有wake 用于“保持清醒”的意义, 如在waking (而非 wakening ) and sleeping, every waking hour(清醒和睡眠,每一个醒着的时刻)。 Wake在与 up 一同用时也比 waken 更常用; 并且awake 和 awaken 从不出现在这种语言环境中: She woke up (很少用 wakened up ;从不用 awakened up 或 awoke up )。 有些作家指出waken 应只用作及物的而 awaken 只用作不及物的, 但有很多文学上的用法先例,如He wakened early(他醒得早) 和 They did not awaken her(他们没惊醒她)。 在比喻意义上awake 和 awaken 更普遍: 〔nor〕He has no experience or interest (less frequently nor interest ) in chemistry. 对于化学他既没经验也没兴趣(很少用 nor interest ) 。 〔couple〕The couple have their (less commonly has its ) primary residence in New York. · 这对夫妇(很少用 has its ) 最初的住处在纽约。 〔couple〕The couple decided to spend their (less commonly its ) vacation in Italy. 这对夫妇决定在意大利度过他们的(很少用 its ) 假期。 〔said〕The adjectivesaid is seldom appropriate to any but legal or business writing, where it is equivalent to aforesaid : the said tenant (named in a lease); said property. In similar general contextssaid is usually unnecessary, andthe tenant or the property will suffice. 形容词said 除了法律或商业用语外很少用,在法律和商业用语中它等于 aforesaid(上述的) : the said tenant(该承租人) (用于租约); said property(上述财产)。 在类似的普通语境中said 通常不必要, 只说the tenant 或 the propety 就够了 〔nonverbal〕Involving little use of language:很少用语言的: |
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