单词 | 悄悄 |
释义 | 〔secret〕the surreptitious mobilization of troops in preparation for a sneak attack.悄悄动员部队准备突然偷袭。〔sneak〕"I ducked down behind the paperbacks and snuck out" (Garrison Keillor).“我蹲在纸壁后面,悄悄溜了出去” (加里森·凯勒)〔sneak〕Snuck is an Americanism first introduced in the 19th century as a nonstandard regional variant ofsneaked. But widespread use ofsnuck has become more common with every generation. It is now used by educated speakers in all regions,and there is some evidence to suggest that it is more frequent among younger speakers thansneaked is. Formal written English is naturally and properly more conservative than other varieties, of course,and heresnuck still meets with much resistance. Many writers and editors have a lingering unease about the form,particularly if they recall its nonstandard origins.In fact, our consolidated citations, exhibiting almost 10,000 instances ofsneaked and snuck, indicate thatsneaked is preferred by a factor of 7 to 2. And 67 percent of the Usage Panel disapproves ofsnuck. Nevertheless, in recent yearssnuck has been quietly establishing itself in formal writing. An electronic search of a wide range of reputable publications turns up hundreds of citations forsnuck, not just in sports writingbut in news columns and commentary: Snuck 是一个美国独创词, 19世纪作为sneaked 的不标准的地方变体被首次引入。 在每一代,snuck 这个词都得到了广泛应用。 现在,任何地区受过教育的人都使用它,而且证据显示在年轻的使用者中,它比sneaked 更加常用。 当然,正式的文字英语自然要比其它语体保守一些,在这里,snuck 一词还是受到了排挤。 许多作家和编辑对这个词的形式有一种长久的反感,特别是联系到它不标准的起源。实际上,在我们反复验证过的显示约一万个使用sneaked 和 snuck 的引文中, 表明sneaked 受到青睐的程度为七比二。 用法专题使用小组成员中百分之六十七的人的反对snuck 一词。 但是,最近几年,snuck 在正式文体中也悄悄确立了它的地位。 对一系列著名出版物的电子扫描调查显示出几百处使用snuck 的地方, 而且不光是在体育文章中,在新闻专栏和评论中也有使用: 〔scarce〕To depart, especially quickly or furtively; abscond.溜走,悄悄离开:离开,尤指快速地或鬼鬼祟祟地;潜逃 |
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