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| 释义 | 〔impetuous〕"Some of the fickle populace began to doubt whether they had not been rather precipitate in deposing his brother" (Washington Irving).“一些多变的人开始怀疑他们把他的兄弟废除掉是不是太不考虑后果了” （华盛顿·欧文）。〔orgy〕The wordorgy has become connected in the minds of many of us with unrestrained sexual activity, but its origins are much less licentious.We can trace the word as far back as the Indo-European rootwerg-, meaning "to do"and the source of our wordwork. Greekorgia, "secret rites, worship,” also comes from the rootwerg-, by way of the form.worg-. The Greek word was used with reference to the worship and the ritespracticed in the worship of various deities,such as Orpheus and Dionysus.The word in Greek did not denote sexual activity,although this was a part of some of the various rites.The rites of Dionysus, for example, included only music, dancing, drinking, and the eating of animal sacrifices.Having passed through Latin and Old French into Englishthe wordorgy is first recorded in English with reference to the secret rites of the Greek and Roman religions in 1589. It is interesting to note that the word is first recorded with its modern sense in 18th-century English and perhaps in 17th-century French.Whether this speaks to a greater licentiousness in society or not must be left to the historian,but certainly the religious nature of the word has gone into eclipse.单词orgy 已经以不加节制的性行为的概念深植于我们许多人的头脑之中， 但它的原意却并非是很放荡的。我们可以追溯该词到印欧的词根werg- 当中， 意思是“做”，并且是我们work 一词的来源。 希腊语orgia, “秘密仪式，崇拜”， 也来源于词根werg-， 形式为worg- 。 希腊语中用其指崇拜以及一些仪式，这些仪式用于表达对各神明的崇拜，比如俄耳甫斯和狄俄尼索斯。该词在希腊语中并不是表示性行为，尽管性行为也是各种仪式中的一个部分。例如，狄俄尼索斯的仪式中仅仅包括音乐、舞蹈、饮酒和吃祭祀动物。从拉丁语和古法语转到英语，orgy 这一词在1589年首次在英文有记载表示希腊和罗马秘密宗教仪式含义。 有趣的是，该词早在18世纪也许17世纪就已有其现代意义的首次记载了。不论它是不是指社会中的一种大型的狂欢节（这是历史学家的事了），有一点是非常明确的，那就是这个词的宗教本质已经逐渐消失了〔nonfood〕Of, relating to, or being something that is not food but is sold in a supermarket, as housewares, stationery, and school supplies.非食物：属于、关于或是不是食物但在超级市场出售的物品的，如日用器皿、文具或学校用品〔whether〕Used in indirect questions to introduce one alternative:是不是，是否：用于间接引语中以引出一选择：〔whether〕We should find out whether the museum is open.See Usage Note at doubt ,if 我们该查明博物馆是不是开门 参见 doubt,if〔put〕Did our early arrival put you out?我们提早到达是不是使您很不方便?〔doubtful〕Whether this is true is questionable); often, however, it implies dubious morality, respectability, or propriety: 这是不是真的倒成问题）； 然而，它通常暗指道德、名声或行为等的有问题： 〔tump〕Is that wheelbarrow going to tump over?那个手推车是不是快倒了? |
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