单词 | 送礼物 |
释义 | 〔broker〕Giving gifts to one's broker might be justifiable from an etymological point of viewbecause the wordbroker may be connected through its Anglo-Norman source brocour, abrocour, with Spanish alboroque, meaning "ceremony or ceremonial gift after the conclusion of a business deal.”If this connection does exist,"business deal" is the notion shared by the Spanish and Anglo-Norman wordsbecausebrocour referred to the middleman in transactions. The English wordbroker is first found in Middle English in 1355, several centuries before we find instances of its familiar compoundspawnbroker, first recorded in 1687, and stockbroker, first recorded in 1706. 从词源的角度来说,送礼物给经纪人是有一番道理的。因为broker 一词也许通过英国法语的词源 brocour,abrocour 与西班牙语 alboroque 形成亲属关系, 而后者意为“一笔交易做成时作为礼节性的礼品”。如果这一关系的确存在,那么西班牙语词汇和英国法语词汇中都有“交易”这一概念。因为brocour 指做交易的中间人。 英语单词broker 第一次被发现使用,是在1355年的中世纪英语中, 距我们发现它的为人熟知的复合词pawnbroker (1687年第一次被记录下来)和 stockbroker (1706第一次被记录下来)已有好几个世纪了 〔Balthazar〕In the New Testament, one of the three wise men from the East who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus, guided by the Star of Bethlehem.巴尔萨泽:在《新约全书》中,三个从东方来的智者之一,他在伯利恒之星的指引下,给婴儿耶稣送礼物 |
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