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| 释义 | 〔simulation〕computer simulation of an in-flight emergency.计算机模拟飞行途中的紧急情况〔Bermuda〕A self-governing British colony comprising about 300 coral islands in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Cape Hatteras. The first settlement was made in 1609 by British colonists shipwrecked on their way to Virginia. Tourism is crucial to its economy. Hamilton, onBermuda Island, the largest in the archipelago, is the capital. Population, 56,000. 百慕大：一自治英属殖民地，由大约300个珊瑚岛组成，位于好望角东南的大西洋中。它的开拓者是一批1609年在去弗吉尼亚州途中翻船的英国殖民主义者。旅游业是其经济支柱。首府为汉密尔顿，位于群岛中最大的岛屿，百慕大岛 上。人口56,000 〔partway〕partway to town; not even partway reasonable.去镇上的途中；甚至一点儿都不合理〔change〕She changed in Chicago on her way to the coast.在去海岸的途中她在芝加哥换车〔fair〕The history of the wordfair illustrates how words can weaken in meaning over time. In Old English the ancestor offair, fæger, had senses such as "lovely, beautiful, pleasant, agreeable,” a far cry from our modern sense "mildly good or satisfying.”The Old English senses passed into Middle English,where the wordfair started to take a slight turn in the direction already alluded to. Fair could mean "highly to be approved of, splendid, good,”but it could also be used ironically,as in Chaucer's observation after a horse threw the Cook on the pilgrimage to Canterbury:"that was a fair feat of horsemanship by the Cook.”This ironic use was probably not responsible for the semantic weakening offair, but it shows how a positive word can have its meaning reversed.The weakening offair was most likely caused by "the determined optimism which led to the use of fair . . . rather than direct expression of discontent,”in the words of George H. McKnight.One might add as another cause the desire to avoid hurting other people's feelings.单词fair 的历史表明随岁月的流逝单词的语意变弱。 在古英语中fair，f?ger 本意是“可爱的，漂亮的，愉快的”， 与我们现在的“比较好或满意的”大相径庭。古英语传到中世纪英语时，fair 已开始在引申的方向上有微小的转变。 Fair 可以表达“被高度赞许的，辉煌的，好的，”但也可用作反语，如在往坎特伯雷朝圣的途中马将科克摔下时后，乔尔斯评论道：“那是科克精湛骑术的体现”。这种反语用法也许对fair 语义学上的弱化没有联系， 但它表明了一个褒义的单词可以变得意思完全相反。fair 的弱化很大程度上缘于“坚决的乐观主义导致 fair 的用法改变， 而不是直接表达不满意的意思，”乔治赫·马克奈特如此评论。人们可以再添上其它原因以免伤害别人的感情〔Philomela〕A princess of Athens who, after being raped by her brother-in-law, Tereus, was avenged by her sister, Procne, and was later turned into a swallow or nightingale while fleeing Tereus.菲洛梅拉：雅典公主，被她姐夫忒瑞俄斯强奸后，又遭姐姐浦洛思的报复，后在逃离忒瑞俄斯途中，被变成一只燕子或夜莺〔James〕One of the 12 Apostles. The son of Zebedee and brother of John, he preached in Spain and was martyred on his return to Judea.圣雅各：耶稣十二门徒之一。西庇太之子、约翰之兄，曾在西班牙布道。他殉难于返回犹太王国的途中〔shrinkage〕The total weight loss sustained by livestock in shipment to a market.重量耗损：牲畜在运往市场途中损耗掉的总重量 |
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