单词 | 长久的 |
释义 | 〔responsible〕"The liberal philosophy holds that enduring governments must be accountable to someone beside themselves;that a government responsible only to its own conscience is not for long tolerable" (Walter Lippmann). “自由派哲学认为长久的政府必须对除自己以外的他人负责;一个仅对自己良心负责的政府是不能持久的” (沃尔特·李普曼)。〔sad〕 Melancholy can refer to a lingering or habitual state of mind marked by somberness or sadness: Melancholy 可指一种长久的或习惯性的沮丧和悲伤的心境: 〔yearning〕A persistent, often wistful or melancholy desire; a longing:渴望:长久的、常常是愁闷的或伤感的愿望;渴望:〔perpetual〕Continuing or lasting for an indefinitely long time.长期的,长久的:继续或保持无限长的时间的〔langsyne〕long, lang [long] * see long 1long, lang [长久的] * 参见 long1〔lengthy〕Of considerable length, especially in time; extended:长久的,漫长的:拥有相当长度的,尤指在时间上;延长的:〔gaze〕Gape suggests a prolonged open-mouthed look reflecting amazement, awe, or lack of intelligence: Gape 暗示一种长久的、张大嘴的表情,显示惊奇、敬畏或呆笨: 〔truth〕 Verity often applies to an enduring or repeatedly demonstrated truth: Verity 常表示长久的或反复验证的真理: 〔secular〕Occurring or observed once in an age or a century.长久的:一个时代或世纪才发生一次或被观测到的〔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: |
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