英语词源 | alibi 托辞,以不在犯罪现场为由的无罪辩解
18世纪时,英语单词 alibi 是一个法律术语,意为“以犯罪发生时身处其他地方为由进行无罪辩解”。
18世纪时,英语单词 alibi 是一个法律术语,意为“以犯罪发生时身处其他地方为由进行无罪辩解”。
THE police superintendent Otchumyelov is walking across the market square wearing a new overcoat and carrying a parcel under his arm. A red-haired policeman strides after him with a sieve full of confiscated gooseberries in his hands.
这些名词均含“命令”之意。
What a surprise it would be if Jules were on that one! Eh?
这种烘烤两次的干面包就是饼干 biscuit 的前身。英语单词 biscuit 源自法语 bescuit ,由 bes ( twice ,两次)+ cuit ( cooked ,烘烤过的),字面意思就是“烘烤过两次的面包”。
这些动词均含有“给人以帮助以减轻痛苦或悲伤”之意。
通过摇奖或抽签的方式来分配财产的做法古来已久。圣经上就有记载,摩西用抽奖的方法把约旦河西岸的土地分配给人民。
What would he be like when I met him again? Still lively, witty, light- hearted and enthusiastic, or in a state of mental torpor induced by provincial life? A man may change greatly in the course of fifteen years!
这些名词均含“舒适,安逸、悠闲”之意。
这条河就是阿根廷的母亲河拉普拉塔河,而“拉普拉塔国”进入英语后变成了“ Argentina ”,音译就是“阿根廷”。
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