单词 | exorcise |
释义 | exorcise['eksɒ:saiz]vt. 驱邪, 除怪 exorcise ex.or.cise AHD: [µk“sôr-sºz”, -s…r-] D.J. [6eks%87sa!z, -s*-]K.K. [6Wks%r7sa!z, -s*-]v.tr.(及物动词) ex.or.cised,ex.or.cis.ing,ex.or.cis.es 1. To expel (an evil spirit) by or as if by incantation, command, or prayer.驱赶:用念咒、命令或祈祷的方法驱走(恶魔),或采用类似的方法2. To free from evil spirits or malign influences.驱邪:摆脱邪恶的灵魂或不好的影响语源:1. Middle English exorcisen 中古英语 exorcisen 2. from Late Latin exorciz³re 源自 后期拉丁语 exorciz³re 3. from Greek exorkizein 源自 希腊语 exorkizein 4. ex- [ex-] ex- [前缀,表“出自…”] 5. horkizein [to make one swear] from horkos [oath] horkizein [让某人发誓] 源自 horkos [誓言] 继承用法:ex“orcis”er n.(名词)注释:An oath is to be found at the etymological heart ofexorcise, a term going back to the Greek wordexorkizein, meaning “to swear in,” “to take an oath by,” “to conjure,” and “to exorcise.” Exorkizein in turn is formed from the prefixex-, “thoroughly,” and the verb horkizein, “to make one swear, administer an oath to,” derived from horkos, “oath.” Our wordexorcise is first recorded in English in a work composed possibly before the beginning of the 15th century, and in this useexorcise means “to call up or conjure spirits” rather than “to drive out spirits,” a sense first recorded in 1546.誓言在语源学中是exorcise 的基本意思, 而这个词又可以追溯到希腊语exorkizein, 后者意味着“宣誓”、“发誓”、“恳求”和“驱赶”。 Exorkizein 依次由含有“完全地”这个意思的前缀ex- 和含有“使发誓,在誓言约束下”这个意思的动词 horkizein 构成,后者源自 horkos “誓言”。 我们现在用的exorcise 最早在英文中的记录出自一本可能早于15世纪初写的一本著作中。 在当时,exorcise 通常意味着“召回灵魂”, 而不是1546年才最早记录到的“驱赶鬼魂”这个含义 |
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