elucidate
英语
编辑词源 1
编辑古典借词,源自晚期拉丁语 ēlūcidātus (“照亮的;被照亮过的;(比喻义)得到启发的”) + 英语 -ate (表示以某种方式行动的后缀)。ēlūcidātus是ēlūcidō (“照亮;(比喻义)启发”)的完成时被动分词,源自拉丁语 ē-(ex- (表示“出,离”的前缀)的变体)+ lūcidus (“明亮的;闪耀的;清澈的;(比喻义)明晰的,清楚的”)(源自lūceō (“照;(比喻义)明显,显然”),最终源自原始印欧语 *lewk- (“明;看;闪”)) + -ō (构成第一类变位动词不定式的后缀)。[1]
发音
编辑- (标准英音) 国际音标(帮助): /ɪˈl(j)uːsɪdeɪt/
音频 (标准英音): (档案) - (通用美式) 国际音标(帮助): /əˈlusəˌdeɪt/, /i-/
- 断字:eluc‧id‧ate
动词
编辑elucidate (第三人称单数简单现在时 elucidates,现在分词 elucidating,一般过去时及过去分词 elucidated) (及物)
- (弃用) 使...明亮,照亮;使...清澈,使...透明
- (比喻义) 解释,阐明,详述
- Template:RQ:Baxter Catholick Theologie
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- 1961 July, “New Reading on Railways: The Locomotives of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway, by D. L. Bradley”, 出自 Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC,第 vii 页:
- Another appendix elucidates the S.E.C.R. headcode system.
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- 2005, Guru Gobind Singh, “Akal Ustat: Eulogy of the Non-temporal Lord”, 出自 Surindar Singh Kohli(译者), The Dasam Granth = ਸ੍ਰੀ ਦਸਮ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ [Shrī Dasama Grantha Sāhiba]: The Second Scripture of the Sikhs, New Delhi: Ashok Jain for Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 出版于 2020, →ISBN,第 39 页,第 2 列:
- O Lord! somewhere Thou elucidatest the traits of song and sound and somewhere Thou art the treasure of dancing and painting.
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变位
编辑elucidate的变位
不定式 | (to) elucidate | ||
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现在时 | 过去式 | ||
第一人称单数 | elucidate | elucidated | |
第二人称单数 | elucidate, elucidatest1 | elucidated, elucidatedst1 | |
第三人称单数 | elucidates, elucidateth1 | elucidated | |
复数 | elucidate | ||
虚拟语气 | elucidate | ||
祈使语气 | elucidate | — | |
分词 | elucidating | elucidated |
衍生词汇
编辑相关词汇
编辑词源 2
编辑古典借词,源自晚期拉丁语 ēlūcidātus (“照亮的;被照亮过的;(比喻义)得到启发的”)(详见词源1)+ 英语 -ate (构成表示以某种事物为特征的形容词的后缀)。[2]
发音
编辑形容词
编辑elucidate (比较级 more elucidate,最高级 most elucidate)
- (弃用) 清楚的,明确的,易于理解的
- 近义词:参见Thesaurus:obvious
- 反义词:参见Thesaurus:opaque
- a. 1671 (date written), John Hacket, Scrinia Reserata: A Memorial Offer’d to the Great Deservings of John Williams, D.D. […], part I, In the Savoy [London]: […] Edw[ard] Jones, for Samuel Lowndes, […], 出版于 1693, →OCLC, paragraph 46,第 39 页:
- There vvas not a greater Maſter of Perſpicuity, and elucidate Diſtinctions; vvhich look'd the better in his [John Williams'] Engliſh, that ran ſvveet upon his Tongue, eſpecially being ſet out vvith a graceful Facetiouſneſs, that hit the joint of the Matter: For his VVit, and his Judgment, never parted.
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参考资料
编辑- ↑ “elucidate, v.”,OED Online ,Oxford, Oxfordshire:Oxford University Press,September 2023年; “elucidate, v.”,Lexico,Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press,2019–present年.
- ↑ “elucidate, adj.”,OED Online ,Oxford, Oxfordshire:Oxford University Press,September 2023年
意大利语
编辑词源 1
编辑动词
编辑elucidate
词源 2
编辑分词
编辑elucidate f 复
拉丁语
编辑发音
编辑- (古典拉丁语) 国际音标(帮助): /eː.luː.kiˈdaː.te/, [eːɫ̪uːkɪˈd̪äːt̪ɛ]
- (教会拉丁语) 国际音标(帮助): /e.lu.t͡ʃiˈda.te/, [elut͡ʃiˈd̪äːt̪e]
动词
编辑ēlūcidāte
西班牙语
编辑动词
编辑elucidate