| 正面 | 13066.auction 英 ['ɔːkʃ(ə)n]美 ['ɔkʃən]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. In U.S. usage, "a lot of land adequate for the maintenance of a family".vt. 拍卖；竞卖n. 拍卖 例句： 1. The sale is a big coup for the auction house.这笔交易是该拍卖行的一大成功之举。 auction 拍卖来自词根auct, 增加, 词根aug过去分词格。 auctionauction: [16] The etymological idea underlying auction is that of ‘increasing’ – as the sale proceeds, the price offered goes up. The word comes from Latin auctiō ‘increase’, a noun derived from auct-, the past participial stem of the verb augēre ‘increase’ (source of English augment [15] and author, and related to auxiliary [17] and eke). The sense ‘auction sale’ was already present in Latin.=> augment, august, author, auxilliary, eke, waxauction (n.)"a sale by increase of bids," 1590s, from Latin auctionem (nominative auctio) "an increasing sale, auction, public sale," noun of action from past participle stem of augere "to increase," from PIE root *aug- (1) "to increase" (see augment). In northern England and Scotland, called a roup. In the U.S., something is sold at auction; in England, by auction.auction (v.)1807, from auction (n.). Related: Auctioned; auctioning." |