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Continent Late 4061.Lately 英 Leɪtlɪ]美 Letli 释义 Adv

正面 4061.lately
英 ['leɪtlɪ]美 ['letli]

背面
释义:
adv. 近来,不久前
例句:
1. Lately, the president has been sacking and picking new ministers at whim.最近,总统一时兴起频频解雇旧部长,选任新部长。

1. con- "together" + tin- + -ent.2. => hold together, keep together, enclose.3. 由此得出两种引申义:一、既然是握在一起的,那么就引申为“连续的,衔接在一起的”;二、既然被圈在一起、禁锢在一起,那么就引申义“节制、克制”。4. continent (n.): 取第一种引申义,表示:continuous land. 表示连续的一片陆地;由此引申义:large land mass.5. from continent land, translating Latin terra continens "continuous land".6. continent (adj.): 取第二种引申义。

lately (adv.)Old English lætlice "slow, sluggish;" see late (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "within recent times" is from late 15c., probably a new formation."

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