| 正面 | 4061.lately 英 ['leɪtlɪ]美 ['letli] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| 背面 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 释义: 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。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。 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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