| 正面 | 8713.demeanor 英 [di'mi:nə]美     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1、di- "apart" + vers- + -ify.2、含义：turn to different ways, turn to many or various by separate or apart.3、该词在拉丁语中其实就是divert的过去分词，也就是说它来源于divert的拉丁语对应词的过去分词。由此取形容词词性并引申出如今的含义。4、含义：make diverse.n. 风度；举止；行为 例句： 1. She is quiet in her demeanor.她举止文静. demeanor 风度，举止de-, 向下，强调。-mean, 同-men,管理，引导，词源同amenable, promenade. 词义引申为良好的风度和举止。 demeanor (n.)late 15c., from obsolete Middle English demean "handle, manage, conduct," later "behave in a certain way" (early 14c.), from Old French demener (11c.) "to guide, conduct; to live, dwell," from de- "completely" (see de-) + mener "to lead, direct," from Latin minare "to threaten," in Late Latin "to drive (a herd of animals);" see menace. Sense in English evolved from notion of "conduct, manage" (oneself). Spelling changed by influence of nouns in -or, -our." |