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Devise Plan French Modern Latin 5009.Devise 英 Dɪ'Vaɪz]美

正面 5009.devise
英 [dɪ'vaɪz]美 [dɪ'vaɪz]

背面
释义:
vt. 设计;想出;发明;图谋;遗赠给n. 遗赠n. (Devise)人名;(法)德维兹;(英)德维斯
例句:
1. Experts are trying to devise ways to clean up the huge slick.专家们正想方设法清除这片面积巨大的浮油。

1、over- "outer" + seas(sea的复数形式).
devise 发明,设计来自拉丁语dividere,词源同divide。即分开,展开,后词义引申为发明,设计。
devise (v.)early 13c., "to form, fashion;" c. 1300, "to plan, contrive," from Old French deviser "dispose in portions, arrange, plan, contrive" (in modern French, "to chat, gossip"), from Vulgar Latin *divisare, frequentative of Latin dividere "to divide" (see divide). Modern sense is from "to arrange a division" (especially via a will), a meaning present in the Old French word. Related: Devised; devising."

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