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pub·lish
\\ˈpə-blish\\ verb ETYMOLOGY Middle English, modification of Anglo-French publier, from Latin publicare, from publicus public
DATE 14th century
transitive verb1.
a. to make generally known
b. to make public announcement of2.
a. to disseminate to the public
b. to produce or release for distribution; specifically : print
2c
c. to issue the work of (an author)intransitive verb1. to put out an edition2. to have one's work accepted for publication
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pub·lish·able \\-bli-shə-bəl\\
adjective publish
early 14c., "to make public," from M.E. publicen (c.1300), altered (by influence of banish, finish, etc.) from O.Fr. publier, from L. publicare "make public," from publicus "public" (see public). The meaning "to issue (a book, engraving, etc.) for sale to the public" is first recorded 1520s. Publisher in the commercial sense is attested from 1740.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
☞ publishpub·lish /
5pQbliF /
verb1. [VN] to produce a book, magazine,
CD-ROM
, etc. and sell it to the public
出版;发行:
The first edition was published in 2002. 第一版于 2002 年发行。
He works for a company that publishes reference books. 他在一家参考书出版公司工作。
Most of our titles are also published on CD-ROM. 我们的大部份书籍也制成光盘发行。2. [VN] to print a letter, an article, etc. in a newspaper or magazine
(在报刊)发表,刊登,登载:
Pictures of the suspect were published in all the daily papers. 嫌疑人的照片刊登在各家日报上了。3. [VN] to make sth available to the public on the Internet
(在互联网上)发表,公布:
The report will be published on the Internet. 报告将在互联网上公布。4. (of an author 作者) to have your work printed and sold to the public
发表(作品);使(作品)出版:
▪ [VN]
She hasn't published anything for years. 她好几年没有发表作品了。
▪ [V]
University teachers are under pressure to publish. 大学教师有不得不发表作品的压力。5. [VN] (
formal) to make official information known to the public
公布;发布
SYN release
:
The findings of the committee will be published on Friday. 委员会的调查结果将于星期五公布。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English
Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishpublish
verb
ADV. recently | posthumously Her last book was published posthumously in 1948. | anonymously
VERB + PUBLISH decide to | intend to, plan to | refuse to | be free to The press should be free to publish and comment on all aspects of political and social life. | dare (to) Freud had not dared to publish the third chapter of his book in Vienna.
publish verb
⇨ publish 1 (publish results)
⇨ publish 2 (publish a novel)
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pub·lish
\ˈpəblish, -lēsh,
esp in pres part -ləsh\
verb
(
-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English
publishen, modification of Middle French
publier, from Latin
publicare, from
publicus public — more at
public
transitive verb1.
a. : to declare publicly
: make generally known
: disclose
,
circulate
< publish glad tidings, tidings of peace — Mary A. Thomson >
< the plan of action has not been published in detail — D.S.Campbell >
specifically : to impart or acknowledge to one or more persons
< a slander is not actionable unless it is published to a third person — T.F.T.Plucknett >
< do publish and declare this to be my last will and testament >
b. : to proclaim officially
: promulgate
< publish an edict >
c. : to make public announcement of (banns of marriage)
d. : publicize
< mourning … by which a widow published her single-minded grief — Margery Sharp >
< first Neolithic site to be thoroughly excavated and published in Macedonia — G.E.Mylonas >
specifically : to give publication to (a taxonomic name)
2.
a. : to make a public evaluation of;
specifically : censure
< stewards have power to publish at their discretion any person subject to their control either by suspension … or by fine — Dan Parker >
b. obsolete : to call to the attention of the public
: advertise
< goods found shall be published by the finder — Nathaniel Bacon >3.
a. : to place before the public (as through a mass medium)
: disseminate
< adopted and published a statement of principles — H.E.Starr >
< does not pay but publishes significant poetry — Author & Journalist >
specifically : utter
< publish a forgery >
b. : to produce for publication or allow to be issued for distribution or sale
< they write brilliantly at times, have published long passages that … interest the intelligent reader — H.C.Webster >
c. : to reproduce for public consumption
< the number of companies … publishing LP recordings — Roland Gelatt >
specifically : print
< the pictures and stories published in these pages are selections from previous issues — New England Journeys >
d. : to release (a product of creative work) for public distribution or sale usually with the consent of the copyright holder
< a shilling volume of 96 pages written, printed and published within a month — Modern Churchman >
< in 1837 were published four engraved charts, the first issued by the Navy Department — C.L.Lewis >
< his five published symphonies — Irving Kolodin >
< published in manuscript the first Lusatian grammar — R.G.A.DeBray >
e. : to issue the work of (as an author)
< latest of the younger Italian novelists to be published in the U.S. — Time >intransitive verb1. : to put out an edition or circulate it to the public
< the only daily newspaper in the borough did not publish yesterday because of a strike — New York Times >2.
a. : to have one's work accepted for publication or allow it to be reproduced for public consumption
< pressure put on faculty members … to publish as a condition of appointment or promotion — H.M.Silver >
b. : to reproduce the work of an author and release it to the public
< his first novel became a best seller and several firms offered to publish for him >3. : to become manifest
: give public witness
< so much joy … I felt it publish in my eye — Emily Dickinson >