单词 | liquidate |
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音标 | ['likwideit] |
解释 | v.清算;清偿 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v. 清除(to dispose of);清偿(to pay or settle a debt) 【记】 liquid(清澈的)+ate →弄清澈→清除,清偿 【例】 liquidate a partnership(断绝伙 伴关系) |
字源 | liquidate (v.) 1570s, "to reduce to order, to set out clearly" (of accounts), from Late Latin or Medieval Latin liquidatus, past participle of liquidare "to melt, make liquid or clear, clarify," from Latin liquidus (see liquid). Sense of "clear away" (a debt) first recorded 1755. The meaning "wipe out, kill" is from 1924, possibly from Russian likvidirovat. Related: Liquidated; liquidating. |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】liquid 清澈的,使弄清楚 |
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