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Premium N Insurance Originally Sense Primjəm N.保险费;奖金 英

单词 premium
音标 ['primjəm]
解释 n.保险费;奖金
红宝书 【英】 n. 保险费(the consideration paid for a contract of insurance);奖金(a reward or recompense)
【记】 pre(提前)+em(=empt 买)+ium→提前买下的 东西→保险费
【例】 My insurance premiums are due on the first of each year.
字源 premium (n.)
c.1600, "reward given for a specific act," from Latin praemium "reward, profit derived from booty," from prae- "before" (see pre-) + emere "to buy," originally "to take" (see exempt (adj.)). Insurance sense is 1660s, from Italian premio. Adjectival sense of "superior in quality" is first attested 1925, originally in reference to butter.
不择手段背单词 n. 保险费
【记】pre前, emium = empt买-提前买下的东西-保险费
趣味全助记 【记】pre + em 买,提前买的,保险费;买东西超出的部份,多给的部份,奖金
【相关】preempt 先买

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