单词 | repercussion |
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音标 | [`ri:pə(:)'kʌʃən] |
解释 | n.反响;影响;回声 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 反响(a reciprocal action);影响(a widespread, indirect effect of an act or event);回声(reflec tion, reverberation) 【记】 re(反复)+percussion (震动)→反复震动→ 回声,反应 【例】 Years afterwards there were still repercussions from his fateful decision. |
字源 | repercussion (n.) early 15c., "act of driving back," from Middle French répercussion (14c.) or directly from Latin repercusionem (nominative repercussio), from past participle stem of repercutere "to strike or beat back; shine back, reflect; echo," from re- "back" (see re-) + percutere "to strike or thrust through" (see percussion). Meaning "reverberation, echo" first recorded 1590s; the metaphoric extension is recorded from 1620s. |
不择手段背单词 | n. 反响(由某事产生的间接的后果、影响); 回声 【记】re反复, percussion(n 震动; 打击乐器)-反复震动-回声; 反响; 参: percuss(v 轻敲), cuss作为词根是"quot;震动"quot;的意思. |
趣味全助记 | 【记】re回 + percussion 撞击,震动,打击乐器;撞击产生的回声,回响 |
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