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Wean German Habit English Sense Wi:N V.(孩子)断奶;戒掉 英

单词 wean
音标 [wi:n]
解释 v.(孩子)断奶;戒掉
红宝书 【英】 v.(孩子)断奶; 戒掉(to free from a unwholesome habit or interest)
【例】 Wean young people from hooliganism,(使年轻 人戒除流氓习气)
字源 wean (v.)
Old English wenian "to accustom, habituate," from Proto-Germanic *wanjan (cognates: Old Norse venja, Dutch wennen, Old High German giwennan, German gewöhnen "to accustom"), from PIE *won-eyo-, from root *wen- (1) "to desire, strive for." The sense of "accustom a child to not suckling from the breast" in Old English was generally expressed by gewenian or awenian, which has a sense of "unaccustom" (compare German abgewöhnen, entwöhnen "to wean," literally "to unaccustom"). The prefix subsequently wore off. Figurative extension to any pursuit or habit is from 1520s.
不择手段背单词 v. 使(孩子)断奶; 使戒掉(根深蒂固的东西)
【记】wean后容易weak.
趣味全助记 【记】音:餵奶,实际上是断奶,让小孩吃其他的东西,如喂酸奶等

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