archives
英 ['a:kaivz]
美
- n. 檔案，檔案室；案卷（archive的復數）
- v. 把…收集歸檔；把…存檔（archive的三單形式）
助記提示
1、arch- + -ive + -s.
2、該詞來源于希臘語，其原始字面含義是：official building, government building; 其復數的含義為：public records; 后來，其含義也就取其復數形式的含義了。
3、其含義來源其實也很簡單、清楚；所有的機密的、非機密的檔案不都是存放在政府大樓里面、掌握在政府手中嗎？
英文詞源
- archives
- archives: [17] The Greek verb arkhein meant originally ‘begin’ – and hence ‘be in first place, rule’. This sense development lies behind the diversity in meaning of the words ultimately derived from it in English. Greek arkheion was the official residence of a ruler, a ‘public office’, and its plural, arkheia, was used for ‘public records’; it passed into English via Latin archīa, later archīva, and French archives.
Greek arkhē, on the other hand, had the sense ‘beginning’, and the adjective formed from it, arkhaios, later arkhaikós, ‘ancient’, came through French archa?que into English as archaic [19] (arkhaios is also the source of archaeology [17]). The same split in meaning is evident in the prefix arch-, which comes from the same source: in archetype, for instance, it signifies ‘first’, whereas in archduke it implies ‘highest in rank’.
=> archaic, archetype - archives (n.)
- c. 1600, from French archif (16c.), from Late Latin archivum (singular), from Greek ta arkheia "public records," plural of arkheion "town hall," from arkhe "government," literally "beginning, origin, first place" (see archon).
雙語例句
- 1. The society's archives are a treasure trove for scholars.
- 該協會的檔案對學者來說簡直是寶藏。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The picture lay hidden in the archives for over 40 years.
- 這張照片在檔案室中藏了40多年。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The emperor's decrees and letters were in the national archives.
- 皇帝的御令和信件保存在國家檔案館里.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Can you dig the material out of the archives?
- 你能從檔案里把這個材料查出來 嗎 ?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He delved into the family archives looking for the facts.
- 他深入查考這個家族的家譜以尋找事實根據.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》