bate是什么意思

bate

英 [be?t] 美 [bet]

bate (v.1): "to reduce, to lessen in intensity," c. 1300, shortening of abate (q.v.). Now only in phrase bated breath, which was used by Shakespeare in "The Merchant of Venice" (1596).
bate (v.2): c. 1300, "to contend with blows or arguments," from Old French batre "to hit, beat, strike," from Late Latin battere, from Latin batuere "to beat, knock" (see batter (v.)). In falconry, "to beat the wings impatiently and flutter away from the perch." Figurative sense of "to flutter downward" attested from 1580s.

1. Mr Harris and Mrs Bate and three other teachers were there.: 哈里斯老師、貝特老師和其他三位老師在場。

3. Even great scholars like Wang Xianqian and Liang Qichao could not stop the de bate.: 甚至像王先謙、梁啟超這樣鼎鼎大名的學者都無法把這場論戰喝止.

4. Until it was time to open the presents, the children had to bate their curiosity.: 孩子們只好抑制住他們的好奇心, 等待著打開禮物的時刻的到來.

5. Director bate, change policeman of a sector of an area questioningly.: 局長大怒, 質問改地段交警.