bring: [OE] Bring is an ancient verb, which has come down to us, with great semantic stability, from its Indo-European source *bhrengk-. It is widespread in the Germanic languages, apart from the Scandinavian ones (German has bringen, Dutch brengen), but outside Germanic it seems to have flourished only in the Celtic languages (Welsh has hebrwng ‘accompany’).
bring (v.)
Old English bringan "to bring, bring forth, produce, present, offer" (past tense brohte, past participle broht), from Proto-Germanic *brengan (cognates: Old Frisian brenga, Middle Dutch brenghen, Old High German bringan, Gothic briggan); no exact cognates outside Germanic, but it appears to be from PIE root *bhrengk-, compound based on root *bher- (1) "to carry" (source also of Latin ferre; see infer).
The tendency to conjugate this as a strong verb on the model of sing, drink, etc., is ancient: Old English also had a rare strong past participle form, brungen, corresponding to modern colloquial brung. To bring down the house figuratively (1754) is to elicit applause so thunderous it collapses the roof.
雙語例句
1. They were anxious to bring the washing in before it rained.
他們急于在下雨前把洗好的衣服收進屋子。
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2. Changing stresses bring about more cracking and rock deformation.
不斷變化的應力導致更多的斷裂和巖石變形。
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3. They're trying their best to bring together those separated families.
他們正盡最大的努力讓離散的家人重聚。
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4. Parents were too frightened to bring their children for vaccination.
父母太過害怕，不敢帶孩子去接種疫苗。
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5. Shares and bonds can bring one quite a considerable additional income.