proxy: [15] Proxy has no etymological connection with ‘closeness’. It is a much contracted form of prōcūrātia, the medieval version of Latin prōcūrātiō ‘caring for, taking care of’. This was a noun derived from prōcūrāre, source of English procure. It originally entered English in the 13th century as procuracy, and gradually shrank via procracy and prokecye to proxy. The semantic notion underlying it is of ‘taking care of another’s interests’. => procure
proxy (n.)
early 15c., proccy, prokecye, "agency of one who acts instead of another; letter of power of attorney," contraction of Anglo-French procuracie (c. 1300), from Medieval Latin procuratia "administration," from Latin procuratio "a caring for, management," from procurare "manage" (see procure). Also compare proctor (n.). Meaning "person who acts in place of another" is from 1610s.
雙語例句
1. Price differences are used as a proxy for differences in quality.
一分錢一分貨。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Those not attending the meeting may vote by proxy.
那些未出席會議的可以請他人代為投票。
來自柯林斯例句
3. You can vote either in person or by proxy .
你可以親自投票或請人代理。
來自《權威詞典》
4. Husbands are discouraged from voting as proxy for their wives.