rendezvous
英 ['r?nd?vu?; -de?vu?]
美 ['rɑndev?]
- n. 約會(huì)；約會(huì)地點(diǎn)；集結(jié)地
- vi. 會(huì)合；約會(huì)
- vt. 在指定地點(diǎn)與…相會(huì)
助記提示
1. Vulgar Latin *rendere (formed by dissimilation or on analogy of its antonym, prendre "take"), from Latin reddere "give back, return, restore," from red- "back" + comb. form of dare "give".
2. rend- "give back, present, yield, deliver; repeat, say again".
3. *rendere => rendre => render.
4. from Middle French rendez-vous, rendez (plural imperative of rendre "present") + vous "you".
5. literally "present yourselves".
6. => place for assembling of troops, appointed place of meeting.
中文詞源
rendezvous 約會(huì)，聚會(huì)來自中古法語 rendez vous,呈現(xiàn)你自己，表現(xiàn)你自己，來自 rendez,呈現(xiàn)，給予，來自 rendre 的復(fù)數(shù)祈使格，詞源同 render,vous,你，來自 you 的斜格。
英文詞源
- rendezvous
- rendezvous: [16] Rendezvous was borrowed from French rendez-vous, a lexicalization of rendezvous, the imperative plural of se rendre. This meant literally ‘present yourself’ – that is, at a particular place. English first used the word as a verb in the mid 17th century.
- rendezvous (n.)
- 1590s, "place for assembling of troops," from Middle French rendez-vous, noun use of rendez vous "present yourselves," from rendez, plural imperative of rendre "to present" (see render (v.)) + vous "you," from Latin vos, from PIE *wos- "you" (plural). General sense of "appointed place of meeting" is attested from 1590s.
- rendezvous (v.)
- 1640s, from rendezvous (n.).
雙語例句
- 1. He failed to keep a rendezvous after sensing a police trap.
- 他察覺到警方設(shè)了圈套以后就沒有如約會(huì)面。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She wondered where they were going to rendezvous afterwards.
- 她想知道之后他們要去哪里約會(huì)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I had almost decided to keep my rendezvous with Tony.
- 我差不多已經(jīng)決定如約和托尼見面了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The plan was to rendezvous with him on Sunday afternoon.
- 計(jì)劃在周日下午和他會(huì)面。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Their rendezvous would be the Penta Hotel at Heathrow Airport.
- 他們將在希思羅機(jī)場(chǎng)的五角飯店碰面。
來自柯林斯例句