repository
英 [r?'p?z?t(?)r?]
美 [r?'pɑz?'t?ri]
助記提示
1. re- "back, away" + posit- + -ory.
2. 字面含義：put back, place back, put away, store. => vessel, etc., for storage.
3. repose (v.2) <=> repository.
4. repose (v.2): 也就是把信任、希望等抽象的東西存儲、儲藏在某人身上。這就是為什么它后面跟的介詞都是“in”，因為存儲基本上都是存儲在什么什么里面。
中文詞源
repository 倉庫re-,向后，往回，-posit,放置，詞源同 position,composite.引申詞義倉庫。
英文詞源
- repository (n.)
- late 15c., "vessel, etc., for storage," Middle French repositoire or directly from Late Latin repositorium "store," in classical Latin, "a stand on which food is placed," from noun use of repositus, past participle of reponere "put away, store" (see repose (v.2)). Figurative use is recorded from 1640s.
雙語例句
- 1. My father is a repository of family history.
- 我的父親對家族史無所不知。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. The lost manuscript was found in a repository in France.
- 丟失的手稿在法國的一個存放處被找到了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The man is a repository of out - of - the - way knowledge.
- 這人有滿腹 稀奇古怪 的知識.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. She was a repository of all his secrets.
- 她是他完全信賴的人.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. The repository of all important knowledge in a small town was the chief barman of the local pub.
- 小鎮(zhèn)上最無所不知的人就是當(dāng)?shù)鼐瓢衫锏姆?wù)員領(lǐng)班。
來自柯林斯例句