token: [OE] A token is etymologically something that ‘shows’ you something. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *taiknam, which also produced German zeichen ‘sign’. This in turn was formed from a base *taik- ‘show’, which also produced English teach. => teach
token (n.)
Old English tacen "sign, symbol, evidence" (related to verb t?can "show, explain, teach"), from Proto-Germanic *taiknam (cognates: Old Saxon tekan, Old Norse teikn "zodiac sign, omen, token," Old Frisian tekan, Middle Dutch teken, Dutch teken, Old High German zeihhan, German zeichen, Gothic taikn "sign, token"), from PIE root *deik- "to show" (see teach).
Meaning "coin-like piece of stamped metal" is first recorded 1590s. Older sense of "evidence" is retained in by the same token (mid-15c.), originally "introducing a corroborating circumstance" [OED].
token (adj.)
"nominal," 1915, from token (n.). In integration sense, first recorded 1960.
雙語例句
1. You described her as the token woman on the shortlist.
你把她形容為入圍名單上象征性的女性人選。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Don't forget to clip the token and stick it on your card.
別忘了剪下標志，貼到你的卡上。
來自柯林斯例句
3. By the same token , the everlasting interdependence is actually an everlasting love.
正如, 永遠的依存,也是永遠的愛.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. This little gift is a token of our regard.
這點禮物是我們大家的一點心意.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. We offer this small token by way of appreciation.