bate
英 [be?t]
美[bet]
- vt. 使軟化；減少；緩和
- n. 柔皮劑
- vi. 減弱；衰落
- n. (Bate)人名；(英)貝特；(塞、葡)巴特
擴(kuò)展詞匯
英文詞源
- bate (v.1)
- "to reduce, to lessen in intensity," c. 1300, shortening of abate (q.v.). Now only in phrase bated breath, which was used by Shakespeare in "The Merchant of Venice" (1596).
- bate (v.2)
- c. 1300, "to contend with blows or arguments," from Old French batre "to hit, beat, strike," from Late Latin battere, from Latin batuere "to beat, knock" (see batter (v.)). In falconry, "to beat the wings impatiently and flutter away from the perch." Figurative sense of "to flutter downward" attested from 1580s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Mr Harris and Mrs Bate and three other teachers were there.
- 哈里斯老師、貝特老師和其他三位老師在場(chǎng)。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. The cruel landlord would bate him no rent.
- 那個(gè)狠心的地主不肯給他減租.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. Even great scholars like Wang Xianqian and Liang Qichao could not stop the de bate.
- 甚至像王先謙、梁?jiǎn)⒊@樣鼎鼎大名的學(xué)者都無(wú)法把這場(chǎng)論戰(zhàn)喝止.
來(lái)自漢英文學(xué) - 散文英譯
- 4. Until it was time to open the presents, the children had to bate their curiosity.
- 孩子們只好抑制住他們的好奇心, 等待著打開(kāi)禮物的時(shí)刻的到來(lái).
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. Director bate, change policeman of a sector of an area questioningly.
- 局長(zhǎng)大怒, 質(zhì)問(wèn)改地段交警.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)