rendezvous
英 ['r?nd?vu?; -de?vu?]
美['rɑndev?]
- n. 約會；約會地點；集結地
- vi. 會合；約會
- vt. 在指定地點與…相會
TEM8IELTSGRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?rendezvous;第三人稱單數(shù):?rendezvouses;過去式:?rendezvoused;過去分詞:?rendezvoused;現(xiàn)在分詞:?rendezvousing;
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.
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，聚會
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.
- 他察覺到警方設了圈套以后就沒有如約會面。
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- 2. She wondered where they were going to rendezvous afterwards.
- 她想知道之后他們要去哪里約會。
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- 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。
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- 4. The plan was to rendezvous with him on Sunday afternoon.
- 計劃在周日下午和他會面。
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- 5. Their rendezvous would be the Penta Hotel at Heathrow Airport.
- 他們將在希思羅機場的五角飯店碰面。
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