American
英 [əˈmer.ɪ.kən]
美 [əˈmer.ɪ.kən]
- n. 美国人,美洲人;美国英语
- adj. 美国的,美洲的;地道美国式的
将“American”分解为两个部分:“Amer”可以联想到美洲大陆(America),而“-ican”则是“can”的变体,暗示与美洲相关的人物或事物。通过这样的联想,可以将“American”记忆为“来自美洲的人或事物”。
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american 美国来自意大利探险家Amerigo Vespucci的名字。
- American
- 1570s (n.); 1590s (adj.), from Modern Latin Americanus, from America (q.v.); originally in reference to what now are called Native Americans; the sense of "resident of North America of European (originally British) descent" is first recorded 1640s (adj.); 1765 (n.).
- 1. Very likely he'd told them he had American business interests.
- 很可能他已经告诉他们自己拥有美国商业利益.
- 2. Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards.
- 美国早期的风向标大多截自平直的木板。
- 3. She has had many credits and name-checks in American Vogue.
- 美国版《时尚》多次对她进行赞扬或是提到她的名字。
- 4. Today's Security Council resolution will be a significant success for American diplomacy.
- 今天的安理会决议对于美国外交而言是一次重大的成功。
- 5. The continued bleakness of the American job market was blamed.
- 美国就业市场的持续低迷被视为罪魁祸首。