记忆方法
1. lieu + tenant.
2. Etymologically, a lieutenant is someone who 'holds the place' of another (more senior) officer – that is, deputizes for him.
2. Etymologically, a lieutenant is someone who 'holds the place' of another (more senior) officer – that is, deputizes for him.
中文词源
lieutenant 中尉，副职官员
来自古法语lieu tenant,替代，副职，lieu,地方，tenant,占用，引申词义代替，副职官员，陆军中尉等。
英语词源
- lieutenant
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lieutenant: [14] Etymologically, a lieutenant is someone who ‘holds the place’ of another (more senior) officer – that is, deputizes for him. The word comes from French lieutenant, a compound formed from lieu ‘place’ and tenant (source of English tenant). Lieu (borrowed independently by English as lieu [13] in the phrase ‘in lieu of’) comes in turn from Latin locus ‘place’, source of English local. Locum tenens [17] (or locum for short) ‘temporary replacement’, literally ‘holding the place’, is thus a parallel formation with lieutenant.
Spellings of lieutenant with -f-, indicating the still current British pronunciation /lef-/, first appear as early as the 14th century.
=> lieu, local, tenant - lieutenant (n.)
- late 14c., "one who takes the place of another," from Old French lieu tenant "substitute, deputy," literally "placeholder," from lieu "place" (see lieu) + tenant, present participle of tenir "to hold" (see tenant). The notion is of a "substitute" for higher authority. Specific military sense of "officer next in rank to a captain" is from 1570s. Pronunciation with lef- is common in Britain, and spellings to reflect it date back to 14c., but the origin of this is a mystery (OED rejects suggestion that it comes from old confusion of -u- and -v-).
权威例句
- 1. I'm a novice at these things, Lieutenant. You're the professional.
- 中尉，做这些事情我是新手，你是行家。
- 2. Fusilier Jones ran towards the Ops Room to find his lieutenant.
- 燧发枪团士兵琼斯奔向作战指挥室寻找他的中尉长官。
- 3. As a second lieutenant, he had to salute damned near everybody.
- 身为少尉，他几乎是逢人便得敬礼。
- 4. He and Lieutenant Cassidy were checking the scene of the crime.
- 他和卡西迪中尉正在勘查犯罪现场。
- 5. He's a retired Lieutenant Colonel and a bit of a martinet.
- 他是个退役中校，有点军人作风。
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