devise

英 [d?'va?z] 美[d?'va?z]
  • vt. 設(shè)計;想出;發(fā)明;圖謀;遺贈給
  • n. 遺贈
  • n. (Devise)人名;(法)德維茲;(英)德維斯

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詞態(tài)變化


第三人稱單數(shù):?devises;過去式:?devised;過去分詞:?devised;現(xiàn)在分詞:?devising;

中文詞源


devise 發(fā)明,設(shè)計

來自拉丁語dividere,詞源同divide。即分開,展開,后詞義引申為發(fā)明,設(shè)計。

英文詞源


devise (v.)
early 13c., "to form, fashion;" c. 1300, "to plan, contrive," from Old French deviser "dispose in portions, arrange, plan, contrive" (in modern French, "to chat, gossip"), from Vulgar Latin *divisare, frequentative of Latin dividere "to divide" (see divide). Modern sense is from "to arrange a division" (especially via a will), a meaning present in the Old French word. Related: Devised; devising.

雙語例句


1. Experts are trying to devise ways to clean up the huge slick.
專家們正想方設(shè)法清除這片面積巨大的浮油。

來自柯林斯例句

2. White supremacists devise new Methods: To disenfranchise Negroes.
白人至上論者想出新的方法以剝奪黑人的公民權(quán).

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. It is not easy to devise means.
籌措維艱.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. Scientists are working to devise a means of storing this type of power.
科學(xué)家們正在為發(fā)明一種能儲存這種動力的方法而工作.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. To do this, scientists have to devise Methods: Using radar and underwater television.
為此, 科學(xué)家還要設(shè)計出使用雷達(dá)和水下電視的方法.

來自《用法詞典》