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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

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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.

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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