repose
英 [rɪ'pəʊz]
美 [rɪ'poz]
- n. 休息；睡眠；静止
- vt. 使休息；寄托于
- vi. 休息；座落；长眠；依靠；静卧；建立于
助记提示
1. repose (v.1): re- "intensive prefix" + pos- (paus-) + -e. => cause to rest, lie at rest, lie to rest.
2. repose (v.2): re- "intensive prefix" + pos- + -e. => put, place.
3. re-: Latin combining form conceivably from Indo-European *wret-, metathetical variant of *wert- "turn".
4. 由re-前缀的词源信息可以感觉到，re-前缀的“intensive prefix”含义更有可能是倾向于表示：turn to, turn toward, cause to.
双语例句
- 1. Its atmosphere is one of repose rather than excitement.
- 那里气氛安宁而不热闹。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He had a still, almost blank face in repose.
- 他休息时面部平静，几乎毫无表情。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Don't disturb her repose.
- 不要打扰她休息.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. " And was still operating, on Mr. Dimmesdale's well - being and repose . "
- 而且那机器仍在 开动,他还得忍受.
来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
- 5. Consider what I did - I who so loved repose and inaction.
- 我是个爱好安逸、不好活动的人,可是想想看我干了件什么事.
来自名作英译部分
