英語單詞

archives是什麽意思

archives

英 ['a:kaivz] 美
  • n. 檔案,檔案室;案卷(archive的複數)
  • v. 把…收集歸檔;把…存檔(archive的三單形式)

助記提示


1、arch- + -ive + -s.
2、該詞來源於希臘語,其原始字麵含義是:official building, government building; 其複數的含義為:public records; 後來,其含義也就取其複數形式的含義了。
3、其含義來源其實也很簡單、清楚;所有的機密的、非機密的檔案不都是存放在政府大樓裏麵、掌握在政府手中嗎?

英文詞源


archives
archives: [17] The Greek verb arkhein meant originally ‘begin’ – and hence ‘be in first place, rule’. This sense development lies behind the diversity in meaning of the words ultimately derived from it in English. Greek arkheion was the official residence of a ruler, a ‘public office’, and its plural, arkheia, was used for ‘public records’; it passed into English via Latin archīa, later archīva, and French archives.

Greek arkhē, on the other hand, had the sense ‘beginning’, and the adjective formed from it, arkhaios, later arkhaikós, ‘ancient’, came through French archaïque into English as archaic [19] (arkhaios is also the source of archaeology [17]). The same split in meaning is evident in the prefix arch-, which comes from the same source: in archetype, for instance, it signifies ‘first’, whereas in archduke it implies ‘highest in rank’.

=> archaic, archetype
archives (n.)
c. 1600, from French archif (16c.), from Late Latin archivum (singular), from Greek ta arkheia "public records," plural of arkheion "town hall," from arkhe "government," literally "beginning, origin, first place" (see archon).

雙語例句


1. The society's archives are a treasure trove for scholars.
該協會的檔案對學者來說簡直是寶藏。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The picture lay hidden in the archives for over 40 years.
這張照片在檔案室中藏了40多年。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The emperor's decrees and letters were in the national archives.
皇帝的禦令和信件保存在國家檔案館裏.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. Can you dig the material out of the archives?
你能從檔案裏把這個材料查出來 嗎 ?

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He delved into the family archives looking for the facts.
他深入查考這個家族的家譜以尋找事實根據.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

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