demeanour
英 [dɪ'miːnə]
美
助記提示
1. men- "to lead, direct," from Latin minare "to threaten," in Late Latin "to drive (a herd of animals);" see menace.
2. men- "to lead, direct," => demeanour.
3. A person's demeanour is how they 'conduct' themselves.
英文詞源
- demeanour
- demeanour: [15] A person’s demeanour is how they ‘conduct’ themselves. The word goes back ultimately to the literal notion of driving animals along. It is a derivative of the now virtually obsolete reflexive verb demean ‘behave’, borrowed in the 13th century from Old French demener. This was a compound formed from the intensive prefix de- and mener ‘lead’, a descendant of Latin mināre ‘drive a herd of animals’ (whose original connotation of ‘urging on with threats’ is revealed by its close relationship with minārī ‘threaten’, source of English menace).
This obsolete demean should not, incidentally, be confused with demean ‘degrade’ [17], which was formed from the adjective mean.
=> menace - demeanour
- chiefly British English spelling of demeanor; for suffix, see -or.
雙語例句
- 1. He maintained a professional demeanour throughout.
- 他始終保持著專業人才的風度。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. The man was polite and his general demeanour had the air of a clergyman.
- 那男人彬彬有禮,一舉一動都有教士的風度.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. As soon as she woke up her demeanour had changed.
- 她一睡醒,那動作便截然不同.
來自英漢文學
- 4. When Hanson came home he wore the same inscrutable demeanour.
- 漢生回到家裏,臉上仍是一副莫測高深的表情.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 5. Minnie was truly distressed at this, but maintained a kindly demeanour.
- 敏妮為這事很憂愁, 不過態度一直很溫和.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹