report: [14] To report something is etymologically to ‘carry it back’. The word was borrowed from Old French reporter, which went back to Latin reportāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back’ and portāre ‘carry’ (source of English import, portable, porter, etc). The metaphorical application to ‘bringing back news’ developed in Latin. => export, import, port, portable, porter
report (n.)
late 14c., "an account brought by one person to another, rumor," from Old French report "pronouncement, judgment" (Modern French rapport), from reporter "to tell, relate" (see report (v.)).
Meaning "resounding noise, sound of an explosion" is from 1580s. Meaning "formal statement of results of an investigation" first attested 1660s; sense of "teacher's official statement of a pupil's work and behavior" is from 1873 (report card in the school sense first attested 1919).
report (v.)
late 14c., "to make known, tell, relate," from Old French reporter "to tell, relate; bring back, carry away, hand over," from Latin reportare "carry back, bear back, bring back," figuratively "report," in Medieval Latin "write (an account) for information or record," from re- "back" (see re-) + portare "to carry" (see port (n.1)). Early 15c. as "to submit" (to an authority, etc.). Meaning "to name someone as having offended somehow" is from 1885. Related: Reported; reporting.
雙語例句
1. I'll report back the moment I have located him.
我一找到他就馬上匯報。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Many areas in the country'sinterior are unable to report Aids cases immediately.
該國內地的很多地區無法即時報告艾滋病病例。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Politicians want a lap-dog press which will uncritically report their propaganda.
政客們想要的是不問是非、甘為他們搞宣傳的哈巴狗一樣的新聞媒體。
來自柯林斯例句
4. I gather his report is highly critical of the trial judge.
據我所知，他在報道中毫不留情地批評了初審法官。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Ministers are using delaying tactics to postpone the report yet again.