win: [OE] Win probably goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base *van- ‘overcome, conquer’, which also produced Sanskrit van- ‘gain, acquire’. Its Germanic relatives include German gewinnen ‘gain’ and Swedish vinna ‘win’.
win (v.)
"be victorious," c. 1300 fusion of Old English winnan "to labor, toil, struggle for, work at, strive, fight," and gewinnan "to gain or succeed by struggling, conquer, obtain," both from Proto-Germanic *winn(w)an "to seek to gain" (cognates: Old Saxon winnan, Old Norse vinna, Old Frisian winna, Dutch winnen "to gain, win," Danish vinde "to win," Old High German winnan "to strive, struggle, fight," German gewinnen "to gain, win," Gothic gawinnen "to suffer, toil"), from PIE *wen- (1) "desire, strive for" (source of wish; see Venus).
Related: Won; winning. Meaning "gain the affection or esteem of" is from c. 1600. Breadwinner preserves the sense of "toil" in Old English winnan. Phrase you can't win them all (1954) first attested in Raymond Chandler. Winningest is attested by 1804.
win (n.)
Old English winn "labor, toil; strife, conflict; profit, gain," from the source of win (v.). Modern sense of "a victory in a game or contest" is first attested 1862, from the verb.
雙語例句
1. Some battles you win, some battles you lose.
勝敗乃兵家常事。
來自美劇《生活大爆炸》
2. It's an uphill battle but I think we're going to win.
雖然這是一場艱苦的鬥爭，但我相信我們會取得勝利。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The military government has been unable to win popular support.
軍政府一直未能贏得廣泛的支持。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Australia's rugby union side enjoyed a record-breaking win over France.
澳大利亞的英式橄欖球聯盟隊創紀錄地贏了法國隊。
來自柯林斯例句
5. A reformed party would have to win the approval of the people.