annex: [14] The verb annex entered English about a century and a half before the noun. It came from French annexer, which was formed from the past participial stem of Latin annectere ‘tie together’ (a verb annect, borrowed directly from this, was in learned use in English from the 16th to the 18th centuries). Annectere itself was based on the verb nectere ‘tie’, from which English also gets nexus and connect. The noun was borrowed from French annexe, and in the sense ‘extra building’ retains its -e. => connect, nexus
annex (v.)
late 14c., "to connect with," from Old French annexer "to join" (13c.), from Medieval Latin annexare, frequentative of Latin annecetere "to bind to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + nectere "to tie, bind" (see nexus). Almost always meaning "to join in a subordinate capacity." Of nations or territories, c. 1400. Related: Annexed; annexing.
annex (n.)
1540s, "an adjunct, accessory," from French annexe, from annexer (see annex (v.)). Meaning "supplementary building" is from 1861.
雙語例句
1. He also denied that he would seek to annex the country.
他還否認會試圖吞并該國。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Hitler was determined to annex Austria to Germany.
希特勒決定將奧地利并入德國。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The Annex lists and discusses eight titles.
附錄列舉并討論了8本書。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The annex has been built on to the main building.
主樓配建有附屬的建筑物.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. The private barber parlor was in an annex adjoining a capacious bathroom.