succour
美 ['s?k?]
助記提示
1. If you succour someone, you are literally 'running under' them.
2. The original sense 'run under' evolved metaphorically to 'run to someone's assistance', and then to simply 'help'.
3. => run to help.
4. succour => succor.
英文詞源
- succour
- succour: [13] If you succour someone, you are literally ‘running under’ them. The word comes via Old French socorre from Latin succurrere, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under’ and currere ‘run’ (source of English courier, course, current, etc). The original sense ‘run under’ evolved metaphorically to ‘run to someone’s assistance’, and then to simply ‘help’.
=> courier, course, current - succour
- chiefly British English spelling of succor (q.v.); for spelling, see -or.
雙語例句
- 1. Helicopters fly in appalling weather to succour shipwrecked mariners.
- 直升機在惡劣的天氣條件下起飛前去援救遇難的船員。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The speediest succour might avail to the preservation of his life.
- 趕緊搶救也許能保住他的生命.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal promised security and succour to those in need.
- 富蘭克林-羅斯福總統的 “ 新政”許諾給予有需要的人以安全和幫助.
來自演講部分
- 4. Other reforms give some succour to those seeking to reduce animal suffering.
- 其他方面的一些變革也給了想要減輕動物痛苦的人們一些機會.
來自互聯網
- 5. Gates turned for succour to his frist love overseeling software development.
- 蓋茨只好求助于他心愛的軟件來排憂解難,他決定全面掌管軟件的開發工作.
來自互聯網