through: [OE] Through comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *thurkh, which also produced German durch and Dutch door. Its ultimate source was the Indo-European base *tr-, which also produced Latin trans ‘across’. Thorough is historically the same word as through. => nostril, thorough, thrill
through (prep., adv.)
late 14c., metathesis of Old English turh, from Proto-Germanic *thurkh (cognates: Old Saxon thuru, Old Frisian thruch, Middle Dutch dore, Dutch door, Old High German thuruh, German durch, Gothic tairh "through"), from PIE root *tere- (2) "to cross over, pass through, overcome" (cognates: Sanskrit tirah, Avestan taro "through, beyond," Latin trans "beyond," Old Irish tre, Welsh tra "through"). Not clearly differentiated from thorough until early Modern English. Spelling thro was common 15c.-18c. Reformed spelling thru (1839) is mainly American English.
雙語例句
1. A brilliant shaft of sunlight burst through the doorway.
一束耀眼的陽光從門口照射進來。
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2. The company I work for went through a rough patch.
我所在的公司經歷了一段困難時期。
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3. Mobutu ascended through the ranks, eventually becoming commander of the army.
蒙博托出身行伍，通過一級級晉升，最終成為了陸軍司令。
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4. The savoury smell greeted them as they went through the door.
他們進門時一陣香味撲鼻而來。
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5. I went through about four years of being addicted to video games.