devise
英 [d?'va?z]
美[d?'va?z]
- vt. 設計；想出；發(fā)明；圖謀；遺贈給
- n. 遺贈
- n. (Devise)人名；(法)德維茲；(英)德維斯
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?devises;過去式:?devised;過去分詞:?devised;現(xiàn)在分詞:?devising;
中文詞源
devise 發(fā)明，設計
來自拉丁語dividere,詞源同divide。即分開，展開，后詞義引申為發(fā)明，設計。
英文詞源
- devise (v.)
- early 13c., "to form, fashion;" c. 1300, "to plan, contrive," from Old French deviser "dispose in portions, arrange, plan, contrive" (in modern French, "to chat, gossip"), from Vulgar Latin *divisare, frequentative of Latin dividere "to divide" (see divide). Modern sense is from "to arrange a division" (especially via a will), a meaning present in the Old French word. Related: Devised; devising.
雙語例句
- 1. Experts are trying to devise ways to clean up the huge slick.
- 專家們正想方設法清除這片面積巨大的浮油。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. White supremacists devise new Methods: To disenfranchise Negroes.
- 白人至上論者想出新的方法以剝奪黑人的公民權(quán).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. It is not easy to devise means.
- 籌措維艱.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. Scientists are working to devise a means of storing this type of power.
- 科學家們正在為發(fā)明一種能儲存這種動力的方法而工作.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. To do this, scientists have to devise Methods: Using radar and underwater television.
- 為此, 科學家還要設計出使用雷達和水下電視的方法.
來自《用法詞典》