plus

英[plʌs] 美[plʌs]
  • n. 正号,加号;好处;附加额
  • adj. 正的;附加的
  • prep. 加,加上
  • n. (Plus)人名;(德)普卢斯

词态变化


复数: plussespluses;

中文词源


plus 多,加,优势,长处

来自拉丁语plus,更多,更大,来自PIE*pele,装满,填满,词源同fill,full.用于数学名词加号,引申词义优势,长处。

英文词源


plus (n.)
1570s, the oral rendering of the arithmetical sign +, from Latin plus "more, in greater number, more often" (comparative of multus "much"), altered (by influence of minus) from *pleos, from PIE *pele- (1) "to fill" (see poly-).

As a preposition, between two numbers to indicate addition, from 1660s. [Barnhart writes that this sense "did not exist in Latin and probably originated in commercial language of the Middle Ages."] Placed after a whole number to indicate "and a little more," it is attested from 1902. As a conjunction, "and," it is American English colloquial, attested from 1968. As a noun meaning "an advantage" from 1791. Plus fours (1921) were four inches longer in the leg than standard knickerbockers, to produce an overhang, originally a style associated with golfers. The plus sign itself has been well-known since at least late 15c. and is perhaps an abbreviation of Latin et (see et cetera).

双语例句


1. Three plus six makes nine.
3加6等于9.(注意,此句中的plus是 介词,plussix是介词短语,作three的 定语,因此,动词用makes, 不用make ) .

来自《用法词典》

2. There are only 35 staff to serve 30,000-plus customers.
只有35名员工,却要为3万多顾客服务。

来自柯林斯例句

3. All vessels were to be built on a cost-plus basis.
所有的船只都将在成本加利润的基础上制造。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Experience of any career in sales is a big plus.
任何销售领域的工作经验都是一大优势。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Send a cheque for £18.99 plus £2 for postage and packing.
请寄上18.99英镑的支票,外加2英镑的邮资和包装费。

来自柯林斯例句