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rendezvous

英['rɒndɪvuː;-deɪvuː] 美['rɑndevʊ]
  • n. 约会;约会地点;集结地
  • vi. 会合;约会
  • vt. 在指定地点与…相会

词态变化


复数: rendezvous;第三人称单数: rendezvouses;过去式: rendezvoused;过去分词: rendezvoused;现在分词: rendezvousing;

助记提示


1. Vulgar Latin *rendere (formed by dissimilation or on analogy of its antonym, prendre "take"), from Latin reddere "give back, return, restore," from red- "back" + comb. form of dare "give".
2. rend- "give back, present, yield, deliver; repeat, say again".
3. *rendere => rendre => render.
4. from Middle French rendez-vous, rendez (plural imperative of rendre "present") + vous "you".
5. literally "present yourselves".
6. => place for assembling of troops, appointed place of meeting.

中文词源


rendezvous 约会,聚会

来自中古法语 rendez vous,呈现你自己,表现你自己,来自 rendez,呈现,给予,来自 rendre 的复数祈使格,词源同 render,vous,你,来自 you 的斜格。

英文词源


rendezvous
rendezvous: [16] Rendezvous was borrowed from French rendez-vous, a lexicalization of rendezvous, the imperative plural of se rendre. This meant literally ‘present yourself’ – that is, at a particular place. English first used the word as a verb in the mid 17th century.
rendezvous (n.)
1590s, "place for assembling of troops," from Middle French rendez-vous, noun use of rendez vous "present yourselves," from rendez, plural imperative of rendre "to present" (see render (v.)) + vous "you," from Latin vos, from PIE *wos- "you" (plural). General sense of "appointed place of meeting" is attested from 1590s.
rendezvous (v.)
1640s, from rendezvous (n.).

双语例句


1. He failed to keep a rendezvous after sensing a police trap.
他察觉到警方设了圈套以后就没有如约会面。

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2. She wondered where they were going to rendezvous afterwards.
她想知道之后他们要去哪里约会。

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3. I had almost decided to keep my rendezvous with Tony.
我差不多已经决定如约和托尼见面了。

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4. The plan was to rendezvous with him on Sunday afternoon.
计划在周日下午和他会面。

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5. Their rendezvous would be the Penta Hotel at Heathrow Airport.
他们将在希思罗机场的五角饭店碰面。

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