comrade: [16] Etymologically, one’s comrade is someone with whom one shares a room. The word came via French camerade from Spanish camarada ‘room-sharer’, a derivative of camara ‘room’, from Latin camera. Cameraderie is a 19th-century borrowing from French. => camaraderie, camera, chamber, chamberlain, chimney
comrade (n.)
1590s, "one who shares the same room," from Middle French camarade (16c.), from Spanish camarada "chamber mate," originally "chamberful," from Latin camera (see camera). In Spanish, a collective noun referring to one's company. In 17c., sometimes jocularly misspelled comrogue. Related: Comradely; comradeship.
雙語例句
1. Mr Meridor's father was a comrade-in-arms of the party's founder.
梅里多先生的父親是該黨創(chuàng)始人的戰(zhàn)友。
來自柯林斯例句
2. It goes without saying that we should help a comrade in difficulty.
同志有困難當然要幫助.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. Whenever a comrade needs help, he is ready to give it.
但凡同志們有困難, 他沒有不熱情幫助的.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. He vowed to himself to avenge his martyred comrade.
他暗暗發(fā)誓要為犧牲的同志報仇.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. We can't remain indifferent when any comrade is in difficulty.