introduce: [16] Introduce means etymologically ‘lead inside’. It was borrowed from Latin intrōdūcere ‘lead in’, a compound verb formed from the prefix intrō- ‘in, inside’ and dūcere ‘lead’ (source of English duct, duke, educate, produce, etc). Of its main secondary meanings, ‘use for the first time, originate’ emerged in Latin but ‘make known personally to others’ seems to have been a later development. => duct, duke, educate, produce
introduce (v.)
early 15c., back-formation from introduction, or else from Latin introducere "to lead in, bring in" (see introduction). Related: Introduced; introducing.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Britain did not introduce compulsory primary education until 1880.
直到1880年,英國(guó)才開始實(shí)行初等義務(wù)教育。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. "Forgive my manners," she said calmly. "I neglected to introduce myself."