repository
英 [r?'p?z?t(?)r?]
美 [r?'pɑz?'t?ri]
- n. 貯藏室，倉(cāng)庫(kù)；知識(shí)庫(kù)；智囊團(tuán)
助記提示
1. re- "back, away" + posit- + -ory.
2. 字面含義：put back, place back, put away, store. => vessel, etc., for storage.
3. repose (v.2) <=> repository.
4. repose (v.2): 也就是把信任、希望等抽象的東西存儲(chǔ)、儲(chǔ)藏在某人身上。這就是為什么它后面跟的介詞都是“in”，因?yàn)榇鎯?chǔ)基本上都是存儲(chǔ)在什么什么里面。
中文詞源
repository 倉(cāng)庫(kù)re-,向后，往回，-posit,放置，詞源同 position,composite.引申詞義倉(cāng)庫(kù)。
英文詞源
- repository (n.)
- late 15c., "vessel, etc., for storage," Middle French repositoire or directly from Late Latin repositorium "store," in classical Latin, "a stand on which food is placed," from noun use of repositus, past participle of reponere "put away, store" (see repose (v.2)). Figurative use is recorded from 1640s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. My father is a repository of family history.
- 我的父親對(duì)家族史無(wú)所不知。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. The lost manuscript was found in a repository in France.
- 丟失的手稿在法國(guó)的一個(gè)存放處被找到了.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. The man is a repository of out - of - the - way knowledge.
- 這人有滿腹 稀奇古怪 的知識(shí).
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. She was a repository of all his secrets.
- 她是他完全信賴的人.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. The repository of all important knowledge in a small town was the chief barman of the local pub.
- 小鎮(zhèn)上最無(wú)所不知的人就是當(dāng)?shù)鼐瓢衫锏姆?wù)員領(lǐng)班。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句