mention

英 ['men?(?)n] 美['m?n??n]

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復數:?mentions;第三人稱單數:?mentions;過去式:?mentioned;過去分詞:?mentioned;現在分詞:?mentioning;

mention 提到，提及

來自拉丁文mens,思考，思想，記憶，詞源同mind,mania.引申詞義想起，提到，提及。

mention: mention: [14] The etymological notion underlying mention is of ‘reminding’. For it comes via Old French from Latin mentiō, which originally meant ‘remembrance’ (it was a derivative of the Indo-European base *men-, which also produced English memory, remember, etc). It developed via ‘cause to remember something by speaking or writing of it’ (a sense still present in Middle English) to simply ‘refer to something’.
=> memory, mind, remember
mention (n.): c. 1300, "a note, reference," from Old French mencion "mention, memory, speech," from Latin mentionem (nominative mentio) "a calling to mind, a speaking of, a making mention," from root of Old Latin minisci "to think," related to mens (genitive mentis) "mind," from PIE root *men- (1) "think" (see mind (n.)).
mention (v.): 1520s, from mention (n.) or else from Middle French mentionner, from Old French mencion. Related: Mentioned; mentioning; mentionable. Don't mention it as a conventional reply to expressions of gratitude or apology is attested from 1840.

1. His immediate superior has singled him out for a special mention.: 他的頂頭上司特別提到了他。

2. I believe he was concerned in all those matters you mention.: 我認為你提到的那些事都與他有關。

3. The mere mention of John had touched a very raw nerve indeed.: 提到約翰就真的讓人心痛。

5. Mention sex therapy and most people will titter in embarrassment.: 提及性治療，大多數人會尷尬地偷笑。