professor
英 [pr?'fes?]
美[pr?'f?s?]
- n. 教授；教師；公開表示信仰的人
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詞態變化
復數:?professors;
中文詞源
professor 教授
來自profess,宣稱，信奉，-er,人。字面意思指公開宣稱自己在某領域是行家的人，經得起挑戰和質問的人。后用于教師職業的尊稱。
英文詞源
- professor (n.)
- late 14c., "one who teaches a branch of knowledge," from Old French professeur (14c.) and directly from Latin professor "person who professes to be an expert in some art or science; teacher of highest rank," agent noun from profiteri "lay claim to, declare openly" (see profess). As a title prefixed to a name, it dates from 1706. Short form prof is recorded from 1838.
Professor. One professing religion. This canting use of the word comes down from the Elizabethan period, but is obsolete in England. [Thornton, "American Glossary," 1912]
雙語例句
- 1. Professor Baker is unacquainted with the idea of representative democracy.
- 貝克教授并不熟悉“代議制民主”這一思想。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Professor said that deep sleep allowed suppressed anxieties to surface.
- 教授說深度睡眠可以使壓抑的焦慮情緒得以釋放。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Professor Griffiths explained how the drug appears to work.
- 格里菲思教授解釋了那種藥物的工作原理。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The Professor was beginning to get on Molly's wick.
- 教授快要把莫莉惹毛了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. "Professor Theron," he began, "I'm very pleased to see you"
- “西倫教授，”他開口說道，“很高興見到您?！?/dd>
來自柯林斯例句