theme

英 [θi?m] 美[θim]

CET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6中頻詞核心詞匯

復數:?themes;

1. 這才是我要表達的東西.

theme 主題，題目

來自希臘語 thema,主題，提議，假設，來自 PIE*dhe,放置，做，詞源同 do,fact,thesis.-ema, 名詞后綴。比喻用法，引申諸相關詞義。

theme: theme: [13] Greek théma denoted etymologically ‘something placed’, hence a ‘proposition’ (it was formed from the base *the-, source also of tithénai ‘place, put’ and distant relative of English do). English acquired the word via Latin thēma and Old French *teme as teme, but soon reverted to the Latin spelling.
=> do
theme (n.): early 14c., "subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks," from Old French tesme (13c., with silent -s- "indicating vowel length" [OED], Modern French thème) and directly from Latin thema "a subject, thesis," from Greek thema "a proposition, subject, deposit," literally "something set down," from root of tithenai "put down, place," from PIE *dhe-mn, from root *dhe- "to put, to do" (see factitious). Meaning "school essay" is from 1540s. Extension to music first recorded 1670s; theme song first attested 1929. Theme park is from 1960.

1. She embroidered on this theme for about ten minutes.: 她圍繞這個主題添枝加葉地說了大約10分鐘。

3. Recent events have made his central theme even more apposite.: 新近發生的事情使得他的中心主題顯得更加有的放矢。

5. This painting points to another recurring theme in Munch's work.: 這幅畫體現了蒙克作品中另一個常見的主題。