英语词典 · 单词释义
argue
英 ['ɑːgjuː] 美 ['ɑrgjʊ]
这里集中整理“argue”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
单词速览
词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- vi. 争论，辩论；提出理由
- vt. 辩论，争论；证明；说服
- n. (Argue)人名；(英、法)阿格
延伸内容
词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
第三人称单数: argues;过去式: argued;过去分词: argued;现在分词: arguing;
中文词源
argue 争吵
来自词根arg, 白，同Argentine, 阿根廷，白银之国。争吵以辩白。
英文词源
- argue
- argue: [14] English acquired argue and its various meanings via rather complex paths, but its ultimate origin is straightforward: the Latin verb arguere derived from a prehistoric Indo- European base *arg- ‘be white, bright, or clear’ (source also of Latin argentum ‘silver’, and thus of French argent ‘money’); it therefore meant primarily ‘make clear’, but this subsequently developed into ‘assert, prove’.
A frequentative form (that is, one denoting repeated action) evolved, argutāre; this signified ‘make repeated assertions or accusations’. This passed into medieval French as arguer ‘accuse, blame’, and also ‘bring forward reasons for an assertion’, and thence into English. The meaning ‘accuse’ died out in English in the late 17th century, leaving ‘reasoning, discussing’ as the main sense of argue.
Meanwhile, original Latin arguere had made its presence felt in establishing the sense ‘prove’ in English, now somewhat weakened to ‘imply, indicate’ (as in ‘Their lack of involvement argues indifference’). The sense ‘quarrel’ seems to have developed from ‘discuss’ in the 17th century. - argue (v.)
- c. 1300, "to make reasoned statements to prove or refute a proposition," from Old French arguer "maintain an opinion or view; harry, reproach, accuse, blame" (12c.), from Latin argutare "to prattle, prate," frequentative of arguere "make clear, make known, prove, declare, demonstrate," from PIE *argu-yo-, from root *arg- "to shine, be white, bright, clear" (see argent). Meaning "to oppose, dispute" is from late 14c. Related: Argued; arguing.
双语例句
- 1. Few would argue that this team has experience and proven ability.
- 这个队伍的丰富经验和表现出来的实力是众所公认的。
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- 2. I don't think many people would argue with that.
- 我认为多数人不会对此有异议。
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- 3. They egged each other on to argue and to fight.
- 他们互相拱火，大打大闹。
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- 4. One could argue that smoking, by its very nature, is addictive.
- 有人可能认为抽烟从本质上说就具有成瘾性。
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- 5. They argue that only private capitalists can remake Poland's economy.
- 他们认为，只有私人资本家才能重振波兰经济。
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