guerrilla
英 [g?'r?l?]
美 [g?'r?l?]
助記提示
1. w <----> gu, -w- <---> -gu-.
2. war => werr- (Old High German werra "war") => guerr- "war".
3. guerr- "war" + -illa (diminutive suffix).
4. literally "little war".
5. guerrilla 原意是“小規(guī)模的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)”。在英語(yǔ)和西班牙語(yǔ)里，它都可以指對(duì)抗政府的一群非正式武裝人員，即“游擊隊(duì)”。但在英語(yǔ)里主要是作為形容詞，用在 guerrilla warfare（游擊戰(zhàn)）或 guerrilla marketing（游擊營(yíng)銷(xiāo)）等短語(yǔ)中。需要注意的是，在西班牙語(yǔ)中，字母組合 ll 的發(fā)音與英語(yǔ)不同；而在英語(yǔ)里這個(gè)單詞的發(fā)音跟 gorilla（猩猩）是一樣的。
中文詞源
guerrilla 游擊隊(duì)詞源同war,戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。-illa, 小詞后綴。
英文詞源
- guerrilla (n.)
- "fighter in an irregular, independent armed force," 1809, from Spanish guerrilla "body of skirmishers, skirmishing warfare," literally "little war," diminutive of guerra "war," from a Germanic source cognate with Old High German werra "strife, conflict, war," from Proto-Germanic *werra- (see war (n.)). Acquired by English during the Peninsular War (1808-1814), when bands of Spanish peasants and shepherds annoyed the occupying French. Purists failed in their attempt to keep this word restricted to "irregular warfare" and prevent it taking on the sense properly belonging to guerrillero "guerrilla fighter." Figurative use by 1861. As an adjective from 1811.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The security zone was set up to prevent guerrilla infiltrations.
- 設(shè)立了安全區(qū)以防止游擊隊(duì)員的滲入。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. A guerrilla war has lingered into its fourth decade.
- 一場(chǎng)游擊戰(zhàn)已經(jīng)持續(xù)了30多年。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. He dismissed guerrilla warfare as "adventurism."
- 他對(duì)游擊戰(zhàn)嗤之以鼻，認(rèn)為那是一種“冒險(xiǎn)主義”。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Guerrilla groups are active in the province.
- 游擊隊(duì)在該省很活躍。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. These villagers are guerrilla sympathizers.
- 這些村民擁護(hù)游擊隊(duì)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句