today: [OE] Today is simply a compound assembled from the preposition to (in the now obsolete sense ‘a(chǎn)t, on’) and day. Parallel formations are Dutch vandaag (literally ‘from or of day’) and Swedish and Danish i dag (‘in day’). In fact virtually all the terms for ‘today’ in the European languages contain an element meaning ‘day’, but not all of them are as obvious as today, vandaag, and i dag.
German heute, for instance, comes from a prehistoric Germanic *hiu tagu, which meant literally ‘on this day’. Russian segodnja likewise denotes etymologically ‘this day’. And the second syllable of Latin hodiē ‘today’ (ancestor of French aujourd’hui, Italian oggi, and Spanish hoy) represents an inflected form of diēs ‘day’. Tomorrow and tonight [OE] were formed on the same basis.
today (adv.)
Old English tod?ge, to d?ge "on (this) day," from to "at, on" (see to) + d?ge, dative of d?g "day" (see day). Meaning "in modern times" is from c. 1300. As a noun from 1530s. Generally written as two words until 16c., after which it usually was written to-day until early 20c.
Similar constructions exist in other Germanic languages, such as Dutch van daag "from-day," Danish and Swedish i dag "in day." German heute is from Old High German hiutu, from Proto-Germanic *hiu tagu "on (this) day," with first element from PIE pronominal stem *ki-, represented by Latin cis "on this side."
雙語例句
1. As a group, today's old people are still relatively deprived.
總的來說，當(dāng)今的老年人依然相對貧困。
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2. There has been a busy start to polling in today's local elections.
今天地方選舉的投票一開始就人頭攢動(dòng)。
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3. Today I might hesitate to turn in a burglar.
現(xiàn)在讓我把入室竊賊送交警方，我可能會(huì)有所顧慮。
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4. Return the enclosed Donation Form today in the prepaid envelope provided.
請于今日將隨函附上的捐款表格用所提供的郵資預(yù)付的信封寄回。
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5. Today's Security Council resolution will be a significant success for American diplomacy.