ever
英 ['ev?]
美['?v?]
- adv. 永遠；曾經；究竟
- n. (Ever)人名；(英)埃弗；(俄)葉韋爾；(西、法)埃韋爾
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中文詞源
ever 永遠，始終
來自古英語aefre, 永遠，總是。來自詞根ev, 永遠，時期，詞源同eon, longevity. -re詞源存在爭議，可能來自比較級后綴-er.
英文詞源
- ever
- ever: [OE] For such a common and longestablished word, the origins of ever are surprisingly obscure. It has no relatives in other Germanic languages, so it must be a purely English creation. Its first element probably comes from Germanic *aiwō (which is also represented in English aye ‘ever’ [12] and either, and is related to Latin aevum ‘age’, source of English eternal).
The second element is a puzzle, though. Candidates that have been put forward include Old English feorh ‘life’ (thus, ‘ever in life’) and Old English byre ‘occasion’ (giving the underlying sense ‘on any occasion’). Never was formed in the Old English period with the negative particle ne.
=> aye, either, eternal - ever (adv.)
- Old English ?fre "ever, at any time, always;" of uncertain origin, no cognates in any other Germanic language; perhaps a contraction of a in feore, literally "ever in life" (the expression a to fore is common in Old English writings). First element is almost certainly related to Old English a "always, ever," from Proto-Germanic *aiwo, from PIE *aiw- "vital force, life, long life, eternity" (see eon). Liberman suggests second element is comparative adjectival suffix -re.
Sometimes contracted to e'er in dialect and poetry. Ever began to be used in late Old English as a way to generalize or intensify when, what, where, etc. The sense evolution was from "at any time at all, in any way" to "at any particular time; at some time or another; under any circumstances." Ever so "to whatever extent" is recorded by 1680s. Expression did you ever? (implying "see/do/hear of such a thing") attested by 1840.
雙語例句
- 1. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
- 努力過，失敗過，沒關系，屢戰屢敗，屢敗屢戰，每一次失敗都比上一次更好。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 2. I have $100m hidden away where no one will ever find it.
- 我把1億美元藏到了一個永遠沒人會找到的地方。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I can never, ever forgive him. I despise him.
- 我永遠不會原諒他。我鄙視他。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She's got a great voice and is singing better than ever.
- 她的嗓音非常好，現在的唱功比以往任何時候都要好。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I've had the hots for him ever since he came to college.
- 自從他來上大學后，我就對他春心萌動。
來自柯林斯例句