phase

英 [fe?z] 美[fez]

CET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6中頻詞核心詞匯

復數:?phases;第三人稱單數:?phases;過去式:?phased;過去分詞:?phased;現在分詞:?phasing;

phase 月相，相位，階段

來自希臘語phasis,月相，星相，來自phainein,出現，顯示，來自PIE*bha,照明，光照，詞源同beacon,phantasm.引申詞義相位，階段。

phase: phase: [19] Greek phásis (a derivative of the verb phaínein ‘show’, source of English phantom) meant ‘appearance’, and also ‘cyclical apparent form of a planet, moon, etc’. This was adopted into modern Latin as phasis, and it originally passed into English (in the 17th century) in the Latin plural form phases. Phase represents a new singular formed from this. The more familiar modern sense ‘stage in a sequence’ is a metaphorical extension of the astronomical meaning.
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phase (n.): 1705, "phase of the moon," back-formed as a singular from Modern Latin phases, plural of phasis, from Greek phasis "appearance" (of a star), "phase" (of the moon), from stem of phainein "to show, to make appear" (see phantasm). Latin singular phasis was used in English from 1660. Non-lunar application is first attested 1841. Meaning "temporary difficult period" (especially of adolescents) is attested from 1913.
phase (v.): "to synchronize," 1895, from phase (n.). Meaning "to carry out gradually" is from 1949, hence phase in "introduce gradually" (1954), phase out (1954). Related: Phased; phasing.

1. The phase of writing that is actually most important is revision.: 實際上寫作過程中最重要的階段是修改。

4. In 2006 work began upon the second phase of the project.: 2006年第二期工程開始施工.