英语词源
- Pete
- familiar form of masc. proper name Peter. For Pete's sake is attested from 1903 in a list of children's expressions published in Massachusetts, probably a euphemistic use of the disciple's name in place of Christ; as an exclamation or quasi-oath, Peter! was in use 14c., but this likely is not connected to the modern use.
权威例句
- 1. One of Pete's friends wrote his car off there.
- 皮特的一个朋友在那儿把他的汽车撞毁了。
- 2. He was almost as tall as Pete, but skinnier.
- 他和皮特差不多高，但更瘦。
- 3. "Why does she want to get in there?" Pete wondered.
- “她为什么想进那里面？”皮特心想。
- 4. I'd sooner he didn't know till I've talked to Pete.
- 在我跟皮特说之前，我宁愿他不知道这件事。
- 5. Rachel started forward on the sofa. — "You mean you've arrested Pete?"
- 雷切尔从沙发上猛地往前一欠身子。——“你的意思是你已经抓到了皮特？”