late 14c., "to belong to as a possession or right," from Old French apendre (13c.) belong, be dependent (on); attach (oneself) to; hang, hang up," and directly from Latin appendere "to cause to hang (from something), weigh," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + pendere "hang" (see pendant).
Meaning "to hang on, attach as a pendant" is 1640s; that of "attach as an appendix" is recorded by 1843. OED says the original word was obsolete by c. 1500, and these later transitive senses represent a reborrowing from Latin or French. Related: Appended; appending.
权威例句
1. Note: Use APPEND to avoid deleting the existing content of the file.
注意: 使用APPEND避免删除文件的现存内容.
2. Organisers may amend or append the terms and conditions without prior notification.
主办单位有权修改参赛条规而不事先知会.
3. Append content to the inside of every matched element.
向每个匹配的元素内部追加内容.
4. Failed to append to the table -- Out of memory.
无法向表格中新增记录 —— 内存不足.
5. Smiley, as requested to do, and I hereunto append the result.
这件受人之托的事究竟结果如何, 我来做个交代.
词语辨析
【append, affiliate, attach, link】
这组词都有“附加”的意思,其区别是:
append: v.增加,附加(与attach的意思比较接近)。
• The lawyer appended two more pages to the contract. 律师在合同后又附加了两页。
affiliate: v.加入,成为……一部分。
• an affiliated middle school 一所附属中学
attach: v.将某物系在、贴在、附在另一物上。
• I attached a note to my report with a paper clip. 我用别针将一张字条别在报告的后面。
link: v.将人或物连接起来。
• The crowd linked arms to form a barrier. 群众臂挽着臂组成人墙。
【complement, append, supplement】
这组词都有“补充”的意思,其区别是:
complement: n.补充,补充物,主要指补充不足使之完美。
• Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish. 有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
append: n.附加,添上或补充某事物(尤指文字)。
• The lawyer appended two more pages to the contract. 律师在合同后又附加了两页。
supplement: n.增补,补充,补贴,主要指另外补加,增补。
• One year after we made our report, we had to add a supplement to cover new events. 我们在报告完成一年之后,必须增补一个包含新事件的附加部分。