记忆方法
1. genu- + -ine.
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中文词源
genuine 真实的
来自词根gen, 生育，词源同generate. 即天生的。
英语词源
- genuine
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genuine: [16] Latin genu meant ‘knee’ (it comes from the same Indo-European ancestor as English knee, and gave English genuflection [16]). In Rome and elsewhere in the ancient world, it was the convention for a father to acknowledge a newly-born child as his own by placing it on his knee – hence the child was genuinus.
=> genuflection, knee - genuine (adj.)
- 1590s, "natural, not acquired," from Latin genuinus "native, natural, innate," from root of gignere "beget" (see genus), perhaps influenced in form by contrasting adulterinus "spurious." [Alternative etymology is from Latin genu "knee," from a supposed ancient custom of a father acknowledging paternity of a newborn by placing it on his knee.] Meaning "really proceeding from its reputed source" is from 1660s. Related: Genuinely; genuineness.
权威例句
- 1. It was not the policy of the government to repatriate genuine refugees.
- 遣返真正的难民回国并非政府的政策。
- 2. This was a genuine mistake, but it did cause me some worry.
- 这是好心办错事，可是确实让我担心了一阵子。
- 3. It is unlikely he would have mistaken hocus-pocus for genuine knowledge.
- 他不可能把骗人的把戏错当成真正的知识。
- 4. Customers know that our stocktake sales offer genuine markdowns across the store.
- 顾客们知道我们的清仓大甩卖是实实在在的全场降价。
- 5. The government divides asylum-seekers into economic migrants and genuine refugees.
- 政府把寻求避难者划分为经济移民与真正的难民。
词语辨析
【real, authentic, genuine, true, actual, factual】
这组词都有“真的，真实的，实在的”的意思，其区别是：
real: 普通用词，含义较广，有时可与actual和genuine换用。指一切真实的或 表面看不出虚假的事物。
authentic: 常可与genuine换用，指与事实完全相符，强调准确可靠。
genuine: 普通常用词，指真正的，货真价实的，强调非人为或非虚假的。
true: 指同实际情况或标准完全一致。口语中多用。
actual: 指事物的实际存在，并非出自主观臆造。
factual: 与actual同义，但更测重根据事实，不扩大或缩小，不渲染。
这组词都有“真的，真实的，实在的”的意思，其区别是：
real: 普通用词，含义较广，有时可与actual和genuine换用。指一切真实的或 表面看不出虚假的事物。
authentic: 常可与genuine换用，指与事实完全相符，强调准确可靠。
genuine: 普通常用词，指真正的，货真价实的，强调非人为或非虚假的。
true: 指同实际情况或标准完全一致。口语中多用。
actual: 指事物的实际存在，并非出自主观臆造。
factual: 与actual同义，但更测重根据事实，不扩大或缩小，不渲染。