imprecation
英 [ˌɪm.prəˈkeɪ.ʃən]
美 [ˌɪm.prəˈkeɪ.ʃən]
将“imprecation”分解为“im”和“precation”。联想“im”为“impossible”的缩写,表示难以避免的;将“precation”想象为预先的警告或禁忌,就像是在说“不可说的警告”。整体联想为一种难以避免的禁忌警告或诅咒,这样可以帮助记忆“imprecation”这个词的意思是诅咒或严厉的责备。
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imprecation 咒骂im-,进入,使,-prec,祈求,祈祷,词源同prey,deprecate.其原义为召唤鬼神,祈求神灵相助,后引申词义诅咒,咒骂。
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imprecation: see pray
- imprecation (n.)
- mid-15c., "a curse, cursing," from Latin imprecationem (nominative imprecatio), from past participle stem of imprecari "invoke, pray, call down upon," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, within" (see in- (2)) + precari "to pray, ask, beg, request" (see pray). "Current limited sense is characteristic of human nature." [Weekley]
- 1. Let I not imprecation I of pain and sufferings will stop.
- 让我不祈求我的痛苦会停止.
- 2. Imprecation you, help them more again some.
- 祈求您, 再多帮助她们一些吧.
- 3. The concrete adversaria and miscellanies of its folk - custom embody imprecation of people for health and auspicious.
- 重阳民俗的具体记事杂录,体现了人们对健康、祥和的祈盼.