1、system 的希腊字面是"站到一块的东西":syn-(一起)+ histanai(使站立,*sta- 站族,同 stand)。零件各站各位、拼成整体,就是"系统、体制"——第十二轮 status 稿认过的"站"字祖,这里再会。 2、statistics(统计学)、state(状态;州)、stadium(体育场)都在"站"这一脉上(各按各家说法),system 是其中最宏大的一张网:nature's system 自然体系,the system 社会体制。 3、两习语:get something out of one's system 把那桩瘾事折腾完、心里放下;all systems go 一切就绪(借航天倒计时口令)。读 /ˈsɪs.təm/ 两拍。
system: [17] A system is etymologically something that is ‘brought together’. The word comes via French système and late Latin systēma from Greek sústēma ‘combined or organized whole, formed from many parts’. This was a derivative of sunistánai ‘bring together, combine’, a compound verb formed from the prefix sun- ‘together’ and histánai ‘cause to stand’ (a relative of English stand). => stand
system (n.)
1610s, "the whole creation, the universe," from Late Latin systema "an arrangement, system," from Greek systema "organized whole, a whole compounded of parts," from stem of synistanai "to place together, organize, form in order," from syn- "together" (see syn-) + root of histanai "cause to stand" from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
Meaning "set of correlated principles, facts, ideas, etc." first recorded 1630s. Meaning "animal body as an organized whole, sum of the vital processes in an organism" is recorded from 1680s; hence figurative phrase to get (something) out of one's system (1900). Computer sense of "group of related programs" is recorded from 1963. All systems go (1962) is from U.S. space program. The system "prevailing social order" is from 1806.
权威例句
1. Megamalls and fast food restaurants line the highway system.
公路系统沿线有大型商场和快餐店。
2. The new system is still in the planning stages.
新体系仍处于规划阶段。
3. There is nothing sinister or conspiratorial about the export licensing system.
这种出口许可制度没有任何阴险或者见不得人的东西。
4. A special locking system means the door cannot be opened accidentally.
特殊的锁定系统使门不会被意外打开。
5. The volume of scheduled flights is straining the air traffic control system.