corps

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復(fù)數(shù):?corps;

1. 末尾的字母s更像是表復(fù)數(shù)，表示很多身體、很多人構(gòu)成的一個(gè)整體。

corps 軍，軍團(tuán)

來自corp, 身體，實(shí)體。即成為一體的，軍團(tuán)。

corps (n.): late 13c., cors "body," from Old French cors "body, person, corpse, life" (9c.), from Latin corpus "body" (see corporeal). Sense in English evolved from "dead body" (13c.) to "live body" (14c.) to "body of citizens" (15c.) to "band of knights" (mid-15c.). The modern military sense (1704) is from French corps d'armée (16c.), picked up in English during Marlborough's campaigns.

French restored the Latin -p- in 14c., and English followed 15c., but the pronunciation remained "corse" at first and corse persisted as a parallel formation. After the -p- began to be sounded (16c. in English), corse became archaic or poetic only.

1. Encouraging teacher transfer would not, by itself, integrate the teaching corps.: 鼓勵(lì)教師調(diào)動(dòng)本身不會(huì)消弭教學(xué)隊(duì)伍中的種族隔離。

2. David McNeil is travelling with the White House press corps.: 大衛(wèi)·麥克尼爾正和白宮記者團(tuán)一同前行。

3. She handled travel arrangements for the press corps during the presidential campaign.: 她負(fù)責(zé)了總統(tǒng)競(jìng)選活動(dòng)期間新聞報(bào)道團(tuán)的行程安排。

4. She was plucked from the corps de ballet to take on Juliet.: 她從芭蕾舞團(tuán)的伴舞隊(duì)中被挖掘出來，擔(dān)任朱麗葉這一角色。