neophyte

英 ['ni??(?)fa?t] 美['ni?fa?t]

GRE暢通詞匯

neophyte 新皈依者，初學者

neo-,新，-phyte,生長，植物，詞源同be,physics.

neophyte: neophyte: [16] Neophyte is one of an evergrowing family of English words containing the prefix neo-, which comes from Greek néos ‘new’ (a relative of English new). Most of them are English formations (neoclassical [19], Neolithic [19], neologism [18], neonatal [20], neoplatonism [19], etc), but neophyte goes back to a Greek compound, neóphutos, which meant literally ‘newly planted’. Also derived from Greek néos is the name of the gas neon [19], so called in 1898 because it was ‘newly’ discovered.
=> neon, new
neophyte (n.): "new convert," 1550s, from Church Latin neophytus, from Greek neophytos "a new convert," noun use of adjective meaning "newly initiated, newly converted," literally "newly planted," from neos "new" (see new) + phytos "grown; planted," verbal adjective of phyein "cause to grow, beget, plant" (see physic). Church sense is from I Tim. iii:6. Rare before 19c. General sense of "one who is new to any subject" is first recorded 1590s.

2. The neophyte must not despair of mastering the rules and procedures.: 初學的人不必在熟悉規則和程序中感到失望.

3. The neophyte began to stammer out a reply , but fell silent.: 新門徒囁嚅了兩句, 然后沉默了.

5. A neophyte with a record of going along to get along could find it impossible.: 一個唯唯諾諾的新人就更不可能了.