title

英 ['ta?t(?)l] 美['ta?tl]

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復(fù)數(shù):?titles;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?titles;過(guò)去式:?titled;過(guò)去分詞:?titled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?titling;

title 名稱(chēng)，標(biāo)題，題目，稱(chēng)號(hào)，稱(chēng)謂，頭銜

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) title,名稱(chēng)，標(biāo)題，書(shū)的章節(jié)，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) titulus,銘文，碑文，牌匾，榮譽(yù)，題首，標(biāo)記，詞源同 titular,tilde.后引申諸多詞義。

title: title: [13] Title comes via Old French title from Latin titulus ‘inscription on a tomb or altar, label, title’. Other contributions made by the Latin word to English include entitle [14], tilde [19], tittle [14], and titular [18].
=> entitle, tilde, tittle, titular
title (n.): c. 1300, "inscription, heading," from Old French title "title or chapter of a book; position; legal permit" (12c., Modern French titre, by dissimilation), and in part from Old English titul, both from Latin titulus "inscription, label, ticket, placard, heading; honorable appellation, title of honor," of unknown origin. Meaning "name of a book, play, etc." first recorded mid-14c. The sense of "name showing a person's rank" in English is first attested 1580s. Sports championship sense attested from 1913 (originally in lawn tennis), hence titlist (1913).
title (v.): "to furnish with a title," early 14c., from title (n.). Related: Titled; titling.

1. Its new title was meant to give the party greater public appeal.: 新的黨名意在使該黨對(duì)公眾具有更強(qiáng)的吸引力。

2. The heavyweight champion will be given a shot at Holyfield's world title.: 這名重量級(jí)拳擊冠軍將嘗試挑戰(zhàn)霍利菲爾德的世界冠軍頭銜。

3. They wanted me to change the title to something less gratuitously offensive.: 他們希望我將題目修改一下，以免顯得太過(guò)冒犯。

4. The title track is a pointed meditation on a continent gone wrong.: 主打歌是對(duì)一個(gè)誤入歧途的大陸的深刻沉思。

5. Of course, nothing is going to eclipse winning the Olympic title.: 當(dāng)然，沒(méi)有什么能比得過(guò)贏得奧運(yùn)會(huì)冠軍。