symptom
英 ['s?m(p)t?m]
美['s?mpt?m]
- n. [臨床] 癥狀；征兆
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詞態變化
復數:?symptoms;
中文詞源
symptom 癥狀，征兆
來自希臘語 symptoma, 疾病， 發生， 來自 sym-, 一起， 一致，-pt, 追逐， 降落， 詞源同 compete,petition,-oma,名詞后綴。引申詞義癥狀，征兆等。詞義演變比較 syndrome,綜合癥。
英文詞源
- symptom
- symptom: [16] A symptom is etymologically something that ‘happens’ – an occurrence or phenomenon. The word’s application to physiological phenomena as signs of disease is a secondary development. It comes via late Latin symptōma from Greek súmptōma ‘occurrence’, a derivative of sumpíptein ‘fall together’, hence ‘fall on, happen to’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix sun- ‘together’ and píptein ‘fall’.
- symptom (n.)
- 1540s, re-Latinized from sinthoma (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin sinthoma "symptom of a disease," altered from Late Latin symptoma, from Greek symptoma "a happening, accident, disease," from stem of sympiptein "to befall, happen; coincide, fall together," from assimilated form of syn- "together" (see syn-) + piptein "to fall," from PIE *pi-pt-, reduplicated form of root *pet- "to rush; to fly" (see petition (n.)).
Spelling restored in early Modern English in part by influence of Middle French symptome (16c.). General (non-medical) use is from 1610s.
雙語例句
- 1. One prominent symptom of the disease is progressive loss of memory.
- 這種疾病的一個顯著癥狀就是記憶逐漸喪失。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Victoria was strangely undisturbed by this symptom, even though her husband and family were frightened.
- 盡管丈夫和家人都嚇壞了，維多利亞卻對這一癥狀出奇地淡定。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It is probable that the medication will suppress the symptom without treating the condition.
- 這種藥物有可能治標不治本。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Was the noise a cause of the illness, or were the complaints about noise merely a symptom?
- 噪音是病因呢, 還是對噪音的抱怨僅僅是一種癥狀 呢 ?
來自《用法詞典》
- 5. Your problem with keeping boyfriends is just a symptom of a larger problem: making and keeping friends.
- 你在維系同男友的關系時遭遇的困難暴露了一個更大的問題：如何結交朋友和維持友誼。
來自柯林斯例句