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第三人稱單數(shù):?cites;過去式:?cited;過去分詞:?cited;現(xiàn)在分詞:?citing;

1、cit- "summon" + -e.

cite 引用

來自PIE*keie,運(yùn)動，移動，詞源同cinema,conation.此處引申詞義召喚，援引。

cite: cite: [15] Latin ciēre or cīre meant ‘move’ (it was related to Greek kīnein ‘move’, source of English kinetic and cinema). From its past participle, citus, was formed the verb citāre, meaning ‘cause to move’, and hence ‘call, summon’. This passed into English (via Old French citer), as cite ‘summon officially’.

In the 16th century this came to be applied metaphorically to the ‘calling forth’ of a particular passage of writing, author, etc as an example or proof of what one is saying – hence the modern sense ‘quote’. The same Latin verb lies behind a range of other English verbs, including excite, incite, recite, and solicit.
=> cinema, excite, incite, kinetic, recite, solicit
cite (v.): mid-15c., "to summon," from Old French citer "to summon" (14c.), from Latin citare "to summon, urge, call; put in sudden motion, call forward; rouse, excite," frequentative of ciere "to move, set in motion, stir, rouse, call, invite" from PIE root *keie- "to set in motion, to move to and fro" (cognates: Sanskrit cyavate "stirs himself, goes;" Greek kinein "to move, set in motion; change, stir up," kinymai "move myself;" Gothic haitan "call, be called;" Old English hatan "command, call"). Sense of "calling forth a passage of writing" is first attested 1530s. Related: Cited; citing.

1. His position does not empower him to cite our views without consultation.: 他的地位并沒有給予他不經(jīng)許可就引用我們觀點(diǎn)的權(quán)力。

2. It would be an endless task to cite such living examples.: 這樣的實(shí)例舉不勝舉.

5. The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.: 為了達(dá)到目的,魔鬼也會援引圣經(jīng).