leisure

英 ['le??] 美['li??]

反義詞

CET4TEM4考研TOEFLCET6中低頻詞核心詞匯

1. leisure time 休閑時光.
2. lei(累) + sure(真的、確實) => 確實累了，需要休閑、娛樂一下。

leisure 空閑，休閑

來自法語leisir,來自拉丁語licere,許可，允許，詞源同licit,license.引申詞義許可做自己的事，有空，空閑，休閑。詞義演變比較school,sport.

leisure: leisure: [14] The etymological idea underlying leisure is that of ‘having permission’, and hence of ‘having the freedom to do as one likes’. The word came via Anglo-Norman leisour from Old French leisir. This was a noun use of a verb that meant ‘be permitted’, and came from Latin licēre ‘be permitted’ (source of English illicit [17] and licence [14]).
=> illicit, licence
leisure (n.): early 14c., leisir, "opportunity to do something" (as in phrase at (one's) leisure), also "time at one's disposal," from Old French leisir (Modern French loisir) "capacity; permission; leisure, spare time; free will; idleness, inactivity," noun use of infinitive leisir "be permitted," from Latin licere "be permitted" (see licence). The -u- appeared 16c., probably on analogy of words like pleasure. Phrase leisured class attested by 1836.

2. The Leisure Center is a long and low modern building.: 休閑中心是一座狹長而低矮的現代建筑。

3. Reading books does not rate highly among Britons as a leisure activity.: 讀書并非英國人很喜歡的休閑活動。

5. On the whole, people miss the opportunity to enjoy leisure.: 總的來說，人們渴望享受閑暇的時光。