emancipation
英[ɪ,mænsɪ'peɪʃ(ə)n]
美[ɪ,mænsə'peʃən]
词态变化
动词: emancipate;形容词: emancipated;助记提示
1、e- / ex- "out, away" + man- "hand" + cip- + -ation.
2、字面含义：out or away from the hand who takes. => 引申为：解放；释放。
3、也即：free from the hands who takes.英文词源
- emancipation (n.)
- 1630s, "a setting free," from French émancipation, from Latin emancipationem (nominative emancipatio), noun of action from past participle stem of emancipare (see emancipate). In modern use especially of the freeing of a minor from parental control. Specifically with reference to U.S. slavery from 1785 (the Emancipation Proclamation was issued July 22, 1862, effective Jan. 1, 1863). In Britain, with reference to easing of restrictions on Catholics, etc.
双语例句
- 1. We must arouse them to fight for their own emancipation.
- 我们必须唤起他们为其自身的解放而斗争.
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- 2. They rejoiced over their own emancipation.
- 他们为自己的解放感到欢欣鼓舞.
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- 3. The world identifies Lincoln with emancipation.
- 全世界把林肯与解放黑奴联系在一起.
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- 4. At that time, complete emancipation of women had not worked out in actual practice.
- 那时候, 妇女的彻底解放在实践上还做不到.
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- 5. Their aim is to help the working people in their struggle for emancipation.
- 他们的目的是帮助劳动人民争取解放.
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