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美:/'trænˈspaɪərd/
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v. (秘密等)被人知道;被证实;发生;(植物)蒸腾(transpire 的过去式及过去分词)
Nothing is known as yet about what transpired at the meeting.
没有人知道会上发生了什么事。
This story, it later transpired, was untrue.
后来得知,此事纯属凭空假造。
It transpired that the gang had had a contact inside the bank.
据报这伙歹徒在银行里有内应。
It transpired that Kareem had left his driving licence at home.
人们发现卡里姆把驾照落在家里了。
What exactly had transpired?
到底发生什么事啦?
“transpired”是一个动词,其含义在不同语境中有所差异,但主要包含以下两种解释:
(秘密或信息)泄露、公开
指原本隐蔽的事实或信息被揭露或逐渐为人所知。例如:“It later transpired that the witness had lied in court.”(后来发现证人在法庭上撒了谎。这种用法在学术和法律语境中常见,强调事件或信息的意外曝光。
(事件)发生
尽管传统语法认为该词用于描述“发生”属于非正式用法,但现代英语已普遍接受这一含义。例如:“No one knew what had transpired in the meeting room.”(无人知晓会议室里发生了什么。需注意,在正式写作中仍建议优先使用“occur”或“happen”以保持严谨性。
词源与演变
该词源自拉丁语“transpirare”(穿过呼吸),原指植物水分蒸发,18世纪后逐渐引申为“泄露”和“发生”。语言学家指出,第二种含义的争议源于语义扩展过程中的保守主义与实用主义冲突。
权威参考来源
单词 "transpired" 是动词 "transpire" 的过去式和过去分词形式,其含义和用法在不同语境中有明显差异:
1. 生物学/自然现象(原义) 指植物通过叶片或气孔释放水蒸气的过程,即蒸腾作用。例如:
"The experiment measured how much water transpired from the cactus in desert conditions."
2. 事件被揭露(比喻义) 表示秘密或未知事件逐渐暴露或被知晓,常与形式主语 "it" 连用。例如:
"It later transpired that the documents had been forged."
3. 非正式用法(美式英语常见) 在口语中可替代 "happen" 表示「发生」,但传统语法认为此用法不严谨。例如:
"No one knows exactly what transpired during the closed-door meeting."
词源与争议 该词源自拉丁语 transpirare(trans-穿过 + spirare呼吸)。18世纪前仅用于描述植物蒸腾,后衍生出「信息泄露」的比喻义。第三类「发生」的用法曾受语言学家批评,但现代英语已普遍接受。
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