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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for March 2, 2020 is: perquisite • \PER-kwuh-zut\  • noun 1 : a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages; especially : one expected or promised 2 : gratuity , tip 3 : something held or claimed as an exclusive right or possession Examples: One of the job’s perquisites is use of a company car. “American consumers want choices, employers like using health insurance as a perquisite and competition improves efficiency.” — Chris Tomlinson, The Houston Chronicle , 15 Dec. 2019 Did you know? Looking to acquire a job loaded with perquisites, or “ perks ” (a synonym of perquisites )? Don’t give up the search! Make plenty of inquiries, send out an exquisitely crafted resume, and follow up with queries. Your quest may result in your conquering of the job market. After all, today’s word perquisite derives from Latin perquirere , which means “to search for thoroughly.” That Latin word, in turn, is from the v...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for March 1, 2020 is: interpolate • \in-TER-puh-layt\  • verb 1 a : to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter b : to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation 2 : to insert between other things or parts : intercalate 3 : to estimate values of (data or a function) between two known values 4 : to make insertions (as of estimated values) Examples: “But his reputation rested equally on his abilities as a composer and arranger for large ensembles, interpolating bebop’s crosshatched rhythms and extended improvisations into lush tapestries.” — Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times , 26 Jan. 2020 “Both movies interpolate familiar actors’ evocatively animated faces into stylized worlds; the effect is gorgeous but unsettling, less like watching a movie in a new medium than like watching it in a dream.” — Judy Berman, Time , 9 Sept. 2019 Did you know? Interpolate comes from ...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 29, 2020 is: untenable • \un-TEN-uh-bul\  • adjective 1 : not able to be defended 2 : not able to be occupied Examples: Faced with a budget deficit, the company’s CEO made the untenable decision to lay off several upper management employees while still making sure he received a salary bonus. “At noon on February 20, tanks from the 8th Panzer Regiment slammed into the British two miles north of Kasserine Pass on Highway 17. For the next six hours, the Tommies yielded one untenable hill after another.” — Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn , 2002 Did you know? Untenable and its opposite tenable come to us from Old French tenir (“to hold, have possession of”) and ultimately from Latin tenēre (“to hold, occupy, possess”). We tend to use untenable in situations where an idea or position is so off base that holding onto it is unjustified or inexcusable. One way to hold onto the meaning of untenable is to associat...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 28, 2020 is: coax • \KOHKS\  • verb 1 : to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle 2 : to draw, gain, or persuade by means of gentle urging or flattery 3 : to manipulate with great perseverance and usually with considerable effort toward a desired state or activity Examples: “Toasting the pine nuts until they’re properly golden brown to the center and not just on the surface is key in coaxing out maximum flavor.” — Molly Willett, Bon Appétit , December 2019/January 2020 “Recycling is still important, but it’s not the whole answer to our problem with getting rid of ‘stuff.’ What we really need is to shut our eyes and ears to the advertising that coaxes us to buy more, and spend our money on only the things we really need.” — Dorothy Turcotte, The Grimsby Lincoln (Ontario) News , 6 Jan. 2020 Did you know? In the days of yore, if you made a “cokes” of someone, you made a fool of them. Cok...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 27, 2020 is: trenchant • \TREN-chunt\  • adjective 1 : keen , sharp 2 : vigorously effective and articulate; also : caustic 3 a : sharply perceptive : penetrating b : clear-cut , distinct Examples: “Felix had a confident, gayly trenchant way of judging human actions which Mr. Wentworth grew little by little to envy; it seemed like criticism made easy.” — Henry James, The Europeans , 1878 “Whether you view it as a trenchant treatise on the contemporary effects of Marxism , or just a wonderfully odd glimpse into a fading star of the fashion industry, Celebration is at turns beguiling, fascinating, and true, which is what one should want and need out of a documentary.” — Josh Kupecki, The Austin Chronicle , 18 Oct. 2019 Did you know? The word trenchant comes from the Anglo-French verb trencher , meaning “to cut,” and may ultimately derive from the Vulgar Latin trinicare , meaning “to cut in three.” Hence...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 26, 2020 is: injunction • \in-JUNK-shun\  • noun 1 : the act or an instance of enjoining : order , admonition 2 : a court order requiring a party to do or refrain from doing a specified act Examples: The family gathered in the room to hear the matriarch’s dying injunctions . “The Benton County district filed a lawsuit asking for the division of fees to be declared unconstitutional and seeking an injunction to have the disputed money held in escrow .” — Tom Sissom, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , 22 Jan. 2020 Did you know? Injunction derives, via Anglo-French and Late Latin, from the Latin verb injungere , which in turn is based on jungere , meaning “to join.” Like our verb enjoin , injungere means “to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition.” (Not surprisingly, enjoin is also a descendant of injungere .) Injunction has been around in English since at least the 15th century, when ...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 25, 2020 is: dissemble • \dih-SEM-bul\  • verb 1 : to hide under a false appearance 2 : to put on the appearance of : simulate 3 : to put on a false appearance : to conceal facts, intentions, or feelings under some pretense Examples: “The front room of the gallery will feature the artist’s new work presented in large scale and a salon style arrangement of miniature vignettes that dissemble  various elements of his inhabited landscapes.” — The Register-Star (Hudson, New York), 14 Nov. 2019 “She nodded again, and her eyes closed. It was very pleasant to Darrow that she made no effort to talk or to dissemble her sleepiness. He sat watching her till the upper lashes met and mingled with the lower, and their blent shadow lay on her cheek; then he stood up and drew the curtain over the lamp, drowning the compartment in a bluish twilight.” — Edith Wharton, The Reef , 1912 Did you know? We don’t have a...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 24, 2020 is: acumen • \AK-yoo-mun\  • noun : keenness and depth of perception, discernment , or discrimination especially in practical matters Examples: The author’s detective possesses a superior acumen that enables her to solve the most bizarre and puzzling of mysteries. “Much of Pei’s business acumen was shaped early on in his career, in the late 1940s. After receiving his master’s from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard, he taught for two years alongside Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus School, whom he had also studied under.” — Spencer Bailey and Alex Scimecca, Fortune , 19 May 2019 Did you know? A keen mind and a sharp wit can pierce the soul as easily as a needle passes through cloth. Remember the analogy between a jabbing needle and piercing perception, and you will readily recall the history of acumen . Our English word retains the spelling and figurative meaning of its direct Latin a...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 23, 2020 is: misbegotten • \miss-bih-GAH-tun\  • adjective 1 : unlawfully conceived : illegitimate 2 a : having a disreputable or improper origin : ill-conceived b : contemptible , deformed Examples: The city’s misbegotten attempt to install new traffic signals at the busy intersection only caused greater confusion for motorists. “Stillness fills the remaining six pictures. Paradoxically, each presents evidence of human activity: a harbor city, a partly constructed building, a garbage truck, a muddy road, a cat sitting curbside and a rusty engine from a military plane that crashed in 1942 and now rests in the landscape, like a misbegotten icon.” — David Pagel, The Los Angeles Times , 4 Dec. 2019 Did you know? In the beginning, there was the Old English begiten , and begiten begot the Middle English begotyn , and begotyn begot the modern English begotten , and from thence sprung misbegotten . That descrip...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 22, 2020 is: pontificate • \pahn-TIF-uh-kayt\  • verb 1 : to speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way 2 a : to officiate as a pontiff b : to celebrate pontifical mass Examples: Stan loves to hear himself talk and will often pontificate on even the most trivial issues. “If a talker’s objective through nonstop chatter is to impress others, I have a life lesson worth sharing. People generally are resentful and/or bored by hearing another pontificate about the greatness of themselves.” — Mike Masterson, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , 28 Dec. 2019 Did you know? In ancient Rome, the pontifices were powerful priests who administered the part of civil law that regulated relationships with the deities recognized by the state. Their name, pontifex , derives from the Latin words pons , meaning “bridge,” and facere , meaning “to make,” and some think it may have developed because the group was associat...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 21, 2020 is: numismatic • \noo-muz-MAT-ik\  • adjective 1 : of or relating to the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money 2 : of or relating to currency : monetary Examples: Andrew brought his father’s collection of 19th-century coins to an antique dealer to find out if any were of numismatic value. “Many a well-meaning metal detector enthusiast has taken aggressive measures to clean the old coins they unearth—including harsh scrubbing and abrasives like sandpaper. The coin may come out as bright and shiny as the day it was new, but its value can be destroyed in the process. Whatever the condition of the coin, it’s probably better to consult with a local coin collectors’ or numismatic group or experts before doing anything that can’t be reversed.” — Mason Dockter, The Sioux City (Iowa) Journal , 30 Oct. 2019 Did you know? The first metal coins are believed to have been used as currency by the Ly...

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原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 20, 2020 is: judgment • \JUJ-munt\  • noun 1 a : the process of forming an opinion or evaluation by discerning and comparing b : an opinion or estimate so formed 2 a : the capacity for judging : discernment b : the exercise of this capacity 3 a : a formal utterance of an authoritative opinion b : an opinion so pronounced 4 : a formal decision given by a court 5 : a divine sentence or decision Examples: Theresa showed good judgment by clearing her family out of the house as soon as she smelled gas. “The March hotel-tax increase and a $900 million housing bond proposal on the November ballot await judgment from voters.” — Michael Smolens, The San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 Jan. 2020 Did you know? Judgment can also be spelled judgement , and usage experts have long disagreed over which spelling is the preferred one. Henry Fowler asserted that “the OED [Oxford English Dictionary] prefers the older ...

原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for February 19, 2020 is: eradicate • \ih-RAD-uh-kayt\  • verb 1 : to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots 2 : to pull up by the roots Examples: Widespread, global vaccination has been successful in eradicating smallpox . “The golf-cart fleet is fully powered by lithium batteries, food and horticultural waste is processed into fertilizer for the course, and a simple edict that every agronomy worker must handpick 15 weeds daily before quittin’ time has all but eradicated  the need for chemical treatments.” — Max Alder, The Golf Digest , 16 Dec. 2019 Did you know? Given that eradicate first meant “to pull up by the roots,” it’s not surprising that the root of eradicate means, in fact, “root.” Eradicate , which first turned up in English in the 16th century, comes from eradicatus , the past participle of the Latin verb eradicare . Eradicare , in turn, can be traced back to the Latin word radix , ...