deserve
- vi. 應受,應得
- vt. 應受,應得
詞態變化
中文詞源
de-, 向下,強調。serve, 服務。原指服務所應得的報酬,后詞義通用化。
英文詞源
- deserve
- deserve: [13] Latin dēservīre meant ‘serve well or enthusiastically’ (it was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and servīre ‘serve’). Hence in late Latin it came to mean ‘become entitled to because of meritorious service’, a sense which passed via Old French deservir into English. The more general modern English ‘be worthy of’ developed in the 15th century.
=> serve - deserve (v.)
- early 13c., from Old French deservir (Modern French desservir) "deserve, be worthy of, earn, merit," from Latin deservire "serve well," from de- "completely" (see de-) + servire "to serve" (see serve). From "be entitled to because of good service" (a sense found in Late Latin), meaning generalized c. 1300 to "be worthy of." Related: Deserved; deserving.
雙語例句
- 1. He does deserve some good luck after so much wretchedness.
- 經過這么多苦難之后,他應該行點好運了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. His children's books are classics that deserve to be much better known.
- 他的兒童書非常經典,應該為更多人所知曉。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Clare did not deserve the vilification she had been subjected to.
- 克萊爾不該受到這樣的誹謗。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Those who seek to grab power through violence deserve punishment.
- 企圖通過暴力奪權的人理應受到懲罰.
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I would deserve to be pitied if I couldn't occupy myself.
- 如果我都不能讓自己忙碌起來,那真是太可憐了。
來自柯林斯例句