phenomenon

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復數(shù):?phenomena;

1、pheno- "appear, show, be seen" + -men- "passive suffix" + -on(希臘語中的單數(shù)后綴).
2、字面含義：that which appears or is seen. 即：被看到的事物。=> 由此，表示：現(xiàn)象。

phenomenon 現(xiàn)象，非凡的人

pheno-,顯示，展現(xiàn)，-men,名詞后綴。引申詞義現(xiàn)象，有代表性的體現(xiàn)，后也用于指非凡的人。其復數(shù)形式為phenomena.

phenomenon: phenomenon: see phantom
phenomenon (n.): 1570s, "fact, occurrence," from Late Latin ph?nomenon, from Greek phainomenon "that which appears or is seen," noun use of neuter present participle of phainesthai "to appear," passive of phainein (see phantasm). Meaning "extraordinary occurrence" first recorded 1771. Plural is phenomena.

1. This phenomenon is not as outrageous as it seems.: 這種現(xiàn)象并不像它看上去那樣駭人。

2. It's an interesting scientific phenomenon, but of no practical use whatever.: 這是一種有趣的科學現(xiàn)象，但沒什么實用價值。

3. This form of civil disobedience isn't a particularly new phenomenon.: 這種形式的非暴力反抗并不是特別新的現(xiàn)象。

4. They see the shift to the right as a worldwide phenomenon.: 他們認為政治上的右翼傾向是一個世界現(xiàn)象。

5. The rogue male is not a twentieth-century phenomenon.: 男性不安分守己并非20世紀特有的現(xiàn)象。