subscribe

英 [səb'skraɪb] 美 [səb'skraɪb]
  • vi. 订阅;捐款;认购;赞成;签署
  • vt. 签署;赞成;捐助

中文词源


subscribe 定阅,定购,认购

sub-,在下,-scrib,写,词源同 scribe,script.即在合同下面签字,引申诸相关词义。

英文词源


subscribe (v.)
early 15c., "to sign at the bottom of a document," from Latin subscribere "write, write underneath, sign one's name; register," also figuratively "assent, agree to, approve," from sub "underneath" (see sub-) + scribere "write" (see script (n.)). The meaning "give one's consent" (by subscribing one's name) first recorded mid-15c.; that of "contribute money to" 1630s; and that of "become a regular buyer of a publication" 1711, all originally literal. Related: Subscribed; subscribing.

双语例句


1. As a Liberal Democrat I subscribe to the internationalist approach.
作为自由民主党成员,我支持国际主义路线。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Which journals does the library subscribe to?
图书馆订有哪些报刊?

来自《权威词典》

3. I subscribe wholeheartedly to this theory.
我衷心拥护这种理论.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. I heartily subscribe to that sentiment.
我十分赞同那个观点.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. We subscribe to the resolution.
我们赞同这项决议.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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