any
英 ['en?]
美['?ni]
- adj. 任何的；所有的；絲毫
- pron. 任何；任何一個；若干
- adv. 稍微；少許
- n. (Any)人名；(法、羅)阿尼
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中文詞源
any 任意的
an, 一。-y, 形容詞后綴。
英文詞源
- any
- any: [OE] Any is descended from a prehistoric Germanic compound meaning literally ‘one-y’ (a formation duplicated in unique, whose Latin source ūnicus was compounded of ūnus ‘one’ and the adjective suffix -icus). Germanic *ainigaz was formed from *ain- (source of English one) and the stem *-ig-, from which the English adjective suffix -y is ultimately derived. In Old English this had become ?nig, which diversified in Middle English to any and eny; modern English any preserves the spelling of the former and the pronunciation of the latter.
=> one - any (adj.)
- Old English ?nig "any, anyone," literally "one-y," from Proto-Germanic *ainagas (cognates: Old Saxon enig, Old Norse einigr, Old Frisian enich, Dutch enig, German einig), from PIE *oi-no- "one, unique" (see one). The -y may have diminutive force here.
Emphatic form any old ______ (British variant: any bloody ______) is recorded from 1896. At any rate is recorded from 1847. Among the large family of compounds beginning with any-, anykyn "any kind" (c. 1300) did not survive, and Anywhen (1831) is rarely used, but OED calls it "common in Southern [British] dialects."
雙語例句
- 1. I don't want any more of that heavy stuff.
- 我再也不想碰那種麻煩事了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Well, at any rate, let me thank you for all you did.
- 好吧，不管怎樣，還是要感謝你所做的一切。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. You are welcome to visit the hospital at any time.
- 你可以隨時來醫院。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The room was quiet; no one volunteered any further information.
- 房間很安靜，無人主動提供更多的信息。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Wash your hands thoroughly with hot soapy water before handling any food.
- 在拿吃的之前，用熱肥皂水把手好好地洗干凈。
來自柯林斯例句