plus

英 [pl?s] 美[pl?s]

反義詞

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復數:?plusses;?pluses;

plus 多，加，優勢，長處

來自拉丁語plus,更多，更大，來自PIE*pele,裝滿，填滿，詞源同fill,full.用于數學名詞加號，引申詞義優勢，長處。

plus (n.): 1570s, the oral rendering of the arithmetical sign +, from Latin plus "more, in greater number, more often" (comparative of multus "much"), altered (by influence of minus) from *pleos, from PIE *pele- (1) "to fill" (see poly-).

As a preposition, between two numbers to indicate addition, from 1660s. [Barnhart writes that this sense "did not exist in Latin and probably originated in commercial language of the Middle Ages."] Placed after a whole number to indicate "and a little more," it is attested from 1902. As a conjunction, "and," it is American English colloquial, attested from 1968. As a noun meaning "an advantage" from 1791. Plus fours (1921) were four inches longer in the leg than standard knickerbockers, to produce an overhang, originally a style associated with golfers. The plus sign itself has been well-known since at least late 15c. and is perhaps an abbreviation of Latin et (see et cetera).

1. Three plus six makes nine.: 3加6等于9.(注意,此句中的plus是介詞,plussix是介詞短語,作three的定語,因此,動詞用makes, 不用make ) .

2. There are only 35 staff to serve 30,000-plus customers.: 只有35名員工，卻要為3萬多顧客服務。

5. Send a cheque for ￡18.99 plus ￡2 for postage and packing.: 請寄上18.99英鎊的支票，外加2英鎊的郵資和包裝費。