veteran

英 ['vet(?)r(?)n] 美['v?t?r?n]

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復數:?veterans;

veteran 老兵

來自PIE*wet,年，歲月，詞源同wether.引申義有經驗的，退役的老兵。

veteran: veteran: [16] Veteran comes via French vétéran from Latin veterānus ‘old’. This was a derivative of vetus ‘old’, which is the ancestor of French vieux, Italian vecchio, and Spanish viejo. It went back ultimately to Indo-European *wetus- (source also of Latvian vecs ‘old’). This may be related to Greek étos ‘year’, in which case ‘old’ could derive from an ancestral meaning ‘full of years’.
veteran (n.): c. 1500, "old experienced soldier," from French vétéran, from Latin veteranus "old, aged, that has been long in use," especially of soldiers; as a plural noun, "old soldiers," from vetus (genitive veteris) "old, aged, advanced in years; of a former time," as a plural noun, vetores, "men of old, forefathers," from PIE *wet-es-, from root *wet- (2) "year" (cognates: Sanskrit vatsa- "year," Greek etos "year," Hittite witish "year," Old Church Slavonic vetuchu "old," Old Lithuanian vetu?as "old, aged;" and compare wether). Latin vetus also is the ultimate source of Italian vecchio, French vieux, Spanish viejo. General sense of "one who has seen long service in any office or position" is attested from 1590s. The adjective first recorded 1610s.

1. He is a veteran parliamentarian whose views enjoy widespread respect.: 他是個資深議員，其觀點受到廣泛尊重。

2. It is understood that the veteran reporter had a heart attack.: 據悉，那位資深記者心臟病發作。