condign
英[k?n'da?n]
美[k?n'da?n]
- adj. 相當的；應得的（尤指懲罰）；適宜的
中文詞源
condign 應得的
con-, 強調。-dign, 價值，值得，詞源同decent, dignity. 原指獲得應有價值的，也指值得懲罰的，罪有應得的。
英文詞源
- condign
- condign: [15] From its virtually exclusive modern use in the phrase condign punishment, condign has come to be regarded frequently as meaning ‘severe’, but etymologically it signifies ‘fully deserved’. It comes via Old French condigne from Latin condignus, a compound adjective formed from the intensive prefix comand dignus ‘worthy’ (source of English dainty, deign, dignity, disdain, and indignant, and related to decent). The collocation with punishment arises from the frequent use of the phrase in Tudor acts of parliament.
=> dainty, decent, deign, dignity, disdain, indignant - condign (adj.)
- late 15c., "well-deserved," from Old French condigne "deserved, appropriate, equal in wealth," from Latin condignus "wholly worthy," from com- "together, altogether" (see com-) + dignus "worthy" (see dignity). Of punishment, "deservedly severe," from 1510s, which by Johnson's day (1755) was the only use.
雙語例句
- 1. Condign English basic skill, especially written.
- 有英語基礎, 特別是書面英語能力.
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- 2. The public approved the condign punishment.
- 公眾一致稱贊這個罪判得很恰當.
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