intrigue
英 [ɪn'triːg]
美 ['ɪn'triɡ]
- n. 阴谋；诡计；复杂的事；私通
- vt. 用诡计取得；激起...的兴趣
- vi. 私通；密谋
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1、trick, intricate => intrigue.
2. This word derives from intricate, but the meaning influenced by trick, so the meaning has extended.
3. 源于 intricate , 但含义受到了 trick 的影响，因此使其具有了 trick 的含义。
4. 这也许是由于该词的古体形式的词干与 trick 的古体形式的词干完全相同，使人们在使用中将其联系起来了，这种本不相干的单词，由于发音或拼写形式的相同或相近而被人们有意无意联系起来，而使其含义发生关联的想象，在英语中还是比较常见的。
5. 谐音“阴吹哥”----吹嘘阴谋诡计的人。
intrigue 激发，激起好奇心，阴谋，密谋in-,进入，使，-trig,琐事，繁琐，词源同trick,extricate.即卷进去的，引申词义激发，激起好奇心，同时，也用于指阴谋，密谋等。
- intrigue (v.)
- 1610s, "to trick, deceive, cheat" (earlier entriken, late 14c.), from French intriguer (16c.), from Italian intrigare "to plot, meddle," from Latin intricare "entangle" (see intricate). Meaning "to plot or scheme" first recorded 1714; that of "to excite curiosity" is from 1894. Related: Intrigued; intriguing (1680s, "plotting, scheming;" meaning "exciting curiosity" is from 1909).
- intrigue (n.)
- 1640s, probably from intrigue (v.).
- 1. They spiced their conversations and discussions with intrigue.
- 他们的谈话和讨论透着些许的神秘。
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- 2. Qu Yuan suffered banishment as the victim of a court intrigue.
- 屈原成为朝廷中钩心斗角的牺牲品,因而遭到放逐.
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- 3. The palace was a nest of intrigue.
- 这座宫殿曾是阴谋诡计的策源地.
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- 4. This is a novel of intrigue.
- 这是一本有阴谋情节的小说.
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- 5. Fairy tales can intrigue most children.
- 神话故事能引起大多数孩子的兴趣.
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