linger是什么意思,linger怎么用

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📰 外刊例句

The idea of emissaries bringing peace lingers on in schematic maps of the 21st-century maritime Silk Road. “和平使者”的想法也萦绕在21世纪海上丝绸之路的简图上。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《时代周刊》


📖 基本释义

[verb] stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave
[动词] 因不愿离开而在某个地方停留超过必要的时间


💡 深入解读

Linger 是一个与常见单词 finger, singer,ginger等有着相同结尾的单词,主要用来表示“逗留、流连、徘徊、磨蹭”,多指因不愿离开而在某个地方停留超过必要的时间,也可以指目光持续看某人或大脑持续思考某事的时间比通常要长,

比如:

She lingered for a few minutes in the lobby.她在大厅里逗留了几分钟。

His eyes lingered on her ample curves.他的目光滞留在她丰满的曲线上。

The stale odour of cigarette smoke lingered in the room.进而 linger 也可以用来形容味道、怀疑、记忆、战争等“继续存留、缓慢消失”,也就是尽管强度、重要性、影响力等在减弱,但继续存留的时间比预期或想要的要长,比如:房间里仍飘溢着香烟的臭味。

The venerable old man lingered several months after his stroke.将这个概念用在生命垂危的人、濒临消失的传统等上时,则可以用 linger 引申指“苟延残喘、奄奄一息”,也就是尽管在逐渐衰亡或走向死亡,但仍然保持存活或存在,比如:那位德高望重的老人中风后拖了几个月才去世。

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said in the Concluding observations on the combined tenth to twelfth reports of the United States of America released on Sept. 21, 2022, that the lingering legacies of colonialism and slavery continue to fuel racism and racial discrimination around the country.权威用例联合国消除种族歧视委员会2022年9月21日发布的关于审议美国履行《消除一切形式种族歧视国际公约》情况的结论性报告指出,美国历史上殖民主义和奴隶制留下的阴影至今仍挥之不去,助长着美国社会流行的种族主义。

出自《2022年美国侵犯人权报告》(双语全文)

loiter: stand or wait around idly or without apparent purpose dawdle: waste time; be slow abide: (of a feeling or memory) continue without fading or being lost同近义词


🔍 同近义词

  • loiter: stand or wait around idly or without apparent purpose
  • dawdle: waste time; be slow
  • abide: (of a feeling or memory) continue without fading or being lost
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