deponent

英 [dɪ'pəʊnənt] 美 [dɪ'ponənt]
  • n. 宣誓证人
  • adj. 异态的

英文词源


deponent (adj.)
1520s, originally grammatical (of verbs passive in form but active in sense), from Latin deponentem "putting down or aside," present participle of deponere (see deposit (v.)). Noun meaning "one who makes a deposition" is from 1540s.

双语例句


1. There is also a group of verbs known as the semi deponent verb.
另外有种动词称为半被动形主动义的动词(semideponentverbs).

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