solve

英 [s?lv] 美[s?lv]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?solves;過去式:?solved;過去分詞:?solved;現(xiàn)在分詞:?solving;

solve 溶解，解決

來自拉丁語 solvere,松開，解開，分開，溶解，來自 se-,分開，各自，luo,松開，失去，詞源同 lose,loose,analyze.引申詞義解決，解答。

solve: solve: [15] Etymologically, solve means ‘release’, particularly by the payment of debt. It was borrowed from Latin solvere ‘release, unbind, pay’, which was descended from an earlier *seluere. This was a compound verb based on luere ‘loosen, release, pay’, a descendant of the same Indo-European base that produced English analyse, loose, lose, etc.

The notion of ‘payment of debts’ survives in English solvent [17], and a metaphorical extension of ‘loosening’ to ‘turning a solid into a liquid’ can be seen in soluble [14] and the derivative dissolve [14]. The use of solve for ‘explain’, now the major English sense, emerged in Latin, but it was not a major feature of the Latin verb. Other related forms include absolute, absolve, and resolve [14].
=> absolute, absolve, analyse, dissolve, loose, lose, resolve, solution
solve (v.): late 14c., "to disperse, dissipate, loosen," from Latin solvere "to loosen, dissolve; untie, release, detach; depart; unlock; scatter; dismiss; accomplish, fulfill; explain; remove," from PIE *se-lu-, from reflexive pronoun *s(w)e- (see idiom) + root *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart" (see lose). The meaning "explain, answer" is attested from 1530s; for sense evolution, see solution. Mathematical use is attested from 1737. Related: Solved; solving.

1. I dreamed up a plan to solve both problems at once.: 我想出了一個方案，可以同時解決兩個問題。

2. Human societies have the power to solve the problems confronting them.: 人類社會有能力解決面臨的問題。

3. Egypt wants to solve the problem in an atmosphere of cordiality.: 埃及想要友好地解決該問題。

4. Their domestic reforms did nothing to solve the problem of unemployment.: 他們的國內(nèi)改革未能解決失業(yè)問題。