symptom

英 ['s?m(p)t?m] 美['s?mpt?m]

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復數:?symptoms;

symptom 癥狀，征兆

來自希臘語 symptoma, 疾病，發生，來自 sym-, 一起，一致，-pt, 追逐，降落，詞源同 compete,petition,-oma,名詞后綴。引申詞義癥狀，征兆等。詞義演變比較 syndrome,綜合癥。

symptom: symptom: [16] A symptom is etymologically something that ‘happens’ – an occurrence or phenomenon. The word’s application to physiological phenomena as signs of disease is a secondary development. It comes via late Latin symptōma from Greek súmptōma ‘occurrence’, a derivative of sumpíptein ‘fall together’, hence ‘fall on, happen to’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix sun- ‘together’ and píptein ‘fall’.
symptom (n.): 1540s, re-Latinized from sinthoma (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin sinthoma "symptom of a disease," altered from Late Latin symptoma, from Greek symptoma "a happening, accident, disease," from stem of sympiptein "to befall, happen; coincide, fall together," from assimilated form of syn- "together" (see syn-) + piptein "to fall," from PIE *pi-pt-, reduplicated form of root *pet- "to rush; to fly" (see petition (n.)).

Spelling restored in early Modern English in part by influence of Middle French symptome (16c.). General (non-medical) use is from 1610s.

1. One prominent symptom of the disease is progressive loss of memory.: 這種疾病的一個顯著癥狀就是記憶逐漸喪失。

2. Victoria was strangely undisturbed by this symptom, even though her husband and family were frightened.: 盡管丈夫和家人都嚇壞了，維多利亞卻對這一癥狀出奇地淡定。

3. It is probable that the medication will suppress the symptom without treating the condition.: 這種藥物有可能治標不治本。

4. Was the noise a cause of the illness, or were the complaints about noise merely a symptom?: 噪音是病因呢, 還是對噪音的抱怨僅僅是一種癥狀呢 ?

5. Your problem with keeping boyfriends is just a symptom of a larger problem: making and keeping friends.: 你在維系同男友的關系時遭遇的困難暴露了一個更大的問題：如何結交朋友和維持友誼。