apostrophe

英 [ə'pɒstrəfɪ] 美 [ə'pɑstrəfi]
  • n. 省略符号,撇号;呼语,顿呼

助记提示


1. apo- "away" + stroph- + -e.
2. 其本义为:(the accent of) turning away.
3. 由此转指:a mark showing where a letter has been omitted.
4. In English, the mark often represents loss of -e- in -es, possessive ending.

双语例句


1. "It's" (with an apostrophe) should be used only as a contraction for "it is".
it's(带撇号)只能用作itis的缩约形式。

来自柯林斯例句

2. There should be an apostrophe here, and look, you've missed out the word "men" altogether!
这里应该有一个撇号,还有你看,你把men这个单词整个儿漏掉了!

来自柯林斯例句

3. Answer these questions, using the words in parentheses. Put the apostrophe in the right place.
用句后括号中的词或词组来回答问题, 注意撇号的位置.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. When you contract a word or two words you need to add apostrophe .
当你要缩写一个或者两个词时,你需要加上撇号。

来自辞典例句

5. 'What ,'said Mr. Cruncher, varying his apostrophe after missing his mark --'what are you , up to, Aggerawayter?'
“ 你又在玩什么花样, ”克朗彻先生没打中目标, 便改变了问候方式.“又找麻烦是不是? ”

来自英汉文学 - 双城记

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