United States
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英語
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發音
[编辑]- (標準英音) 國際音標(幫助): /juːˌnaɪtɨd ˈsteɪts/, /jʊˌnaɪtɨd ˈsteɪts/
- 英語發音:yo͞o-nī'tĭd stātsʹ、國際音標(幫助): /juˌnaɪtɪ̈d ˈsteɪts/, [juˌnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d ˈsteɪ̯ts], [jɪ̈-]
- 斷字:Unit‧ed States
- 韻部:-eɪts
專有名詞
[编辑]- (以單數形式,也曾作為複數使用) 合眾國,美利堅合眾國(位於北美洲的國家,也包含位於大洋洲的夏威夷)
- 1793年12月3日,喬治·華盛頓,〈第五次國情咨文〉:
- As soon as the war in Europe had embraced those powers with whom the United States have the most extensive relations there was reason to apprehend that our intercourse with them might be interrupted and our disposition for peace drawn into question by the suspicions too often entertained by belligerent nations.
- 只要歐洲的戰爭波及與合眾國關係最廣泛的那些強國,我們就有理由擔心,交戰國常有的猜疑可能會中斷我們與他們的交流,並使我們對和平的意願受到質疑。
- 1964,约翰·肯尼迪/約翰·甘迺迪,「The Immigrant Contribution」,收錄於A Nation of Immigrants[1],Revised and Enlarged版,Harper & Row,→LCCN,→OCLC,64頁:
- As we have seen, people migrated to the United States for a variety of reasons. But nearly all shared two great hopes: the hope for personal freedom and the hope for economic opportunity.
- 正如我們所見,人們出於各種原因移民到合眾國。但幾乎所有人都抱有兩個巨大的希望:對個人自由的希望和對經濟機會的希望。
- 1965,Harry S. Truman,片头起0:26,收錄於MP2002-401 Former President Truman Discusses "The Buck Stops Here"[2],Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum,National Archives Identifier: 595162,原始內容存檔自原始內容,存檔時間 2021年2月2日:
- I used to have a sign on my desk that said, "The Buck Stops Here." The buck stops at the president's desk when he's president of the United States, and he either makes the decisions or he lets them go by default, and you can't afford to do that when you're president.
- 我桌上以前有一塊牌子,上面寫著「責無旁貸」。當他是合眾國總統時,責任就停在總統的辦公桌上,他要麼做出決定,要麼任由事情發展,而當你是總統時,你承擔不起這樣的後果。
- 2012年 4月29日,Nathan Rabin,「TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)」,收錄於AV Club[3],原始內容存檔自原始內容,存檔時間 2012年7月1日:
- “King Homer” follows the story of King Kong closely, with Mr. Burns taking the freakishly over-sized King Homer from his native Africa, where he lives proud as a simian god, to the United States, where he is an initially impressive but ultimately rather limited Broadway attraction.
- 《金剛荷馬》緊跟著《金剛》的故事,伯恩斯先生將體型大得畸形的金剛荷馬從他的故鄉非洲(在那裡他像猿神一樣驕傲地生活著)帶到合眾國,在那裡他最初是一個令人印象深刻、但最終相當受限的百老匯景點。
- 2024年 4月1日,David Pierson,「The Bizarre Chinese Murder Plot Behind Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’」,收錄於The New York Times[4],→ISSN,原始內容存檔自原始內容,存檔時間 2024年4月6日:
- His bid to popularize Mr. Liu’s novels was a rare attempt to export Chinese popular culture — something that has eluded China as its government yearns to wield the same soft power the United States commands with its movies, music and sports stars.
- 他普及劉先生小說的努力是輸出中國流行文化的一次罕見嘗試——這正是中國一直未能做到的事情,儘管其政府渴望行使與合眾國透過其電影、音樂和體育明星所掌握的相同的軟實力。
- 2024年 11月25日,Sean Lyngaas,「Starbucks forced to pay its baristas manually because of a ransomware attack on third-party software」,收錄於CNN Business[5]:
- Cybersecurity firm Semperis found that 86% of surveyed organizations in the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany that faced ransomware attacks were targeted on a holiday or weekend.
- 網路安全公司 Semperis 發現,在合眾國、英國、法國和德國受訪且面臨勒索軟體攻擊的組織中,有 86% 是在假日或週末遭到鎖定。
- 關於此詞的更多引文,請見Citations:United States。
- 1793年12月3日,喬治·華盛頓,〈第五次國情咨文〉:
- (以複數形式) 美利堅合眾國各州的集合
- life in these United States
- 這些美國各州的生活
- The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State. (Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, 1794)
- 合眾國各州的司法權,不得被解釋為可以擴展到由他州公民或任何外國公民或臣民對合眾國一州提出或起訴的任何普通法或衡平法的訴訟。(《美國憲法第十一修正案》,1794 年)
- 1781, January 10, Samuel Huntington, letter to John Adams:[6]
- Congress have no expectations from the influence which the people of England may have on the British counsels, whatever may be the disposition of that nation or their magistrates towards these United States.
- 國會對英國人民可能對英國議會產生的影響不抱任何期望,無論該國或其地方官對這些美國各州的態度如何。
- 1955年 2月,William K. Goodspeed, William B. Buckingham, Oliver N. Evans,「The unsuitable enlisted seaman」,收錄於United States Armed Forces Medical Journal[7],第6卷,第2期,244頁:
- A tour of military duty has become an accepted part of life in these United States for physically and mentally fit young men. Existing regulations clearly outline the minimum physical standards, and mental standards are based on the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) which is a good objective measurement of ability to learn. There remains a significant group of men who meet these minimum physical and mental standards, and who enlist or are inducted into the armed services, but who are found to be unsuitable for service and shortly after entry are discharged.
- 對於身心健康的年輕人來說,服兵役已經成為這些美國各州生活中被接受的一部分。現有法規明確規定了最低的身體標準,而心理標準則是基於武裝部隊資格測驗(AFQT),這是一項對學習能力的良好客觀衡量標準。但仍有相當一部分人符合這些最低的身心標準,並已入伍或被徵召,卻被發現不適合服役,並在入伍後不久即被勒令退伍。
- (國家名稱) 由數個州(或邦)組成的聯邦國家,無論是實際存在、歷史上存在或假設的
- the Republic of the United States of Brazil (the First Brazilian Republic)
- 巴西合眾國共和國(巴西第一共和國)
- the United States of Mexico (the United Mexican States)
- 墨西哥合眾國
- the United States of Europe
- 歐洲合眾國
- the United States of the Ionian Islands
- 伊奧尼亞群島合眾國
用法說明
[编辑]- 在獨立後的最初幾十年間,作家通常將 United States 視為複數名詞,但在當代英語中,它始終作單數使用。
分體詞
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同類詞彙
[编辑]派生詞彙
[编辑]派生語彙
[编辑]- → 亞述新亞拉姆語:ܐܘܚܕܢܐ ܡܚܘܝܕܐ (uḥdānē mḥūyḏē) (仿譯)
- → 漢語:合眾國/合众国 (hézhòngguó) (仿譯)
- ⇒ 日語:合衆国 (Gasshūkoku)
- → 科西嘉語:Stati Uniti (仿譯)
- → 荷蘭語:Verenigde Staten (仿譯)
- → 法語:États-Unis (仿譯)
- → 德語:Vereinigte Staaten (仿譯)
- → 希臘語:Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες (Inoménes Politeíes) (仿譯)
- → 愛爾蘭語:Stáit Aontaithe (仿譯)
- → 意大利語:Stati Uniti (仿譯)
- → 馬爾他語:Istati Uniti
- → 波蘭語:Stany Zjednoczone (仿譯)
- → 撒丁語:Istados Unidos (仿譯)
- → 僧加羅語:එක්සත් ජනපදය (eksat janapadaya) (仿譯)
- → 西班牙語:Estados Unidos (仿譯)
- → 他加祿語:Estados Unidos
- → 烏爾都語:ریاستہائے متحدہ (riyāsat’hā-e-muttahida) (仿譯)
參考資料
[编辑]- “United States”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “United States”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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