Mention
['menʃ(ə)n] or ['mɛnʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an official recognition of merit; 'although he didn't win the prize he did get special mention'.
(noun.) a remark that calls attention to something or someone; 'she made frequent mention of her promotion'; 'there was no mention of it'; 'the speaker made several references to his wife'.
(verb.) commend; 'he was cited for his outstanding achievements'.
(verb.) make reference to; 'His name was mentioned in connection with the invention'.
坎蒂丝手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.
(v. t.) To make mention of; to speak briefly of; to name.
校對:玛克辛
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [Used chiefly in the phrase make mention of.] Cursory reference or allusion.
v. a. Declare, name, tell, state, communicate, impart, report, cite, speak of, make known, make mention of, allude to, refer to.
盖尔校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Declaration, notice, announcement, observation, remark, hint, communication
ANT:Silence, suppression, forgetfulness, omission
校對:罗伯特
解釋/意思:
n. a brief notice: a hint.—v.t. to notice briefly: to remark: to name.—adj. Men′tionable fit to be mentioned.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Permit me to mention one little instance, which, though it relates to myself, will not be quite uninteresting to you. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Some time ago, before her father's death, when I thought it right to mention to her--but I'll tell you, if you will bear with me, how it was. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- You didn't mention your name, by the bye. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- I seem to have been doing that ever since I knew you, judging from your frequent mention of the fact. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Not to mention that women and children are most subject to pity, as being most guided by that faculty. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- The professor made me great acknowledgments for communicating these observations, and promised to make honourable mention of me in his treatise. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Perhaps they did, but it is of infinitely greater importance to mention that at this point also I lost my patience, opened my eyes, and interfered. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Hence, when his name was casually mentioned by neighbouring yeomen, the listener said, Ah, Clym Yeobright--what is he doing now? 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Some pounds, odd shillings, and halfpence, I think, were mentioned. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Buthe added, you surely have not known me as an old acquaintance all this time, and never mentioned it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Joe mentioned it now, and the strange man called him by it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- To have mentioned it to my housekeeper would have been at once to put it out of the question. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- You had mentioned Geneva as the name of your native town; and towards this place I resolved to proceed. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- She thought about him the very first moment on waking; and his was the very last name mentioned in her prayers. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Referring to this beginning of his career, he mentions a curious fact that throws light on his ceaseless application. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It is true that the abbé mentions the idea, but he throws it out as a bare conjecture, and proposes no mode of ascertaining the truth of it. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Mr. Mallory mentions a little fact that bears on this exceptional quality of bodily powers. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Edison in those days rather liked the modest coffee-shops, and mentions visiting one. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Priscus mentions mead in the place of wine, millet for corn, and a drink either distilled[272] or brewed from barley. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Silence, little foolish thing, replied her mother, and remember any one that mentions London is sent to Coventry for an hour. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I am ignorant of all concerning Mr. Rochester: the letter never mentions him but to narrate the fraudulent and illegal attempt I have adverted to. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- But his spirits were soon rising again, and with laughing eyes, after mentioning the expected return of the Campbells, he named the name of Dixon. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- It is scarcely worth mentioning; but, is it yet? 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- It would not be worth mentioning for its own sake, but I was wakeful and rather low-spirited. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The questions and answers went swimmingly, and ended in nothing worth mentioning. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Your criticisms thereon appear to be just, and I imagine you may have misapprehended my intention in mentioning it. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Nothing worth mentioning, replied Camilla. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Well, Tony, that as I was mentioning is what they're up to. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
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