喜樂美語

Picture pressing one thing onto another until they are in contact: cream onto skin, a hand onto a brake pedal. That contact is the whole word. What gets brought into contact can also be a rule onto a case, a method onto a problem, a word onto a person, or yourself onto a task.

可以想成：把一樣東西按到另一樣上面，讓兩者接觸——藥膏抹上皮膚、腳踩上煞車。這個「貼上去、接觸到」就是這個字的全部。至於貼上去的東西，也可以是一條規定貼到一個案例上、一個方法貼到一個問題上、一個稱呼貼到一個人身上，或是把你自己貼到一件事上。

From the word’s history

Apply is from Old French aploiier and Latin applicare 'attach to, join, connect', from ad- 'to' plus plicare 'to fold'. Etymonline gives the etymological sense as 'bring things in contact with one another'; the use for lotions and plasters placed in contact with the body is recorded in the early 15th century, and the sense 'seek a job by submitting an application' only from 1851.

apply 來自古法語 aploiier、拉丁文 applicare（貼上、接合），由 ad-（朝向）加 plicare（摺）組成，字源上的意思是「讓兩樣東西彼此接觸」。藥膏、敷料貼上身體的用法十五世紀初就有；而「投件求職」這個現在最常見的意思，遲至1851年才出現。所以「塗抹」和「申請」不是兩個不相干的意思，中間那條線是「把東西送過去貼上」。

Online Etymology Dictionary, entry 'apply' (etymonline.com/word/apply)

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同家族的字

過去式 applied過去分詞 applied-ing applying三單 applies

意思相反

releaseexcludewithdrawremoveignoreslack offwipe offlet go

原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

applyverb詞源 1/əˈplaɪ/

  • 1

    To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)

    • to apply cream to a rash
    • He said, and to the sword his throat applied.
  • 2

    To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case

    • to apply funds to the repayment of a debt
  • 3

    To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relevant.

    • We need to apply the skills we’ve learned to solve this problem.
    • Yet God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied.
  • 4

    To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently or with attention.

    • Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
  • 5

    To work diligently and attentively.

    • My parents say I could do well in school if I would apply myself.
  • 6

    To address oneself; to refer.

    • sacred vows […] applied to grisly Pluto
    • On applying to the assessors, I am surprised to learn that they cannot at once name a dozen in the town who own their farms free and clear.
  • 7

    To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" or "at" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).

    • I recently applied to the tavern for a job as a bartender.
    • Most of the colleges she applied to were ones she thought she had a good chance of getting into.
  • 8

    To pertain or be relevant.

    • That rule only applies to foreigners.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    obsoleteTo busy; to keep at work; to ply.

    • She was no less skillful in applying his humours.
  • 10

    obsoleteTo visit.

    • His armour was so clear, And he applied each place so fast, that like a lightning thrown Out of the shield of Jupiter, in every eye he shone.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • appley

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。