喜樂美語

Picture a group that has been scattered — soldiers pushed back, supporters spread across a city, a body worn down by illness — and then picture them pulling back together and standing up again. That regathering is the picture inside rally: strength that was broken up comes back into one place, and comes back with energy.

可以想成：本來散開的力量重新收攏起來，而且收攏之後又站得起來。可能是被打散的隊伍重新集合，可能是散在各處的支持者聚到同一個廣場，也可能是虛弱的身體或下跌的股價重新有了力氣。rally 的各種意思就像從這個「重新聚攏、重新振作」的畫面長出來的——重點不只是聚在一起，還帶著「再來一次」的勁道。

From the word’s history

From French rallier, Old French ralier "to reassemble, unite again" (re- "again" + alier "unite"). The military noun "a rapid regrouping after a repulse" (1650s) came first; the American "mass meeting" sense arrived in the 1840s, and motor racing borrowed French rallye "gathering of enthusiasts" back from English in 1932.

來自法文 rallier、古法文 ralier「重新集合、再度聯合」（re-「再」＋ alier「聯合」）。最早是軍事上的「潰散後迅速重整」（1650 年代），1840 年代美式英文才有「群眾大會」的用法，而賽車的 rally 是 1932 年從法文 rallye 借回來的——法文那個字本身又是從英文借過去的「同好聚會」。所以拉力賽的源頭同樣是「聚集」。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com/word/rally)

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v過去式 rallied過去分詞 rallied-ing rallying三單 rallies

n複數 rallies

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。

rallynoun詞源 1/ˈɹæli/

  • 1

    A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.

    • a campaign rally
    • an election rally
  • 2

    A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.

    • a political rally
    • The EDL said Saturday’s rally was aimed at highlighting what it describes as a “continued increase in Islamic terrorism” linked to Birmingham.
  • 3

    ball-gamesgameshobbiesA sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.

  • 4

    hobbieslifestylemotor-racingAn event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.

  • 5

    businessfinancetradingA recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)

rallyverb詞源 1/ˈɹæli/

  • 1

    To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

  • 2

    To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.

    • Innumerable parts of matter chanced just then to rally together, and to form themselves into this new world.
    • The Grecians rally, and their powers unite.
  • 3

    To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.

    • Norbourne was almost thankful for any excuse that enabled him to avoid seeing Lady Marchmont. In vain he sought to rally his spirits, and to conceal his depression; but the idea of Ethel mocked his efforts to forget.
  • 4

    businessfinancetradingTo recover strength after a decline in prices.

    • The market fell this morning but rallied later in the day.
    • Bitcoin has still plunged in value by almost two-thirds this year, it should be said. But it has also rallied by about 10% since the downwards lurch when FTX filed for bankruptcy in mid-November, which is extraordinary.

rallyverb詞源 2/ˈɹæli/

  • 1

    To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.

    • But you must not rally him on the subject Sir Oliver—'tis a tender Point I assure you though He has been married only seven months.
    • Honeycomb […] rallies me after his way upon my country life.

rallynoun詞源 2/ˈɹæli/

  • 1

    Good-humoured raillery.

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。