anticipate的词源

英文词源

anticipate (v.)

1530s, "to cause to happen sooner," a back-formation from anticipation, or else from Latin anticipatus, past participle of anticipare "take (care of) ahead of time," literally "taking into possession beforehand," from ante "before" (see ante) + capere "to take" (see capable).

Later "to be aware of (something) coming at a future time" (1640s). Used in the sense of "expect, look forward to" since 1749, but anticipate has an element of "prepare for, forestall" that should prevent its being used as a synonym for expect. Related: Anticipated; anticipating.

中文词源

anticipate：期待

发音释义：[æn'tɪsɪpeɪt] vt. 预期，期望；占先，抢先；提前使用

结构分析：anticipate =anti（在…之前）+cip（拿、取）+ate（动词后缀）→提前取得→期望

词源解析：cip←拉丁语capere（take，拿、取）

同源词：capable（能干的），capture（夺取），disciple（门徒←将知识拿走）

衍生词：anticipation（期待），anticipatory（预期的）

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anticipate：预期

前缀ante-, 在前。词根cip, 同cap, 拿，抓，见capture.

anticipate：预料，预感，预期，期望，预先准备

词根词缀： anti(ante-)前 + -cip-拿 + -ate动词词尾