walkover的词源
英文词源
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- volunteer
- volunteer: [17] Volunteer comes via French volontaire from Latin voluntārius, a noun use of the adjective which gave English voluntary [14]. This was derived from the noun voluntās ‘will, free will’, which itself was based on volō ‘I will’ (source also of English volition).
=> volition
中文词源
该词源出赛马术语。在赛马场上,有时没有经过比赛就可以确定获胜者,原因是只有一匹马参加或所有参赛马都属于同一主人,所以只须walk over the course(走完全程),即可宣布获胜者。以后,此语也用于其他体育项目,比喻“轻易获胜”,其中the course往往被省略,或换成参赛者作为宾语,表示“轻而易举地击败”。walk over也可复合成名词,作walk-over或walkover,表示“轻易获得的胜利”、“一边倒的比赛”或“走过场的比赛”,有时也指因对手有病或主动弃权而顺利晋级或出线。
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