英汉词典

literature 基本解释

• n. 文学；文献；文艺；著作

literature 中文词源

来自拉丁语litera,书写，字母，词源同letter.引申词义文学作品。

literature 英文词源

literature

literature: [14] Latin littera meant ‘letter’, and was the source of English letter. From it was derived literātus ‘having knowledge of letters’, hence ‘educated, learned’ (source of English literate [15]); and this formed the basis of the further derivative litterātūra, which denoted ‘writing formed with letters’, and by extension ‘learning, grammar’. English took it over partly direct, partly via French littérature. From the same source comes English literal [14].
=> letter, literal, obliterate

literature (n.)

late 14c., from Latin literatura/litteratura "learning, a writing, grammar," originally "writing formed with letters," from litera/littera "letter" (see letter (n.1)). Originally "book learning" (it replaced Old English boccræft), the meaning "literary production or work" is first attested 1779 in Johnson's "Lives of the English Poets" (he didn't include this definition in his dictionary, however); that of "body of writings from a period or people" is first recorded 1812.

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. [Ezra Pound, "ABC of Reading"]

Meaning "the whole of the writing on a particular subject" is from 1860; sense of "printed matter generally" is from 1895. The Latin word also is the source of Spanish literatura, Italian letteratura, German Literatur.

literature 英文释义

1. creative writing of recognized artistic value

2. the humanistic study of a body of literature;

"he took a course in Russian lit"

3. published writings in a particular style on a particular subject;

"the technical literature"

"one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature"

4. the profession or art of a writer;

"her place in literature is secure"

literature 双语例句

1. He was well acquainted with the literature of France, Germany and Holland.

他对于法国、德国和荷兰的文学了如指掌。

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2. Her literary criticism focuses on the way great literature suggests ideas.

她的文学批评集中关注的是伟大的文学作品表达思想的方式。

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3. Some companies have toned down the claims on their promotional literature.

一些公司已降低了宣传资料中标榜之词的调门。

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4. The book is an invaluable aid to teachers of literature.

这本书对于教授文学的老师来说帮助非常大。

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5. Harriet graduated with a first class degree in literature.

哈丽雅特毕业时获文学一级学士学位。

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literature 实用场景例句

French literature

法国文学

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great works of literature

文学巨著

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I've read all the available literature on keeping rabbits.

我阅读了我能找到的养兔的全部资料。

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sales literature

推销商品的宣传资料

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...classic works of literature.

文学经典

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...a Professor of English Literature...

英国文学教授

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The literature on immigration policy is almost unrelievedly critical of the state...

关于移民政策方面的著述几乎总是会一成不变地批评政府。

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This work is documented in the scientific literature.

这一著作被列为科学文献。

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I am sending you literature from two other companies that provide a similar service...

我把另外两家提供类似服务的公司的宣传资料发给你。

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Some companies have toned down the claims on their promotional literature.

一些公司已降低了宣传资料中标榜之词的调门。

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She was a scholarly woman who had specialized in Italian literature at university.

她是个学问精深的女人,她在大学里读的专业是意大利文学.

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Literature does not exist in some timeless absolute.

文学不能存在于一个不受时间限制的绝对条件之下.

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This is Chekhov's contribution to Russian literature.

这是契诃夫对俄罗斯文学的贡献.

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He devoted his life to literature.

他专心致志于文学.

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Dick thinks of himself as a genius in literature.

迪克自以为是个文学天才.

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He has a formidable knowledge of English literature.

他有丰富的英国文学知识.

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In his early days he abandoned medicine for literature.

他早年弃医从文.

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Dickens'novels have enriched English literature.

狄更斯的小说丰富了英国文学.

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She was well educated in literature at a university.

她在大学里受到良好的文学方面的教育.

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Either an author or a man interested in literature is named a literary man.

一个作者或一个对文学感兴趣的人被称作文人.

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He secured the appointment of professor of English literature in the university.

他获聘为该大学的英国文学教授.

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Chicano literature boomed in the social movements of the 1960 s.

奇卡诺文学勃兴于20世纪60年代社会运动的高潮中.

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He is keenly interested in classical English literature.

他酷爱英国古典文学.

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I was asked to lecture on the Arabic literature yesterday.

昨天我应邀去讲阿拉伯文学.

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He gave up medicine and took to literature.

他放弃医学,开始从事文学.

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The book hardly belongs to literature proper.

这本书不好说是纯文学书.

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There is good literature in plenty.

优秀文学作品大量发行.

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You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation.

看翻译作品不能真正欣赏到外国文学原著的美妙之处。

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