August: [OE] The month of August was named by the Romans after their emperor Augustus (63 BC–14 AD). His name was Caius Julius Caesar Octavian, but the Senate granted him the honorary title Augustus in 27 BC. This connoted ‘imperial majesty’, and was a specific use of the adjective augustus ‘magnificent, majestic’ (source of English august [17]); it may derive ultimately from the verb augēre ‘increase’ (from which English gets auction and augment). => auction, augment
august (adj.)
1660s, from Latin augustus "venerable, majestic, magnificent, noble," probably originally "consecrated by the augurs, with favorable auguries" (see augur (n.)); or else "that which is increased" (see augment).
August
eighth month, 1097, from Latin Augustus (mensis), sixth month of the later Roman calendar, renamed from Sextilis in 8 B.C.E. to honor emperor Augustus Caesar, literally "Venerable Caesar" (see august (adj.)). In England, the name replaced native Weodmonað "weed month."
august 英文释义
1. of or befitting a lord;
"heir to a lordly fortune"
"of august lineage"
2. profoundly honored;
"revered holy men"
august 双语例句
1. The Great War started in August of that year.
第一次世界大战于那年8月爆发。
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2. A pirated edition of the book was published in August 1986.
这本书的一个盗版版本在1986年8月出版。
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3. The call-up of National Guard and reserve units begun in late August.
国民警卫队和预备役的征兵工作8月下旬开始。
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4. The letter was franked in London on August 6.
这封信8月6日在伦敦盖过免费邮戳。
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5. They were married on August 9 in a civil ceremony in Venice.
他们于8月9号在威尼斯举行了世俗婚礼。
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august 实用场景例句
The call-up of National Guard and reserve units begun in late August.
国民警卫队和预备役的征兵工作8月下旬开始。
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The letter was franked in London on August 6.
这封信8月6日在伦敦盖过免费邮戳。
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They were married on August 9 in a civil ceremony in Venice.
他们于8月9号在威尼斯举行了世俗婚礼。
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Between July and August, oil product prices fell 0.2 per cent.
七八月间，石油产品价格下降了0.2％。
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Negotiators from the three countries finalized the agreement in August.
8月里三国谈判人员最终敲定了协议。
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They throng the beaches between late June and early August.
6月底到8月初，他们群聚在海滩上。
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The registration form showed his date of birth as August 2, 1979.
登记表显示他的出生日期是1979年8月2号。
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New consumer credit fell to $3.7 billion in August.
8月份新增消费信贷降至37亿美元。
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Ominously, car sales slumped in August.
8月份的汽车销量暴跌，这可不是个好兆头。
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Diplomatic relations were frozen until August this year.
