喜樂美語
  1. 1a/ɔːˈɡʌst/威嚴的 / 崇高的

    正式Impressive and respected, often because of being old, important, or powerful.

    「august」（形容詞）表示「令人敬畏、威嚴崇高的」，和月份 August（八月）是同一個拼法，但重音不同——形容詞 august 重音在第二音節 /ɔːˈɡʌst/，而八月 August 重音在第一音節 /ˈɔːɡəst/。這個形容詞是書面語，日常口語中很少用，常出現在描述「古老而莊嚴的機構」或「令人景仰的人物」的文章中。

    示範例句 · Example

    The august halls of the ancient university made every visitor feel small.

    中文翻譯這所古老大學威嚴的廳堂讓每一位訪客都覺得自己渺小。

    常見搭配

    • august presence

      令人敬畏的存在感

      an impressive and commanding personal quality

      The general's august presence silenced the room.

    • august body/institution

      崇高的機構

      a highly respected organization or group

      She was invited to address that august body, the Royal Academy.

core核心畫面

You can picture 'august' as the feeling you get standing before something so old, important and that you lower your voice — a grand cathedral, a venerable judge. It carries weight and commands respect rather than warmth.

可以想成：august 是你站在某個又老、又重要、又莊嚴的東西面前，會不自覺放低聲音的那種感覺——像一座古老的大教堂、一位德高望重的法官。它帶著份量，讓人肅然起敬，而不是讓人覺得親切。

同家族的字

  • 副詞augustly

原始詞典資料10 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。

Augustname詞源 1/ˈɔː.ɡəst/

  • 1

    The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.

    • Holonyms: calendar year; year
    • The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].
  • 2

    archaicA female given name from English derived from the month (of birth).

    • August, Charis named her, because that's when she was born. Warm breezes, baby powder, languorous heat, the smell of mown hay. Such a soft name. Too soft for her daughter, who has added an a. Augusta, she is now — a very different resonance. Marble statues, Roman noses, tight-lipped commanding mouths.
    • AUGUST[ 2017]: [Mark] Zuckerberg and [Priscilla] Chan's second daughter, August, is born.

Augustname詞源 2

  • 1

    A male given name from Latin.

    • Thirteen year old August is the eldest; he begins to pull the kite downward. Like his sister and brother, June and July, he has been named after the month in which he was born.
  • 2

    A surname from Latin.

  • 3

    A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.

augustadj詞源 1/ɔːˈɡʌst/

  • 1

    Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.

    • an august patron of the arts
    • In the book of Pſalms there are many things ſaid of David, which ſeem capable of a much auguſter ſenſe than can be pretended to be anſwered by any thing that befel himſelf.
  • 2

    Of noble birth.

    • an august lineage
    • A branch of the house of Lorraine, in comparison with which even the royal race of Capet was mean, the Guises traced back their august lineage through a long line of warrior princes to the Imperial figure of Charlemagne.

augustverb詞源 2/ɔːˈɡʌst/

  • 1

    obsoleterareTo make ripe; ripen.

  • 2

    obsoleterareTo bring to realization.

    • By divine science and cœlestial art / He for the cause of the dear nations toiled, / And augusted man's heavenly hopes that so, / […] / he might, by awful rites / […] / Adhæsion with Divinity achieve.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • auguste

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