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When you entrust someone with something, you put an important job — or an important person — in their care, because you believe they will look after it well. You are handing the responsibility over, not just asking a small favour.
When you entrust someone with something當你entrust某人某件事的時候, you put an important job — or an important person — in their care你是把一件重要的工作,或一個重要的人,交給對方照顧, because you believe they will look after it well因為你相信他們會照顧好。 You are handing the responsibility over你是把責任整個交出去, not just asking a small favour不只是拜託對方幫個小忙。
The usual patterns are entrust someone with a task, or entrust a task to someone. People use it for serious things: a child, a secret, money, the keys, a shop.
The usual patterns are entrust someone with a task, or entrust a task to someone常見的用法是entrust someone with a task,或entrust a task to someone。 People use it for serious things大家用這個字講嚴肅的事: a child, a secret, money, the keys, a shop像小孩、秘密、錢、鑰匙,或一間店。
You would not normally entrust someone with holding your coffee for ten seconds; that is just “can you hold this?” The word feels a little careful and formal.
You would not normally entrust someone with holding your coffee for ten seconds你不會用entrust來說請人幫你拿咖啡十秒鐘; that is just “can you hold this?”那只是「can you hold this?」而已。 The word feels a little careful and formal這個字給人的感覺是謹慎、正式一點。
Trust is the feeling that someone is reliable; entrust is the act of actually putting the thing in their hands.
Trust is the feeling that someone is reliable是「覺得某人可靠」的那種感覺; entrust is the act of actually putting the thing in their hands則是真的把東西交到對方手上的這個動作。
組成en- (in, into) + trust. You put something into someone’s trust. From en- + trust.
同家族的字
- trustthe base word: the belief that someone will take care of a thing
- trustworthyalso from trust: a person you can safely entrust something to
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。
entrustverb/ɪnˈtɹʌst/
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To trust to the care of.
- Can I entrust you with a secret?
- He entrusted me his daughter.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。