1. 1傳授、給予(知識、特質、感覺等),較正式的用詞

    To impart something means to give or pass it on to someone else - usually information, knowledge, a feeling, or a quality. A teacher imparts knowledge to students; a good story can impart a certain mood to a room. It is a formal word - you wouldn't use it for handing someone a cup of coffee, only for something less physical, like ideas or qualities.

From the word’s history

From Late Latin impartio, from im- 'in' + partio 'divide'.

源自拉丁文 impartire:im「進入」加 partire「分」:分給人。

Wiktionary

組成im- (a form of 'in') + part (to share, to give a part of something).

同家族的字

  • partimpart comes from giving someone a 'part' of something
  • partakerelated root meaning to take a part in something

原始詞典資料5 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。

impartverb/ɪmˈpɑːt/

  • 1

    To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).

    • The sun imparts warmth.
    • to impart food to the poor
  • 2

    To give a part or to share.

    • Expressing well the spirit within thee [Adam] free, / My [God's] image, not imparted to the brute.
    • Did not Mazzini impart his spirit to divided Italy, and make her one?
  • 3

    To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).

    • Well may he then to you his cares impart.
    • Gentle lady, / When I did first impart my love to you.
  • 4

    To hold a conference or consultation.

  • 5

    To obtain a share of; to partake of.

    • Sweet Cossen, what we may not now impart, heere let vs bury it, closely in our hart

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。