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To opine is to say what you think — to give your opinion out loud or in writing. Newspapers and formal writers like it: “The minister opined that the rule was unclear.” It sounds dressed-up, a little old, and sometimes a little pleased with itself. Friends at lunch do not opine; they just say what they think. Teachers and columnists use it when they want “give an opinion” to feel one step more official. Though actually, there is a rare science sense too: chemists call certain plant-related compounds opines, from an old Greek word for plant juice. Almost no will meet that sense outside a specialist paper. For ordinary English, keep the verb, and keep it for formal writing.
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組成Borrowed from Middle French opiner, from Latin opīnor, “to hold as an opinion.” (The rare science noun opine is a different story: from Greek opós, “juice of a plant,” plus -ine.)
同家族的字
- opinionwhat you think; opine is the formal verb for giving that opinion
- opinionatedsame Latin root: someone who holds their opinions very strongly
原始詞典資料4 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。
opineverb詞源 1/ə(ʊ)ˈpaɪn/
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To express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
- I opined that matters would soon become considerably worse.
- "Your decisions," she opined, "have been unfailingly disastrous for this company."
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To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something).
- I had to opine on the situation because I thought a different perspective was in order.
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To suppose, consider as correct, or entertain, an opinion.
- Do you, Maister Francis, opine that ye will re-establish your father's credit by cutting your kinsman's thrapple, or getting your ain sneckit instead thereof in the College-yards of Glasgow?
- This, I opine, is a correct and fair statement of the case.
opinenoun詞源 2
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biochemistrybiologychemistryAny of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant galls.
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。