強烈的渴望
這一組跟日本的錢沒有任何關係，來源另成一條線；只是拼法碰巧一樣，看到時要靠上下文分辨。
strong wish · noun · B1
A strong wish to do something or to have something.
渴望
核心畫面
Two unrelated words happen to be spelled the same here. One is Japan's money — the coin, and by extension what that money is worth against other currencies. The other is a strong wanting, which Etymonline traces to a quite separate Chinese source. Nothing links them but the spelling, so it is cleaner to learn them as two words.
可以想成：這裡其實是兩個沒有關係的字剛好拼法相同。一個是日本的錢——硬幣本身，以及它相對於別國貨幣的價值；另一個是「…更多收起
可以想成：這裡其實是兩個沒有關係的字剛好拼法相同。一個是日本的錢——硬幣本身，以及它相對於別國貨幣的價值；另一個是「很想要」的渴望，Etymonline 追到的是完全不同的來源。兩者之間只有拼法相同，所以當成兩個字分開學會清楚得多。From the word’s history
Etymonline dates the Japanese currency yen to 1875, from Japanese yen, ultimately from Chinese yuan 'round object, coin'; the 'sharp desire' sense is recorded from 1906 (earlier yen-yen 1900, yin 1876) from a Cantonese word for craving.
根據 Etymonline，表示日本貨幣的 yen 出現於 1875 年，來自日語 yen，最終源自中文的「圓」（圓形物、錢幣）；而表示「強烈渴望」的 yen 則記於 1906 年（更早的形式有 1900 年的 yen-yen、1876 年的 yin），來自粵語表示癮／渴求的字。兩者來源不同。
Etymonline, https://www.etymonline.com/word/yen
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Also in this word
Japanese currency · noun · A2
The main unit of money in Japan. Its symbol is ¥.
日圓
yen exchange value · noun · B1
How much Japan's money is worth when it is compared with other countries' money.
日圓（幣值）
原始詞典資料6 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。
yennoun詞源 1/jɛn/
- 1
The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.
- Passing by those clauses of it which demand no notice, we arrive at that which provides that "each proposal (for purchase) must state the price per picul of rice in gold yen." But why in gold yen, a coin as yet so scarce as to be almost beyond the ken of the foreign merchant?
- Does any one however believe that Japan's glorious achievements would have been possible, if the Government of that country had merely poured money like water on its standing battalions, unaugmented by reserves, and the magnificent spirit of every man, woman and child in that country had not been behind the Army to support it? Japan's ordinary budget for the Army is only about 37.3 millions yen, or a little under six crores of rupees.
- 2
A coin or note worth one yen.
- When banks lend, they create money out of nothing, without withdrawing it from other parts of the economy. This way, fiscal policy would not have crowded out private-sector activity yen by yen, as actually happened.
yennoun詞源 2/jɛn/
- 1
A strong desire, urge, or yearning.
- humankind's yen for knowledge
- She repeated the words: "You for me and me for you," then hummed: "Two for tea and tea for two …" Her voice trailed off … "All I got is a yen for Diana and my sweet little cute little Zigzag."
yenverb詞源 2/jɛn/
- 1
To have a strong desire for.
- Yenning, groaning, longing after.
- "Listen, I'm in Tom Bleutcher's suite at The Brompton House. Been here the whole Almighty morning. Olga wants you to have lunch with us." / "Olga? Who's she?" / "His daughter. You made a big hit with her last time they was in town. Come on down." / "Get the new writer." / "I got no new writer. Anyway she yens for you. Come on down."
yennoun詞源 3/jɛn/
- 1
slangOpium.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。