apply

英 [ə'plaɪ] 美 [ə'plaɪ]

解释

※ 提供单词"apply"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

apply 应用，申请

前缀ap-同ad-. 词根ply, 卷入，卷进，见imply.

apply: apply: see ply
apply (v.): late 14c., "to put (one's faculties, etc.) to some task or career," late 14c., from Old French aploiier "apply, use, attach" (12c., Modern French appliquer), from Latin applicare "attach to, join, connect;" figuratively, "devote (oneself) to, give attention," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + plicare "fold" (see ply (v.1)). The etymological sense is "bring things in contact with one another." Of lotions, from early 15c. Meaning "seek a job by submitting an application for one" is from 1851. A by-form applicate is recorded from 1530s. Related: Applied; applying.

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1. Investors can apply for a package of shares at a set price.: 投资者可以申购固定价格的股票组合。

3. The right thing would be to apply direct pressure to the wound.: 正确的做法是直接按住伤口。