concert

英 ['kɒnsət] 美 ['kɑnsɚt]

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解释

n. 音乐会；一致；和谐
vt. 使协调；协同安排
vi. 协调；协力
adj. 音乐会用的；在音乐会上演出的

※ 提供单词"concert"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。

中文词源

concert 音乐会，协奏曲

con-, 强调。-cert, 唱，词源同chant, cantor. 字母n被r化。即一起唱歌，音乐会。

英文词源

concert: concert: [16] Concert probably comes ultimately from Latin concertāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘with’ and certāre ‘strive, contend’, a verb derived from certus ‘sure, fixed’ (source of English certain), which in turn came from cernere (source of English concern). Some etymologists have rejected concertāre as the origin of concert, on the grounds that its meaning – ‘dispute, debate’ – was completely opposite, but it seems that in post-classical times the Latin verb came to mean ‘strive together (in cooperation)’ – a much more plausible sense relationship.

It passed into Italian as concertare ‘bring into agreement’, and developed specific musical connotations of ‘harmony’. English acquired it via French concerter. The noun concerto [18] was an Italian derivative of the verb; French borrowed it as concert, and passed it on to English as the noun concert [17]. Concertina was coined in the 1830s, from the noun concert.
=> certain, concern, concertina, concerto, disconcert
concert (n.): 1660s, "agreement, accord, harmony," from French concert (16c.), from Italian concerto "concert, harmony," from concertare "bring into agreement," in Latin "to contend, contest, dispute," from com- "with" (see com-) + certare "to contend, strive," frequentative of certus, variant past participle of cernere "separate, decide" (see crisis).

Before the word entered English, meaning shifted from "to strive against" to "to strive alongside." Sense of "public musical performance" is 1680s. But Klein considers this too much of a stretch and suggests Latin concentare "to sing together" (from con- + cantare "to sing") as the source of the Italian word in the musical sense.

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例句和用法

1. He wants to act in concert with other nations.: 他想和其他国家采取一致行动。

2. Now his other major works are creeping back into concert programmes.: 现在他的其他主要作品又悄然出现在音乐会节目单上。

3. In the end, we all decided to organize a concert for Easter.: 最终，我们一致决定组织一场复活节音乐会。

4. The concert will be broadcast live by the BBC.: 这场音乐会将由英国广播公司进行现场直播。

5. Mahler's own imaginative orchestration was heard in the same concert.: 在同一场音乐会上还演奏了马勒自己改编的别出心裁的管弦乐曲。