solve

英 [sɒlv] 美[sɔlv]

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第三人称单数: solves;过去式: solved;过去分词: solved;现在分词: solving;

solve 溶解，解决

来自拉丁语 solvere,松开，解开，分开，溶解，来自 se-,分开，各自，luo,松开，失去，词源同 lose,loose,analyze.引申词义解决，解答。

solve: solve: [15] Etymologically, solve means ‘release’, particularly by the payment of debt. It was borrowed from Latin solvere ‘release, unbind, pay’, which was descended from an earlier *seluere. This was a compound verb based on luere ‘loosen, release, pay’, a descendant of the same Indo-European base that produced English analyse, loose, lose, etc.

The notion of ‘payment of debts’ survives in English solvent [17], and a metaphorical extension of ‘loosening’ to ‘turning a solid into a liquid’ can be seen in soluble [14] and the derivative dissolve [14]. The use of solve for ‘explain’, now the major English sense, emerged in Latin, but it was not a major feature of the Latin verb. Other related forms include absolute, absolve, and resolve [14].
=> absolute, absolve, analyse, dissolve, loose, lose, resolve, solution
solve (v.): late 14c., "to disperse, dissipate, loosen," from Latin solvere "to loosen, dissolve; untie, release, detach; depart; unlock; scatter; dismiss; accomplish, fulfill; explain; remove," from PIE *se-lu-, from reflexive pronoun *s(w)e- (see idiom) + root *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut apart" (see lose). The meaning "explain, answer" is attested from 1530s; for sense evolution, see solution. Mathematical use is attested from 1737. Related: Solved; solving.

1. I dreamed up a plan to solve both problems at once.: 我想出了一个方案，可以同时解决两个问题。

2. Human societies have the power to solve the problems confronting them.: 人类社会有能力解决面临的问题。

3. Egypt wants to solve the problem in an atmosphere of cordiality.: 埃及想要友好地解决该问题。

4. Their domestic reforms did nothing to solve the problem of unemployment.: 他们的国内改革未能解决失业问题。