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English words borrowed from French

2025/2/17
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@Jeff : 今天我主要讲解一些英语中直接从法语借用的词汇,这些词汇保留了法语的拼写、发音,甚至包括一些法语特有的符号。我将详细介绍诸如“fiancé”、“façade”、“resume”和“matinee”等词汇在英语中的用法,以及它们与法语原意的差异。例如,“fiancé”这个词在英语中区分性别,而“resume”和“matinee”在英语中的含义与法语有所不同。我还会提到一些其他的法语借词,如“faux pas”、“encore”、“déjà vu”、“cliché”、“coup”、“rendezvous”和“sauté”,并解释它们在英语中的用法。此外,我还会简单介绍一下英语键盘输入重音符号的问题,以及在PlainEnglish.com上如何通过翻译功能更好地理解这些词汇。总的来说,我希望通过今天的讲解,大家能够更深入地了解英语中法语借词的特点和用法,从而提升英语水平。

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Today's story: Many English words come from French, but some, like fiancé, façade, and résumé, keep their original spellings, accents, and even gendered forms. To make things even more confusing, some of these words don't mean the same thing in French and English.

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