| 释义 |
com·ment
I. \ˈkäˌment sometimes -_mənt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, commentary, exposition, from Late Latin commentum commentary, from Latin, invention, contrivance, from neuter of commentus, past participle of comminisci to invent, contrive, devise, from com- + -minisci (from the root of ment-, mens mind) — more at mind
1. : an expository treatise : commentary
2.
a. : a note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticize the meaning of a writing : annotation
< comments upon the passage were printed in the margin >
b. : the whole body of such matter
< two pages of comment for every page of text >
3.
a. : an observation or remark expressing an opinion or attitude concerning what has been seen or heard or concerning the subject at hand
< she listens, and puts in from time to time some critical comment — Rose Macaulay >
b. : discussion, interpretation, or expression of opinion or attitude
< the paper also gave comment on the news in signed editorials — Jacques Kayser >
: criticism
< the brown tweeds, sir, … would have occasioned unfavorable comment — T.S.Watt >
4. : a critical observation, interpretation, or expression of opinion conveyed by suggestion, implication, analogy, or other indirect means
< the painting is a comment on the subject's character >
< the film is an ironic comment on the industrial age >
II. \“ sometimes käˈment\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
: to explain or interpret by comment : make or write comment : remark, observe
< neither could be induced … to comment during general discussions — Victor Boesen >
< commenting on the situation in the West >
transitive verb
1. : to furnish (a written work) with comments : explain or interpret by comment : annotate
< translated and commented the Psalter — G.G.Coulton >
2. : to make a comment on : discuss, criticize
< the discovery … is hardly commented by the press — Nation > |