withspeak

词形变化

withspeaking withspeaks 三单 withspeaks withspoke withspoken withspeaking 现在分词 withspoke 过去式 withspoken 过去式 withspoken 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To speak against; contradict.

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词源

A revival of Middle English withspeken (“to speak against, contradict”), from Old English wiþsprecan (“to contradict, gainsay, revile”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþisprekan, equivalent to with- + speak. Cognate with Old Frisian withspreka (“to disagree”), Saterland Frisian wierspreeke (“to contradict”), West Frisian wjersprekke (“to contradict”), Dutch weerspreken (“to contradict”), German widersprechen (“to contradict, gainsay”).

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