【WOTD】remittance 释义/词源/示例 词源词根演化

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Podcastremittance *n.* [rih-MIT-unss]DefinitionDid You Know?Examples 原来PayPal给了“汇款”的，所有才有今天remittance这个词。

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remittance n.[rih-MIT-unss]

汇款

Definition

1 a: a sum of money remitted    a： 汇款款项

b: an instrument by which money is remitted    b：汇款设备

2: transmittal of money (as to a distance place) 2: 汇款行为（例如到很远的地方）

Did You Know?

Since the 14th century, the verb remithas afforded a variety of meanings, including “to lay aside (a mood or disposition),” “to release from the guilt or penalty of,” “to submit or refer for consideration,” and “to postpone or defer.” It is derived from Latin mittere(meaning “to let go” or “to send”), which is also the root of the English verbs admit, commit, emit, omit, permit, submit,and transmit. Use of remittancein financial contexts referring to the release of money as payment isn’t transacted until the 17th century.

词源词根演化：mittere(“to let go” or “to send”) —> remit (v.) / remittance (n.)

自打14世纪，动词remit就具有了各种含义，包括“缓和（情绪或者心情）”，“宽恕/饶恕”，“提交审议”，以及“延迟，推迟”。它派生自拉丁单词mittere（意思是“释放”或者“派送”），这个拉丁单词也是许多英语动词的词根，包括admit，commit，emit，omit，permit，submit和transmit。在金融领域中使用的remittance指的是付款款项，不过到了17世纪才具有了这个含义。

Examples

“PayPal has everything it needs to send money to friends or family or to pay bills, even across borders. Its acquisition of Xoom in 2015 gave it a strong position in digital remittance.” PayPal具有一切技术，可以向朋友，家人或者商家支付钱款，甚至可以跨国交易。在2015年，它收购了Xoom，让PayPal在数字支付领域占据了权威地位。

“Kit … knew that his old home was a very poor place…, and often indited square-folder letters to his mother, enclosing a shilling or eighteenpence or such other small remittance, which Mr Abel’s liberality enabled him to make.” — Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, 1841

Kit … 他知道自己的家乡是个很穷的地方…，常常写那种四折的信给他的妈妈，会在信中夹带一个先令，或者18便士，或其他数额的小钱。Abel先生的慷慨使得他可以这么做。