sole

英 [səʊl] 美[sol]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词only individual one unique

n. 鞋底；脚底；基础；鳎目鱼
adj. 唯一的；单独的；仅有的
vt. 触底；上鞋底
n. (Sole)人名；(意、西、芬、塞、罗、南非)索莱

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中文词源

sole 单独的，唯一的，全权处理的

来自拉丁语 solus,单独的，唯一的，词源不详。可能来自 se,自己，来自 PIE*swo,自身，词源同 self,solitary.引申比喻义全权处理的。

sole 脚掌，鳎（一种可食用比目鱼）

来自拉丁语 solum,脚掌，底部，基础，词源同 soil,大地，陆地。后也用于指一种可食用的比目鱼，因其形如脚掌而得名。

词态变化

复数: soles;第三人称单数: soles;过去式: soled;过去分词: soled;现在分词: soling;

助记提示

1. soil => sole.

英文词源

sole: sole: English has three separate words sole, two of them closely related. Sole ‘underneath of the foot’ [14] comes via Old French sole from Vulgar Latin *sola, a descendant of Latin solea ‘sandal, sill’ (a possible relative of English sill). And this in turn was derived from Latin solum ‘ground, sole of the foot’ (a possible contributor to English soil). Sole ‘flatfish’ [14] was independently borrowed from Old French sole in the sense ‘flatfish’, a metaphorical extension based on the similarity in shape between the fish and the sole of the foot. Sole ‘only’ [14] comes via Old French soul (ancestor of modern French seul ‘only, sole’) from Latin sōlus ‘alone, single’.

The origins of this are uncertain, but it may be related to the pronoun sē ‘oneself’, in which case it could mean etymologically ‘by oneself’. Its other contributions to English include desolate [14], soliloquy [17], solitary [14], solo [17] (via Italian), and sullen.
=> sill; desolate, solitary, solo, sullen
sole (n.1): "bottom of the foot" ("technically, the planta, corresponding to the palm of the hand," Century Dictionary), early 14c., from Old French sole, from Vulgar Latin *sola, from Latin solea "sandal, bottom of a shoe; a flatfish," from solum "bottom, ground, foundation, lowest point of a thing" (hence "sole of the foot"), a word of uncertain origin. In English, the meaning "bottom of a shoe or boot" is from late 14c.
sole (adj.): "single, alone, having no husband or wife; one and only, singular, unique," late 14c., from Old French soul "only, alone, just," from Latin solus "alone, only, single, sole; forsaken; extraordinary," of unknown origin, perhaps related to se "oneself," from PIE reflexive root *swo- (see so).
sole (n.2): common European flatfish, mid-13c., from Old French sole, from Latin solea "a kind of flatfish," originally "sandal" (see sole (n.1)); so called from resemblance of the fish to a flat shoe.
sole (v.): "furnish (a shoe) with a sole," 1560s, from sole (n.1). Related: Soled; soling.

双语例句

1. I wear my old shoes every day. One sole has come unglued.: 我每天都穿那双旧鞋，有一只鞋底已经脱胶了。

2. The current sole superpower is far from being a disinterested observer.: 当前唯一的超级大国远不是一个公正的旁观者。

3. Rafferty was the sole survivor from the successful Ireland team of 1988.: 拉弗蒂是1988年红极一时的爱尔兰队硕果仅存的球员。

4. The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited.: 原告唯一的证人嗜赌成性，游手好闲，其证词一下子就被推翻了。

5. He was the sole proprietor with total management control.: 他是唯一业主，掌握全部管理权。

英英释意

1. the underside of footwear or a golfclub

2. lean flesh of any of several flatfish

3. the underside of the foot

4. right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European

考试真题

it is unfair to those climate-vulnerable nationsit aims to keep temperature rise below 2 ℃ onlyit is beneficial to only fewer than 4% of countriesit burdens developed countries with the sole responsibilityThey needn't worry about the food and water they consume.

This is a lesson that rich countries can learn : When GDP is no longer regarded as the sole measure of a country’s success, the world looks very different.

But creating a future army of coders is not the sole purpose of the classes.

since his "action" is in the past, the photograph is its sole embodiment.

This is a lesson that rich countries can learn: When GDP is no longer regarded as the sole measure of a country's success, the world looks very different.

实用场景例句

the sole surviving member of the family: 那一家唯一在世的成员

My sole reason for coming here was to see you.: 我到这儿唯一的原因就是来看你。

This is the sole means of access to the building.: 这是这栋建筑物唯一的入口。

She has sole responsibility for the project.: 那个项目由她一人负责。

the sole owner: 拥有全部产权的物主

The hot sand burned the soles of their feet .: 灼热的沙地使他们的脚掌感到火辣辣的。

leather soles: 皮质鞋底

rubber-soled shoes: 胶底鞋

Their sole aim is to destabilize the Indian government.: 他们唯一的目的就是要动摇印度政府的统治。

Many women are left as the sole providers in families after their husband has died...: 许多女人在丈夫去世之后只好独自供养一家人。

Chief Hart had sole control over that fund.: 哈特主任独自掌控那笔资金。

...shoes with rubber soles...: 橡胶底的鞋子

He had burned the sole of his foot.: 他的一只脚脚底被灼伤了。

Party B priority of subscribe the contract of the sole agency with Party A fornext year.: 乙方享有同甲方签署下一年度代理合同的优先权.

His leg is crossed and the sole of foot is exposed.: 他的腿是交叉的唯一的一只脚是暴露无遗.

We have the sole right to sell this range of goods.: 我们有独家经销这类货物的权利.

It announces that the application successfully completed a synchronization its sole reason for existence.: 它宣布应用已经成功地完成了同步,这就是这个警告存在的唯一理由.

Any medical expenses not covered by ACES insurance are the sole responsibility of the parents.: 任何ACES保险未包括的医疗费用一律是父母的责任.

For sole sake of rejection, I even run away and battered.: 为了拒绝, 甚至让自己逃跑,颠沛流离,狼狈不堪.

Making such decisions is not the sole prerogative of managers.: 作这类决定并不是管理者的专有特权.

My sole purpose is to help you.: 我唯一的目的是帮助你.

The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.: 这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿.

He is now sole proprietor of the business.: 他现在一个人拥有这家公司.

He is the sole importer of this product, and he certainly thinks he's onto a winner.: 作为该产品唯一的进口商, 他当然觉得销路一定很好.

Nagasaki was once the sole mart of the foreign trade of Japan.: 长崎一度是日本唯一的外贸市场.

The nail pierced through the sole of his shoes into his foot.: 那颗钉子穿透了鞋底,扎进他的脚.

He held a sole tenancy of a flat.: 他单独租用一套房间.

We have been appointed sole UK distributor of a number of Hungarian wines.: 我们获委托为若干种类的匈牙利酒在英国的独家经销商.

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