namesake的意思

namesake

英式音标['nemsek]
美式英标['neɪmseɪk]

基本解释

n. 名义；同名物；同名的人

中文词源

namesake 同名的人

来自短语for the name’s sake,看在名字的缘由上，后引申词义同名的人。

英文词源

namesake: namesake: see sake
namesake (n.): "person named for the sake of someone," 1640s, probably originally (for the) name's sake.

实用例句

1. Notre-Dame Cathedral in Senlis is less famous than its namesake in Paris.: 桑利斯的圣母院不如在巴黎与其同名的圣母院有名。

2. Unlike his more famous namesake, this Bill Clinton has little interest in politics.: 这位比尔∙克林顿和那位著名的同名人不同，对政治没什么兴趣。

3. She's my namesake but we're not related.: 她与我同姓,但我们不是亲戚.

4. He is my namesake.: 他与我同姓.

5. He is putting together a four-man team, including his son and namesake Tony o'Reilly Jnr.: 他正在组建一个4人小队，包括和自己同名的儿子小托尼·奥赖利。

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