Geneva

[d?i'ni:v?]

擴(kuò)展詞匯

1. 可能同源且長(zhǎng)得很像的易混詞：Geneva (from Latin Genava), Genoa (意大利語(yǔ)拼寫形式：Genova, from Latin Genua).

Geneva: city in Switzerland, from Latin Genava, perhaps from a PIE root meaning "estuary" or one meaning "bend;" in either case a reference to its situation. From 1920 sometimes in reference to the city as the site of the headquarters of the League of Nations. The original Geneva Convention among Great Britain and the major continental powers to introduce humanitarian conduct in modern warfare (neutrality of hospitals, etc.) dates from 1864; the most recent update was in 1949. The Geneva Protocol is a League of Nations document meant to settle international disputes; it dates from 1924. Earlier the city was associated with Calvinism. Related: Genevan (1841); Genevian (1570s); Genevese (1826); Genevois (1550s).
geneva (n.): 1706, alteration (by influence of the Swiss city name) of Dutch genevre, French genière (see gin (n.1)).

1. Oil markets oscillated on the day's reports from Geneva.: 石油市場(chǎng)因當(dāng)天來(lái)自日內(nèi)瓦的報(bào)道出現(xiàn)了起伏。

2. The mosaics were sent to Munich, and thence to Geneva.: 那些馬賽克被送到慕尼黑，從那里又送到日內(nèi)瓦。

3. Heads of government from more than 100 countries gather in Geneva tomorrow.: 來(lái)自100多個(gè)國(guó)家的政府首腦明日將齊聚日內(nèi)瓦。

4. We decided spontaneously to board a train for Geneva.: 我們自行決定搭乘去日內(nèi)瓦的火車.