stigma

英 ['st?gm?] 美['st?ɡm(xù)?]

TEM4CET6+IELTSGRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?stigmas;

1. 與 stick 同源。
2. st- (street) + ig (諧音“一個”) + ma (諧音“罵”) => 在大街上遇到一個潑婦罵街，這簡直是恥辱、污點(diǎn)。
3. 大街上挨了一個罵是恥辱。

stigma 恥辱，羞恥

來自拉丁語 stigma,烙印，傷痕，來自希臘語 stigma,烙印，刺痕標(biāo)記，來自 stizein,作標(biāo)記，刺青，來自 PIE*steig,刺，詞源同 stick,sting.引申詞義恥辱標(biāo)記，恥辱，羞恥等。

stigma: stigma: [16] Greek stígma denoted a ‘mark made on the skin with a sharp implement’, hence a ‘tattoo’ or ‘brand’. It was derived from the Indo- European base *stig- ‘be sharp, pierce’, which also produced English stick, stitch, etc. By the time it arrived in English, via Latin stigma, it has acquired the connotation of a ‘brand of shame’, and it was also used specifically for the marks made on Christ’s hands and feet by the nails of the cross.
=> stick, stitch
stigma (n.): 1590s (earlier stigme, c. 1400), "mark made on skin by burning with a hot iron," from Latin stigma (plural stigmata), from Greek stigma (genitive stigmatos) "mark of a pointed instrument, puncture, tattoo-mark, brand," from root of stizein "to mark, tattoo," from PIE root *steig- "to stick; pointed" (see stick (v.)).

Figurative meaning "a mark of disgrace" in English is from 1610s. Stigmas "marks resembling the wounds on the body of Christ, appearing supernaturally on the bodies of the devout" is from 1630s; earlier stigmate (late 14c.), from Latin stigmata.

1. There is very little stigma attached to crime and criminals.: 人們幾乎都不把犯罪和罪犯視為一種恥辱。

3. Being an unmarried mother used to carry a social stigma.: 做未婚母親在社會上曾是不光彩的事.