and: [OE] A word as ancient as the English language itself, which has persisted virtually unchanged since at least 700 AD, and has cognates in other Germanic languages (German und, Dutch en), but no convincing ultimate ancestor for it has been identified
and (conj.)
Old English and, ond, originally meaning "thereupon, next," from Proto-Germanic *unda (cognates: Old Saxon endi, Old Frisian anda, Middle Dutch ende, Old High German enti, German und, Old Norse enn), from PIE *en; cognate with Latin ante, Greek anti (see ante). Phrase and how as an exclamation of emphatic agreement dates from early 1900s.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. " And " , " but " and " whereas " are conjunctions.
and, but 和whereas是連詞.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. Remember, keep a positive attitude and good things will happen.
記?。罕3謽?lè)觀(guān)的心態(tài),好事自然會(huì)發(fā)生。
來(lái)自美劇《摩登家庭》
3. The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are stronger at the broken places.