Rendered
释义 Definition
“rendered”是动词 render 的过去式/过去分词,常见意思是:使成为、使变得(进入某种状态);也可指渲染(图像/视频)、呈现/表达(观点、表演)等(语境不同含义会变化)。
发音 Pronunciation
/ˈrɛn.dərd/
例句 Examples
The news rendered him speechless.
这条消息让他一时说不出话来。
The city was rendered unrecognizable after years of rapid redevelopment, a change that some residents welcomed and others quietly mourned.
经过多年快速重建,这座城市变得面目全非;有些居民对此欣然接受,也有人在沉默中惋惜。
词源 Etymology
render 源自古法语 rendre(归还、交付、给予),进一步来自拉丁语 reddere(“给回去”,由 re- “回、再” + dare “给”构成)。英语中由“交付/给予”引申出“呈现、表达”,再发展出“使成为(某种状态)”以及现代技术语境下的“渲染(图形)”。
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文学作品 Literary Works
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth:“If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well / It were done quickly: if the assassination / Could trammel up the consequence, and catch / With his surcease success; that but this blow / Might be the be-all and the end-all here, / But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, / We'd jump the life to come.”(常见版本与注释中会出现 render 用于“呈现/表达/使成为”的语义讨论与引用)
- Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness:作品评论与摘引中常用 render 表示“描写、呈现”叙述与景象(该词在文学评论语境中非常常见,用来指“把体验/画面写出来”)