disciple
英 [dɪ'saɪp(ə)l]
美 [dɪ'saɪpl]
n. 門徒，信徒；弟子
中文詞源：
disciple 學徒，門徒，追隨者
來自拉丁語discere, 學習，獲知，來自PIE*dek-skos,教，自我學習，*dek, 得體，教導，詞源同doctor, dogma， *skos, 表反身，見bask, busk. 原義為學生，追隨者，尤指耶穌的十二門徒。後詞義通用化。
例句：
1. a disciple of the economist John Maynard Keynes
2. Your disciple failed to welcome you.
你的徒弟沒能迎接你.
3. He was an ardent disciple of Gandhi.
他是甘地的忠實信徒.
4. In the exuberance of his mirth , the unfortunate disciple had swallowed two biscuits at once.
原來這個不幸的耶穌門徒, 一時過分高興一口吞瞭兩塊餅幹.
5. Her seat was next to her friend Dr Roux, who had been Pasteur's most devoted disciple.
她坐在她的朋友羅大夫的旁邊, 他是巴斯特最忠實的門生.
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