transparent: [15] Etymologically, something that is transparent allows the light to ‘a(chǎn)ppear through’ it. The word comes via Old French from medieval Latin trānspārēns, the present participle of trānspārēre ‘be seen through’. This was a compound verb formed from the Latin prefix trāns- ‘a(chǎn)cross, through’ and pārēre ‘show, appear’ (source of English appear). => appear
transparent (adj.)
early 15c., from Medieval Latin transparentem (nominative transparens), present participle of transparere "show light through," from Latin trans- "through" (see trans-) + parere "come in sight, appear" (see appear). Figurative sense of "easily seen through" is first attested 1590s. The attempt to back-form a verb transpare (c. 1600) died with the 17c. Related: Transparently.
雙語例句
1. We are now striving hard to establish a transparent parliamentary democracy.
我們現(xiàn)在正努力建立明晰的議會民主制。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He thought he could fool people with transparent deceptions.
他以為他能用那些可以一眼看穿的鬼把戲愚弄人。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The poem's comic allegory was transparent.
該詩的喜劇諷喻法是顯而易見的。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The insect's wings are almost transparent.
這昆蟲的翅膀幾乎是透明的。
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5. The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.