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Reports

名词义指书面或口头总结、新闻稿件;动词义指某人定期汇报或媒体发布消息,主语常为机构、媒体或第三人称。

  1. “Quarterly financial reports were released this morning.” (季度财务报告今晨发布。)
  2. “The newspaper reports breaking news on its homepage.” (该报在首页报道突发新闻。)
  3. “Students must submit lab reports by Friday.” (学生须在周五前提交实验报告。)

“report” 源自古法语 reporter(带回信息),由拉丁语 reportare(携带回来)构成,与 portare(携带)相关。

re-(回、再)+ port(携带)构成动词词干;名词复数 reports 或动词第三人称单数加 -s。

商业与政务透明度语境中 “annual reports / incident reports” 常见;新闻业中 “reports” 暗示初步核实后的公开信息。

  • 固定搭配: “news reports” (新闻报道), “school reports” (成绩单;英式常用)

re- 像把消息“带回来”,port 联想 carry,reports 就是一份份被带回的讯息包。

“The weather app reports heavy snow, so the airport canceled several flights.” (天气应用预报大雪,机场因此取消了数个航班。)