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。
- “Quarterly financial reports were released this morning.” (季度财务报告今晨发布。)
- “The newspaper reports breaking news on its homepage.” (该报在首页报道突发新闻。)
- “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。)