▲请问, busy 到底是不是 business 的词根或者说同源词呢?而busyness 在字典上我也没查到。所以无法肯定。
而且中年考题正确形式填空这一题型里有出现这样的题——《2004年 云南省高中(中专)招生考试说明与复习指导》的第29页上有这样一道题:
45. Mr. Wang went to Australia to do _______.(busy)
很显然,是要求把括号中的 busy 变成 business 填在横线上。
▲此题在《2001年云南省高中(中专)招生考试说明与复习指导》一书中也出现了,在该书的第26页:
44. Mr. Wang went to Australia to do _______.(busy)
所以, 很疑惑到底哪个才是正确的同根名词形式呢?如果有 busyness 这个词, 那么它的意思应该是名词形式的 "忙碌"? 也就不适合填在这些空。
▲另深圳一中学的九年级考试中也出现这样一道题:
They both like to do things with their family. But Emily’s parents are ______ (business), so they usually do their own personal things.
有老师说这里填 businessmen,但是其实从意思上来说 busy 应该更符合逻辑吧?
▲先谢谢各位专家的指导和解释。谢谢!!真的挺困惑的, 另外求专家推荐一本权威的字典-最好是英英的!谢谢各位!
ps: 因为没有积分, 只能悬赏5分啦!谢谢~!
▲问题一:busy 可以视为 business 的词根或同源词,比如《朗文当代英语词典》第5版在 business 词条就有如下词源的说明:
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: busy]
▲问题二:下面一题的答案只能是 business:
45. Mr. Wang went to Australia to do _______.(busy)
▲问题三:下面一题的答案可以是 busy 和 businesspersons,但从前后文来看,填 businesspersons 似乎更合适:
They both like to do things with their family. But Emily’s parents are ______ (business), so they usually do their own personal things.
▲问题四:busy 的派生名词 busyness 在一般词典上确实查不到,但在《柯林斯英语词典》和《美国传统词典·第4版》有收录。