early 15c., "version, translation, a form of a literary work;" 1550s, "act of publishing," from French édition or directly from Latin editionem (nominative editio) "a bringing forth, producing," also "a statement, account," from past participle stem of edere "bring forth, produce," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + -dere, comb. form of dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). "It is awkward to speak of, e.g. 'The second edition of Campbell's edition of Plato's "The?tetus"'; but existing usage affords no satisfactory substitute for this inconvenient mode of expression" [OED].
雙語例句
1. The American edition of "Cloud Street" is already in its third printing.
美國版的《云街》已經是第三次印刷了。
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2. I enjoy the omnibus edition of Eastenders on Sunday.
我喜歡看《倫敦東區》的周日連播版。
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3. A pirated edition of the book was published in August 1986.
這本書的一個盜版版本在1986年8月出版。
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4. I'm correcting the proofs of the Spanish edition right now.
我正在校正西班牙語版本的校樣。
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5. And there we end this edition of Science in Action.