meet: [OE] English has two words meet, although one of them has almost died out. The verb comes from a prehistoric Germanic *gamōtjan, a derivative of the noun *mōtam ‘meeting’ (from which English gets moot). Its Germanic relatives include Dutch moeten, Swedish mōta, and Danish m?de. The adjective, ‘suitable’, originally meant literally ‘fitting’, and goes back via Old English gem?te to the prehistoric Germanic base *m?t-, *met- ‘measure’ (source also of the verb mete ‘measure’ [OE], as in mete out, and related ultimately to English measure). => moot; measure, mete
meet (v.)
Old English metan "to find, find out; fall in with, encounter; obtain," from Proto-Germanic *motjan (cognates: Old Norse m?ta, Old Frisian meta, Old Saxon motian "to meet," Gothic gamotijan), from PIE root *mod- "to meet, assemble." Related to Old English gemot "meeting." Meaning "to assemble" is from 1520s. Of things, "to come into contact," c. 1300. Related: Met; meeting. To meet (someone) halfway in the figurative sense is from 1620s.
meet (adj.)
"proper, fitting," Old English gem?te, Anglian *gemete, "suitable, having the same dimensions," from Proto-Germanic *ga-m?tijaz (cognates: Old Norse m?tr, Old High German gimagi, German gem?? "suitable"), from collective prefix *ga- + PIE *med- "to measure" (see medical (adj.)). The basic formation is thus the same as that of commensurate.
meet (n.)
1831 in the sporting sense, originally of gatherings for hunting, from meet (v.).
雙語例句
1. We tend to meet up for lunch once a week.
我們往往每周共進一次午餐。
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2. The three parties will meet next month to work out remaining differences.
三方將在下個月會面，以解決余下的分歧。
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3. Many of Britain's beaches fail to meet minimum standards of cleanliness.
英國許多海灘連最起碼的衛生標準都達不倒。
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4. My understanding was that we'd meet at her place.
我的理解是我們在她那兒見面。
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5. Parallel lines will never meet no matter how far extended.