importune的词源

英文词源

importune (v.)

1520s, back-formation from importunity, or else from Middle French importuner, from Medieval Latin importunari "to make oneself troublesome," from Latin importunus "unfit, troublesome," originally "having no harbor" (i.e. "difficult to access"), from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + portus "harbor" (see port (n.1)). Related: Importuned; importuning. As an adjective from early 15c.

中文词源

importune：纠缠

im-,不，非，port,港口。原义为没有港口的，无法入港的，引申词义麻烦的，骚扰，纠缠。比较opportune,opportunity.

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