impresario
英 [,?mpr?'sɑ?r???]
美[,?mpr?'sɑr?o]
- n. （意）（歌剧、乐团等的）演出者；经理人；乐队指挥，导演
GRE
词态变化
复数:?impresarios;
中文词源
impresario 剧院经理
来自意大利语impresa,承担，从事，来自im-,进入，使，-pres,缩写自prehens,抓住，词源同prehensile,comprehension.即从事的事业，特指与戏剧相关的事业，后引申词义剧院经理。
英文词源
- impresario
- impresario: [18] Impresario has no etymological connection with ‘impressing’ people (often though it is mistakenly spelled impressario). It was borrowed from Italian, where it was a derivative of impresa ‘undertaking’. This in turn came from the verb imprendere ‘undertake’, which goes back to a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *imprendere (source of the archaic English emprise ‘enterprise’ [13]), a compound based on Latin prendere ‘take’. Hence an impresario is literally someone who ‘undertakes’ something.
- impresario (n.)
- 1746, from Italian impresario "operatic manager," literally "undertaker (of a business)," from impresa "undertaking," fem. of impreso, past participle of imprendere "undertake," from Vulgar Latin imprendere, from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, onto" (see in- (2)) + prehendere "to grasp" (see prehensile).
双语例句
- 1. He would first have to learn the Italian, engage an impresario, make contacts.
- 他先得学意大利语, 找一个经理, 签合同.
来自辞典例句
- 2. The impresario will present an expanded series of concerts next season.
- 下个季节将举办一次大型的系列音乐会.
来自互联网
- 3. The impresario had buttoned his astrakhan coat.
- 乐团经理扣好了羔皮外套.
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