accomplishment

名词 n.
/əˈkɒm.plɪʃ.mənt/|/əˈkʌm.plɪʃ.mənt/    /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment. countable,uncountable
    — the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc
  2. That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training. countable,uncountable
    — I’ll make a proof how I advance in / My new accomplishment of dancing.
  3. Something accomplished; an achievement. countable,uncountable
    — Increasing sales by 20% in the last quarter was seen as a major accomplishment for the business.
  4. The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point. countable,uncountable
    — Thus it is attested that some children have taken an accomplishment verb like disappear, which does not have a causative counterpart, and used it as a causative accomplishment in sentences like He disappeared it, i.e. ‘He made it disappear.’

词形变化

词源

* First attested in the early 15th century.
* (completes, perfects, equips): First attested around 1600.
* accomplish + -ment
* Borrowed from French accomplissement, from accomplir
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