mentor英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.

— Many mentors claim that they would work with the vocationers for free because of the sense of satisfaction the interaction provides.

动词 v.

To act as someone's mentor. transitive

— After him came several deshi, or followers he had mentored.

词形变化

mentors plural mentors present,singular,third-person mentoring participle,present mentored participle,past mentored past

词源

词源 1

From French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece, shares the same root as English mind. Cognate to Sanskrit मन्तृ (mantṛ, “advisor, counselor”) and Latin monitor (“one who admonishes”), and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti (compare Latin moneō (“to warn”), causative form of *men- (“to think”).

词源 2

From French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece, shares the same root as English mind. Cognate to Sanskrit मन्तृ (mantṛ, “advisor, counselor”) and Latin monitor (“one who admonishes”), and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti (compare Latin moneō (“to warn”), causative form of *men- (“to think”).