Partaker
“Partaker” 是名词,指“参与者、共饮者、分享者”,由动词 “partake”(参与、分享)派生,如 “a partaker of the feast”(赴宴者)、“a partaker in the scheme”(阴谋参与者)。语气偏正式或宗教文本,日常更常说 “participant”。
- “He refused to be a partaker in the fraud.” (他拒绝参与这起欺诈。)
- “All partakers of the meal thanked the host.” (所有共进晚餐的人向主人道谢。)
- “The sermon warned against being a partaker of idle gossip.” (布道告诫勿与闲言碎语为伍。)
“Partaker” 来自 “partake”:由 “part”(部分)与 “take”(取)合成,意为“取一份、分一份”,名词 “-er” 表人。
“-er” 表示施动者;动词 partake 变化为 partakes, partook, partaken。
在宗教英语(如圣餐 “partakers of the bread”)与较正式书面语中常见;指共犯时带有道德评判色彩。
- 固定搭配: “partaker of the feast” (赴宴者), “partaker in crime” (共犯)
- 动词: partake, partook, partaken
“part + taker”:拿走自己那一份的人——参与者、分享者。
“Though invited, she was not a partaker of the toast, preferring to raise her glass of water instead.” (虽受邀举杯,她并未参与祝酒,只举起了自己的水杯。)