diary: [16] Like its semantic cousin journal, a diary is literally a ‘daily’ record. It comes from Latin diarium, a derivative of diēs ‘day’. Originally in classical Latin the word meant ‘daily allowance of food or pay’, and only subsequently came to be applied to a ‘record of daily events’. From the 17th to the 19th century English also had an adjective diary, from Latin diarius, meaning ‘lasting for one day’.
diary (n.)
1580s, from Latin diarium "daily allowance," later "a journal," neuter of diarius "daily," from dies "day" (see diurnal); also see -ary. Earliest sense was a daily record of events; sense of the book in which such are written is said to be first attested in Ben Jonson's "Volpone" (1605).
双语例句
1. In his diary of 1944 he proclaims unswerving loyalty to the monarchy.
他在1944年的日记里声称对君主忠贞不贰。
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2. Ever since I saw the diary excerpts I've been cast down.
自从看到日记摘录，我就一直非常沮丧。
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3. As I scribbled in my diary the light went out.
我正草草地写着日记，灯灭了。
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4. She kept a diary until shortly before her death.
直到去世前不久她都一直在记日记。
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5. Mr Wilson's diary is booked up for months ahead.