现词义来自mark,标记，记号，引申词义知名品牌，特指汽车品牌。其古义见习语letters of marque,捕拿特许证，来自古法语marcar,纳投名状，用抓捕或抢劫来证明诚心。该词起源于中世纪时，西欧各国通过官方文件鼓励本国海盗进行抢劫，一部分上交作为官方收益，一部分留作自用。
英文词源
marque (n.)
"seizure by way of reprisal," mid-15c., in letters of marque "official permission to capture enemy merchant ships," from Anglo-French mark (mid-14c.), via Old French from Old Provençal marca "reprisal," from marcar "seize as a pledge, mark," probably from a Germanic source (compare Old High German marchon "delimit, mark;" see mark (n.1)), but the sense evolution is difficult.
双语例句
1. Letters of Marque: Take letters from a warning friendly power authorizing privateering.
私掠许可证: 从某一个国家获得合法抢劫的证书.
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美国有线网络附属企业讯有来自香格里拉品牌警察署的监控录像带.
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