作为语言学专家,我将从词源、语义和用法三个维度解析这对易混淆词:
1. 词源辨析:
- ensue(14世纪进入英语)源自古法语"ensuivre",由en-(使动前缀)+suivre(跟随)构成
- insue是ensue的罕见变体,16世纪后基本被淘汰,现代英语中视为拼写错误
2. 语义对比:
√ ensue表示:
(1) 逻辑性后续(自然结果)
例:After the ceasefire, a period of calm ensued.
(2) 时间性接续(随即发生)
例:A heated debate ensued the professor's re ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in chronological succession; to result; as, an ensuing conclusion or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one.
To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in chronological succession; to result; as, an ensuing conclusion or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one.