摘要：During the same period many educated people talked to each other in Latin. Modern English often has sets of three synonyms, one fr

During the same period many educated people talked to each other in Latin. Modern English often has sets of three synonyms, one from English, one from French, and one from Latin. 在同一时期，许多有教养的人彼此间用拉丁语讲话。现代英语的一组同义词往往有三个，一个来自英语，一个来自法语，一个来自拉丁语。

（1）During the same period many educated people talked to each other in Latin. Modern English often has sets of three synonyms, one from English, one from French, and one from Latin: At the same time, many educated people were speaking Latin to each other. Modern English often has a set of three synonyms, one from English, one from French, and one from Latin. 与此同时，许多受过教育的人彼此讲拉丁语。现代英语通常有三个同义词，一个来自英语，一个来自法语，一个来自拉丁语。

（2）The borrowing of words directly from the Latin, which began first in prehistory times, continued in the Anglo-Saxon period, and only attained large-proportion in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. 直接从拉丁语中借用词汇的现象最早出现在史前时期，一直延续到盎格鲁-撒克逊时期，直到十四、十五世纪才占了很大比例。

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