詞語：kudos
kudos是什麼意思
簡明英漢詞典
kudos
[5kju:dRs; (?@) 5ku:dRs]
n.
名望, 榮譽, 聲譽
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
kudos
ku.dos
AHD:[k?「d?z」, -d?s」, -d?s」, ky?「-]
D.J.[6ku87douz, -7dous, -7d%s, 6kju8-]
K.K.[6ku7doz, -7dos, -7d$s, 6kju-]
n.（名詞）
Acclaim or praise for exceptional achievement.
名聲，威信：對傑出成就所作的稱讚或頌揚
語源
Greek [magical glory]
希臘語 [神奇的榮耀]
用法
Kudos is one of those words like congeries that look like plurals but are etymologically singular: correctness requires Kudos is (not are ) due her for her brilliant work on the score. Some writers have tried to defend the use of kudos with a plural verb, or even the introduction of a new singular form of kudo, on the grounds that these innovations follow the pattern whereby the English words pea and cherry were re-formed from nouns ending in -s that were thought to be plural. Perhaps the singular kudo would have to be acknowledged as a legitimate formation if it came to be widely adopted in the popular language in the way that cherry and pea have. But at present kudos is still regarded as a slightly pretentious variant for praise and can scarcely claim to be part of the linguistic folkways of the community. When writers reach for an unfamiliar Greek word for the sake of elegance, it is fair to ask that they get it right. Still, it is worth noting that even people who are careful to treat the word syntactically as a singular often pronounce it as if it were a plural: etymology would require that the final consonant be pronounced as a voiceless (s), rather than as a voiced (z).
Kudos 和 congeries 那些詞一樣， 看上去好像是複數，但從詞源上看是單數：因此正確的用法應該是Kudos is （不是 are ） due her for her brilliant work on the score 。 許多作者為kudos 後跟動詞複數形式的做法辯護， 他們甚至發明了一個新的詞kudo 作為該詞的單數形式，他們這樣做是以英語單詞 pea 和 cherry 的形成模式為依據的， 這些詞都是從原先結尾帶-s 的複數形式名詞演化而來。 kudo 這種單數形式只有在象 cherry 和 pea 這樣為大眾語言所普遍接受之後才能被認可為一種正確的形式。 但是現在kudos 這個詞仍被看作是 praise 這個詞稍稍有些做作的變體， 還很難成為社群的習慣用語的一部份。當一個作家為了行文的優雅用一個生僻的希臘詞的時候，他應該正確地使用它。但是值得注意的是，即使是那些非常仔細的人，他們在句子中把它用作單數，但在讀的時候卻讀成複數的形式：根據詞源來看，這個詞最後一個輔音應該發成清輔音（s），而不是濁輔音（z）
現代英漢詞典
kudos
[5kju:dRs; (?@) 5ku:dRs]
n.
讚揚；感謝
He received kudos from everyone on his performance.
他的表演受到大家的稱讚。
美國傳統詞典
kudos
ku.dos
AHD:[k?「d?z」, -d?s」, -d?s」, ky?「-]
D.J.[6ku87douz, -7dous, -7d%s, 6kju8-]
K.K.[6ku7doz, -7dos, -7d$s, 6kju-]
n.
Acclaim or praise for exceptional achievement.
語源
Greek [magical glory]
用法
Kudos is one of those words like congeries that look like plurals but are etymologically singular: correctness requires Kudos is (not are ) due her for her brilliant work on the score. Some writers have tried to defend the use of kudos with a plural verb, or even the introduction of a new singular form of kudo, on the grounds that these innovations follow the pattern whereby the English words pea and cherry were re-formed from nouns ending in -s that were thought to be plural. Perhaps the singular kudo would have to be acknowledged as a legitimate formation if it came to be widely adopted in the popular language in the way that cherry and pea have. But at present kudos is still regarded as a slightly pretentious variant for praise and can scarcely claim to be part of the linguistic folkways of the community. When writers reach for an unfamiliar Greek word for the sake of elegance, it is fair to ask that they get it right. Still, it is worth noting that even people who are careful to treat the word syntactically as a singular often pronounce it as if it were a plural: etymology would require that the final consonant be pronounced as a voiceless (s), rather than as a voiced (z).