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单词 -ics
释义

Definition of -ics in English:

-ics

suffixɪks
  • (forming nouns) denoting arts or sciences, branches of study or action.

    构成名词表示“…学”;“…术”

    classics
    politics

Usage

A noun ending in -ics meaning ‘a subject of study or branch of knowledge’ will usually take a singular rather than a plural verb, e.g. politics is a blood sport; classics is hardly studied at all these days. However, the same word may take a plural verb in cases where the sense is plural: many of the classics were formerly regarded with disdain

Origin

From French -iques, Latin -ica, or Greek -ika, plural forms.

Definition of -ics in US English:

-ics

suffixɪks
  • (forming nouns) denoting arts or sciences, branches of study, or profession.

    构成名词表示“…学”;“…术”

    classics
    politics

Usage

A noun ending in -ics meaning ‘a subject of study or branch of knowledge’ will usually take a singular rather than a plural verb: politics is a blood sport classics is hardly studied at all these days. However, the same word may take a plural verb in cases where the sense is plural: many of the classics were once regarded with disdain

Origin

From French -iques, Latin -ica, or Greek -ika, plural forms.

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