• n. 港口；避難所，安息所
• vt. 為……提供避難處；安置……于港中
• n. (Haven)人名；(英)黑文

來自古英語haefen,Proto-Germanic*hafno,港口，詞源同Copenhagen,hafnium.可能來自PIE*kap,抓住，握住，詞源同capable,have.引申詞義保護，港口。

haven

haven: [11] Etymologically, a haven is probably a ‘container’ for ships. The word appears to go back ultimately to Indo-European *kap-, source also of Latin capere ‘seize’ (whence English capable, capture, etc). This produced Old Norse h?fn or hafn, which lies behind the modern Scandinavian words for ‘harbour’ (such as Swedish hamn and Danish havn), and was borrowed into late Old English as h?fen, whence modern English haven. Closely related is Dutch haven, from which German borrowed hafen ‘harbour’.
=> capable, captive, capture

haven (n.)

late Old English h?fen "haven, port," from Old Norse h?fn "haven, harbor" or directly from Proto-Germanic *hafno- (cognates: Danish havn, Middle Low German havene, German Hafen), perhaps from PIE *kap- "to seize, hold contain" (see capable, and compare have) on notion of place that "holds" ships. But compare Old Norse haf, Old English h?f "sea" (see haff). Figurative sense of "refuge," now practically the only sense, is c. 1200.

1. I hope I haven't said anything to upset you.

但愿我沒有說過讓你不高興的話。

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2. I haven't come all this way to bottle out.

我一路走來不是為了在最后關頭打退堂鼓。

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3. With respect, Minister, you still haven't answered my question.

部長，恕我冒昧，您還沒有回答我的問題。

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4. Some Democrats support granting the Haitians temporary safe haven in the US.

一些民主黨人支持為海地人在美國提供臨時避難所。

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5. The police haven't really done anything for the black community in particular.

警方并未真正特意為黑人群體做什么.

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