Education for citizenship has the advantage of connecting closely to the original meaning of liberal arts.

公民教育的优点在于与文科的本义紧密契合。

When actually, to be devastated is a very, very extreme word in its original meaning.

实际上，被摧个非常非常极端的词，就其本义而言。

The original meaning of the words 'soul' and 'spirit' is, in fact, 'breath' and 'breathing.

“灵魂”和“精神”这两个词的本义实际上“呼吸”和“呼吸”。

What's in a name? Though many of America's favorite names have been around for centuries, we rarely take their root meanings into account.

名字到底包含什么呢？虽然多美国人喜欢的名字已经流传了几个世纪，但我们少考虑到它们的本义。

The original meaning of a Spanish word taco is a plug or a stopper, perhaps related to the English word tack.

西班牙语单词 taco 的本义塞子或塞子，可能与英语单词 tack 有关。

Whether the chat is informal, between friends or at work the icon appears to have a very different, 'rude' meaning for the younger generation.

无论朋友间闲聊，还工作沟通，对年轻人来说，“点赞”都有着与其本义不样的“粗鲁”含义。

Invented by scientists in the Netherlands, the basic concept is to combine engineering with microbiology, and embed bacteria that can create limestone directly in the concrete.

这由荷兰科学家发明，本义将工程学和微生物学结合起来，嵌入细菌，就可以在混凝土中直接制造石灰岩。

Some people now use it to refer to people who are criminals and who probably did commit the crime, but the original meaning is a group of scapegoats.

现在有人用它来指代犯罪的人，可能确实犯了罪，但本义群替罪羊。

But the other meaning of the verb " to juggle" – the, I guess you could say, " original meaning" – is to throw balls up into the air.

但动词“to juggle” 的另个意思——我想你可以说，“本义” ——把球扔到空中。

The original meaning of the expression was to speak plainly – to not try to use big words or complicated sentences, but to speak the truth in a simple way.

这句话的本义说白了——不试图用大词或复杂的句子，而用简单的方式说出真相。

The basic meaning of " pet" is an animal we keep for emotional rather than economic reasons. A pet animal is kept as a companion, and we all need companions to keep us feeling happy.

" 宠物" 这个词语的本义我们出于情感而不经济目的所养的动物。只被养的宠物会被当作个伙伴，我们所有人都需要伙伴来不断愉悦身心。

Having taken his inheritance, the son wanders off into what's usually translated as ''a distant country, '' but the original Greek, choran makran, is instructive, for it means, literally, ''the big emptiness.''

他拿走了他的家产，游荡到处通常译为“遥远国度”的地方，但在希腊原文中，choran makran有蕴味的，因为它的本义“极大的空虚”。