engineer

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engineer 工程師

來自engine, 機械裝置，引擎，即設計機械的人。

engineer (n.): mid-14c., enginour, "constructor of military engines," from Old French engigneor "engineer, architect, maker of war-engines; schemer" (12c.), from Late Latin ingeniare (see engine); general sense of "inventor, designer" is recorded from early 15c.; civil sense, in reference to public works, is recorded from c. 1600 but not the common meaning of the word until 19c (hence lingering distinction as civil engineer). Meaning "locomotive driver" is first attested 1832, American English. A "maker of engines" in ancient Greece was a mekhanopoios.
engineer (v.): 1818, "act as an engineer," from engineer (n.). Figurative sense of "arrange, contrive, guide or manage (via ingenuity or tact)" is attested from 1864, originally in a political context. Related: Engineered. Middle English had a verb engine "contrive, construct" (late 14c.), also "seduce, trick, deceive" (c. 1300) and "put to torture."

1. The RAF recognized him as an out-standingly able engineer.: 英國皇家空軍表彰他是一名非常能干的機械師。

2. The product is still only a gleam in an engineer's eye.: 該產品還只是工程師頭腦中尚未成形的想法。

3. The engineer and his son held frequent consultations concerning technical problems.: 工程師和他的兒子經常就技術問題互相征求意見。

4. The most junior executive officer outranked the senior engineer officer aboard ship.: 在艦船上，級別最低的副艦長也位列級別最高的輪機官之上。