| 词汇 | ok |
| 释义 | OK and okay Theme: APPROVAL tr. to approve something.She refused to okay our plans.Please OK this bill so I can pay it. Theme: SATISFACTORY 1. mod. acceptable. Fred is an OK guy.This cake is okay, but not what I would call first rate. 2. mod. acceptably. She ran okay—nothing spectacular.They usually do it okay. 3. n. (someone's) acceptance. I won't give the final okay until I see the plans.We got her OK and went on with the job. ak and ok Theme: FINANCIAL n. October. (Securities markets: options and futures trading.)The ak futures are looking worse by the hour.When the oks expire on Friday, we'll start looking at the des index. OK Ⅰ when appended to a slogan, used as a strengthening affirmative, especially when phrased 'X rule (or rules) OK'. Nigel Rees, Graffiti Lives, OK, 1979, writes: 'The addition of "OK" to slogans first became noticeable in Northern Ireland during the early 1970s, as in "Provos Rule, OK" referring to the Provisional IRA' UK, 2002 Ⅱ ⇨ OK; okay 1. adjective 1 comfortable, at ease. Especially common as 'OK about' or 'OK with' US, 1978. 2 safe, unhurt US, 1839. 3 decent, mediocre, satisfactory. In 1963, the late Allen Walker Read published his extensive and definitive research on the term, tracing its coinage to 1839 as an abbreviation of 'oil korrect', itself a then-popular slang term US, 1839 2. noun 1 consent, approval US, 1841. 2 a bribe paid by an illegal gambling establishment to the authorities to stay in business US, 1979 3. verb to approve US, 1988 4. used for expressing assent, approval, understanding, or agreement US, 1839 |
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