Word · Frequency #11107
transpire
发生
核心释义
多用于正式或书面语
happen, occur
- 1.
散发出(蒸汽、废物等)；呼出(气味等)。
To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
- 2.
(植物)通过气孔散发水分和废物。
Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.
- 3.
泄露；为人所知；公开。
To become known; to escape from secrecy.
- 4.
发生；进行。
To happen, take place.
泄露；暴露；为人所知；蒸腾；散发水汽；渗透；透过；散发出(蒸汽、废物等)；呼出(气味等)。；(植物)通过气孔散发水分和废物。
用法In use
Please tell me exactly what transpired at the meeting this morning.
用法提示：此处 transpire 是不及物动词，意为“发生”。
Many changes have transpired in our town over the past decade.
用法提示：transpired 作不及物动词，表示“发生、出现”。
We waited anxiously to see what would transpire next.
用法提示：transpire 在句中作不及物动词，表示“发生”。
it transpires that + clause
常用 it 作形式主语，真正的主语是 that 从句，表示“后来才发现/得知”，多用于正式或书面语。
It transpired that the meeting had been cancelled.
后来得知会议已取消。
transpire through sth
主语常为植物、叶片或气体；也可作及物动词，后接 water vapor 等，如 Plants transpire water vapor。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- it transpired that
- 后来发现；结果得知
- It transpired that the email had been sent to the wrong address.后来发现这封电子邮件被发到了错误的地址。
- what transpired
- 发生的事；所发生的事情
- Nobody knows what transpired behind closed doors.没有人知道关起门来发生了什么。
- as it transpired
- 结果；事实证明
- As it transpired, the meeting was cancelled at the last minute.结果会议在最后一刻被取消了。
- transpire through leaves
- 通过叶片蒸腾
- Plants transpire through their leaves to release water vapor.植物通过叶片蒸腾释放水蒸气。
- transpire water
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：植物蒸腾（transpire）时水汽从叶片散发；事情真相也像水汽一样“散发”出来，于是泄露、发生。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式演讲、新闻报道、植物学文献 transpire 表示“发生”或“泄露、为人所知”时通常用于正式场合或书面语，比较正式；表示“蒸腾（水汽）”时多见于植物学等专业语境。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Expire, inspire, perspire, conspire and spire all rhyme with transpire: their stressed vowel and following sounds are /aɪə/. Desire also rhymes, though it is spelled -sire and pronounced /dɪˈzaɪə/. Beware lookalikes such as spirit /ˈspɪrɪt/: its spelling resembles the -spire ending, but it sounds completely different.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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