genuine

英['dʒenjʊɪn] 美['dʒɛnjʊɪn]

副词: genuinely;名词: genuineness;

1. genu- + -ine.

genuine 真实的

来自词根gen, 生育，词源同generate. 即天生的。

genuine: genuine: [16] Latin genu meant ‘knee’ (it comes from the same Indo-European ancestor as English knee, and gave English genuflection [16]). In Rome and elsewhere in the ancient world, it was the convention for a father to acknowledge a newly-born child as his own by placing it on his knee – hence the child was genuinus.
=> genuflection, knee
genuine (adj.): 1590s, "natural, not acquired," from Latin genuinus "native, natural, innate," from root of gignere "beget" (see genus), perhaps influenced in form by contrasting adulterinus "spurious." [Alternative etymology is from Latin genu "knee," from a supposed ancient custom of a father acknowledging paternity of a newborn by placing it on his knee.] Meaning "really proceeding from its reputed source" is from 1660s. Related: Genuinely; genuineness.

1. It was not the policy of the government to repatriate genuine refugees.: 遣返真正的难民回国并非政府的政策。

2. This was a genuine mistake, but it did cause me some worry.: 这是好心办错事，可是确实让我担心了一阵子。

3. It is unlikely he would have mistaken hocus-pocus for genuine knowledge.: 他不可能把骗人的把戏错当成真正的知识。

4. Customers know that our stocktake sales offer genuine markdowns across the store.: 顾客们知道我们的清仓大甩卖是实实在在的全场降价。

5. The government divides asylum-seekers into economic migrants and genuine refugees.: 政府把寻求避难者划分为经济移民与真正的难民。