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Carefree 一字最早出现于1854年 B。Taylor 所著的《埃及山水与风情》中的一个比喻:象天堂里没有夏娃的两个亚当那样幸福愉快、无忧无虑(care-free)但作为独立词条,直到1942年该词才收进《新世纪英语词典》(New Century Dictionary of the English Language,New York:Appleton-Century),而且 care 与 free 之间有连字号相隔。自44年起,去掉连字号的 carefree 正式收入当代各种英文词典。从词形判断,早期的 carefree 完全属合成词,care 是中心词,free 是构词成份,其基本词义为 free from care。然而,在当代浩若烟海的各种英语词书中,虽然 carefree 的基本释义得到沿用,但很少把它当作合成词处理,更未讨论其类推性质;而把-free 作为构词成份单独列出
The word Carefree first appeared in 1854 An analogy in Taylor’s “Egyptian landscapes and customs”: as happy and carefree as two Adam’s without Eve in heaven, as an independent entry until 1942 Into the New Century Dictionary of the English Language (New York: Appleton-Century), and there is a hyphen between care and free. Since 44, the Hypnotic carefree has been officially taken into account for all contemporary English dictionaries. Judging from the shape, the early carefree completely belongs to the compound word, care is the central word, free is the word component, and its basic meaning is free from care. However, in the various books of contemporary English, although the basic meaning of carefree has been followed, it is seldom treated as a synthetic word, not to mention the analogy of nature. The use of -free as a constituent Separately listed