August: [OE] The month of August was named by the Romans after their emperor Augustus (63 BC–14 AD). His name was Caius Julius Caesar Octavian, but the Senate granted him the honorary title Augustus in 27 BC. This connoted ‘imperial majesty’, and was a specific use of the adjective augustus ‘magnificent, majestic’ (source of English august [17]); it may derive ultimately from the verb augēre ‘increase’ (from which English gets auction and augment). => auction, augment
august (adj.)
1660s, from Latin augustus "venerable, majestic, magnificent, noble," probably originally "consecrated by the augurs, with favorable auguries" (see augur (n.)); or else "that which is increased" (see augment).
August
eighth month, 1097, from Latin Augustus (mensis), sixth month of the later Roman calendar, renamed from Sextilis in 8 B.C.E. to honor emperor Augustus Caesar, literally "Venerable Caesar" (see august (adj.)). In England, the name replaced native Weodmonað "weed month."
实用例句
1. The Great War started in August of that year.
第一次世界大战于那年8月爆发。
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2. A pirated edition of the book was published in August 1986.
这本书的一个盗版版本在1986年8月出版。
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3. The call-up of National Guard and reserve units begun in late August.
国民警卫队和预备役的征兵工作8月下旬开始。
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4. The letter was franked in London on August 6.
这封信8月6日在伦敦盖过免费邮戳。
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5. They were married on August 9 in a civil ceremony in Venice.
