vt. 证明,表明;显示
vi. 显示,出现
n. 载货单,货单;旅客名单
adj. 显然的,明显的;明白的
manifest 显现,展现
来自拉丁语manifestus,清晰的,明显的,抓个正着的,来自manus,手,词源同manual,-fest,击,打,抓住,词源同infest,offend.引申词义显现,展现。
Other nations have tried to check ... the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the Continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions. [John O'Sullivan (1813-1895), "U.S. Magazine & Democratic Review," July 1845]The phrase apparently is O'Sullivan's coinage; the notion is as old as the republic.