韦氏词典使用了更为现实的衍生意：升华，从固体到气体的直接转换。
There is a more mundane derivative noted by Merriam-Webster: sublimate, which is the transition directly from solid to gas.
《韦氏词典》(Webster ' s)对金钱的定义是。
自从1898年《韦氏词典》初版以来，至少已经增加了十万个词语。
Since Merriam-Webster first published its Collegiate Dictionary in 1898, at least 100,000 words have been added.
可能是因为，即使在韦氏词典上，对业余爱好的定义也是“在正规工作之外的追求”。
Perhaps it's because even Webster's Dictionary defines a hobby as "a pursuit outside one's regular occupation" (Merriam-Webster Online).
可能是因为，即使在韦氏词典上，对业余爱好的定义也是“在正规工作之外的追求”。
Perhaps it's becauseeven Webster's Dictionary defines a hobby as "a pursuit outside one'sregular occupation" (Merriam-Webster Online).
你会如何定义成功？家财万贯？生活幸福？韦氏词典对成功一词有三个解释。
How do you define success? Is it wealth? Is it happiness? Webster's dictionary has three definitions.
在我所能找到的资料里，只有《未删节版韦氏词典》能指出该单词在拉丁语之前的词源。
The Merriam Webster Unabridged Dictionary is the only source that I found that points further back than Latin in its etymology.
(韦氏词典2009)记者常常被分配在几个不同领域，每一个领域都有不同的要求。
(Merriam-Webster 2009) Journalists often are spread in to several fields and each of it has different requirements.
这间屋子和里面的阿拉伯语教科书以及韦氏词典本来是孩子们学习的乐园，现在成了战俘营。
Not so long ago this room, with its Arabic texts and Webster's dictionary, was for studious children. Now it is home to prisoners of war.
与往常一样，《 韦氏词典》今年收入的词汇也是流行文化、技术和时事领域里出现的新词。
As always, the yearly list gives meaning to the latest lingo in pop culture, technology and current events.
《韦氏词典》2014年的“年度热词”——即在词典网站上搜索最多的词汇——便是“文化”。
Merriam Webster's 2014 "Word of the Year" – the most searched term on the dictionary's website – was "culture.
按《韦氏词典》里的话说，涅槃的意思从痛苦的外部世界中解脱——这相当接近我对朋克摇滚的定义。
In Webster's terms, "Nirvana" means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.
2006年起，“google”一词就被收入《韦氏词典》，字典中说明了这个搜索引擎已经变得多么重要。
Thee word "Google" has been part of the Merriam-Webster dictionary since 2006, which tells you just how vital the search engine has become.
他引用了韦氏词典对homeland的第二种定义：为具有特定国家、文化和种族起源的人群划拨的一个国家或地区。
He quotes the second Merriam Webster definition of homeland: "a state or area set aside to be a state for a people of a particular national, cultural, or racial origin."
《韦氏词典》与《牛津英语词典》都说，此类船曾经被用来进行海盗活动，这与“猎捕”和“追逐”的主要意思也是符合的。
Both Merriam-Webster and the OED say they were used for pirating, which fits with the “hunt” and “chase” theme.
在发给赫芬顿邮报的一则声明中，韦氏词典的特约编辑彼得·索科洛夫斯基补充道，如今发表的新词被添加到字典的数字页面中。
In a statement to the Huffington Post, Merriam-Webster's editor-at-large Peter Sokolowski added that the words announced today were added to the dictionary's digital pages.
让寻常的美国人来给“财富”下定义，大部分人会给出《韦氏词典》里的解释，“财富”对于他们来说，是指拥有大量的物质财产。
Ask the average American to define the term "Wealthy", most would give the same definition found in Webster's. "Wealthy" to them refers to people who have an abundance of material possessions.
后来，韦氏词典就把“safespace”(安全空间)这个词收录到现今在线词典的1000个新增词条中，这也是十分恰当的。
It's fitting, then, that "safe space" is among the 1,000 new additions Merriam-Webster made to its online dictionary today.
治理：1、是指治理的行为或是过程；2a、是指治理发生的场所、权限或是功能；2b、控制或是指导的影响力：权力(韦氏词典)。
Governance: 1 the act or process of governing; 2a the office, power or function of governing; 2b controlling or directing influence: AUTHORITY. Webster's.
治理：1、是指治理的行为或是过程；2a、是指治理发生的场所、权限或是功能；2b、控制或是指导的影响力：权力(韦氏词典)。
Governance: 1 the act or process of governing; 2a the office, power or function of governing; 2b controlling or directing influence: AUTHORITY. Webster s.
我也参考了韦氏词典，其中把这一古老希腊词语跟别的希腊语——“glochin”或“glochis”联系了起来，这两个词的意思为“一个伸出来的点”，我想这也跟“伸出舌头”恰好相符了。
And I see that Merriam-Webster relates this old Greek word to another old Greek word glochin - or glochis meaning "a projecting point" which I guess fits with sticking out your tongue.
【马萨诸塞州斯普林菲尔德2010年12月20日讯】出版大名鼎鼎的《韦氏词典》的美国梅里厄姆——韦伯斯特公司（Merriam-WebsterInc.）于2010年12月20日公布了2010年度十大词语。
SPRINGFIELD, MASS., December 20, 2010 –Merriam-Webster Inc., America's leading language reference publisher, has announced the Top Ten Words of the Year for 2010.
排在第一位的是韦氏(Merriam-Webster)网上词典 3中的解释，“一门关于判断什么是好什么是坏，以及道德义务和道德责任的学科”。
The primary definition in the Merriam-Webster online dictionary says, "The discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation."
有感于社交网站和博客上人们习惯于吐露过多的私人信息，《韦氏新世界词典》又在去年收录了“overshare”(过度分享)一词。
The Webster's New World Dictionary went with "overshare" last year, inspired in part by the habit of spewing too much personal information on social networking sites and blogs.
接着在一本塑料封面的廉价《第九版韦氏学院词典》里她又发现了有关戈佛的信息。
Later, in a cheap, plastic-covered copy of Webster's Ninth Collegiate, on the page crediting the editorial staff, she found an inscription in red: "re: P.B. Gove?" and, again in black, "p."
新牛津美语词典与韦氏大词典给出的解释都是撒旦或恶魔（Devil），而OED则写道，Lucifer这个词被“误用为”恶魔之意。
While the New Oxford American Dictionary or Merriam Webster says Satan or the Devil, the OED says that Lucifer is a word misused to mean devil.
“MySpace时刻”迟早会像crowdsourcing（众包）、bromance（兄弟情谊）和cougars（将年轻男子作为猎物的中老年女人）一样被收入《韦氏大学词典》（Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary）。
MySpace Moment, sooner or later, is going to enter the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary alongside crowdsourcing, bromance and cougars.
“MySpace时刻”迟早会像crowdsourcing（众包）、bromance（兄弟情谊）和cougars（将年轻男子作为猎物的中老年女人）一样被收入《韦氏大学词典》（Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary）。
MySpace Moment, sooner or later, is going to enter the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary alongside crowdsourcing, bromance and cougars.
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