fem. proper name, mid-12c., from Old French Agnes, from Greek Hagne "pure, chaste," from fem. of hagnos "holy," from PIE *yag- "to worship, reverence" (see hagiology). St. Agnes, martyred 303 C.E., is patron saint of young girls, hence the folk connection of St. Agnes' Eve (Jan. 20-21) with love divinations. In Middle English, frequently phonetically as Annis, Annys. In U.S., among the top 50 names for girls born between 1887 and 1919.
雙語例句
1. "Who's Agnes?" — "You'll be meeting her presently."
“誰是阿格尼絲？”——“你很快就會見到她。”
來自柯林斯例句
2. Agnes was a battered woman who had killed, in self-defense, while temporarily insane.
阿格尼絲是個備受虐待的女人，她在一時精神錯亂下出于自我防衛(wèi)殺了人。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The end for Agnes Smedley came untimely and under difficult circumstances.
艾格妮絲·史沫特萊在艱難的環(huán)境下過早地結(jié)束了自己的一生.
來自辭典例句
4. Much happiness came to Agnes in this Yan'an period.
艾格妮絲在延安這段時期,經(jīng)歷了許多使她感到歡快的事情.
來自辭典例句
5. At this time in Shanghai Agnes was involved in many things.