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exchange 交換

ex-, 向外。change, 改變。

exchange: exchange: [14] Like change, exchange comes ultimately from Latin cambīre ‘barter’. In postclassical times this had the prefix ex- added to it, here functioning as an indicator of ‘change’, producing late Latin *excambiāre. In Old French this became eschangier (whence modern French échanger), which English acquired via Anglo- Norman eschaunge. A 15th-century reversion to the original Latin spelling of the prefix produced modern English exchange.
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exchange (n.): late 14c., "act of reciprocal giving and receiving," from Anglo-French eschaunge, Old French eschange (Modern French échange), from Late Latin excambium, from excambiare, from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + cambire "barter" (see change (v.)). Practice of merchants or lenders meeting to exchange bills of debt led to meaning "building for mercantile business" (1580s).
exchange (v.): late 15c., from Old French eschangier "exchange, barter" (Modern French échanger), from Vulgar Latin *excambiare (source of Italian scambiare); see exchange (n.). Related: Exchanged; exchanging.

2. During the turmoil in the foreign-exchange markets the guilder remained strong.: 荷蘭盾在外匯交易市場的動蕩中保持堅挺。

3. They exchange traveller's cheques at a different rate from notes.: 他們兌換旅行支票時依據的匯率跟兌換現鈔時不同。

5. He ruled out any exchange of prisoners with the militants.: 他拒絕和武裝分子進行任何交換俘虜的活動。