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surname

/noun sur-neym; verb sur-neym, sur-neym/US // noun ˈsɜrˌneɪm; verb ˈsɜrˌneɪm, sɜrˈneɪm //UK // (ˈsɜːˌneɪm) //

姓氏,姓

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called last name . the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a first name or given name; family name.
    • : a name added to a person's name, as one indicating a circumstance of birth or some characteristic or achievement; epithet.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sur·named, sur·nam·ing.

    • : to give a surname to; call by a surname.

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Examples

  • Yin Hongzhang, who shares a surname with Sinovac’s CEO but is no relation, was sentenced in 2017 to a decade in prison for taking bribes from Sinovac and seven other companies.

  • “In the vaccine industry, we usually give a commission to the person in charge to encourage them to use our vaccines,” one Sinovac salesperson, identified only by the surname Yang, said in a 2017 case in the southern province of Guangdong.

  • Yin Hongzhang’s wife, identified in court testimony only by her surname, Guo, told the court that she and her husband picked up the cash in a hotel lobby and never volunteered to repay the loan.

  • He was 4 when his parents divorced, and two years later he adopted the surname Cordier from his stepfather.

  • From the Revolution forward, as Cheney outlines, its votaries promoted the intellectual depth and known virtues of those with recognizable surnames and long family legacies.

  • Black wore a hat with his surname, the A formed by a depiction of the African continent.

  • Lemieux is a French-Canadian surname which means “The Best.”

  • Satisfied, but not content, Gold strives to live up to her surname, as well as stamp it on the long list of American greats.

  • Among those officials-turned-entrepreneurs is the British-based Mehdi Shamszadeh, normally uses the surname Shams.

  • However this Maidan is not about the surname of this next president.

  • Those of the plates which have only a surname upon them, indicate that the place is a lodging house.

  • Her face was pale and her sensuous lips were the color of her skin, whence her surname.

  • You love to banter; you love to give me that surname of 'Rich,' to me, now no less poor than Job.

  • Most people nowadays have one or more Christian names and a surname, but this was not always the case.

  • Kent is quite a well-known surname, as also are Derby, Buxton, and many other names of English places.

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