stipulate: [17] Tradition has it that the etymological notion underlying stipulate is an ancient custom of breaking a straw to seal a bargain. The word comes from the Latin verb stipulārī ‘bargain, demand’, and it has been speculated that this was derived from Latin stipula ‘straw’ (source also of English stubble [13]). The theory has not been conclusively demonstrated, but it makes a good story. Another possibility is some connection with Old Latin stipulus ‘firm’.
stipulate (v.)
1620s, "bargain, make a contract" (intransitive), back-formation from stipulation, or else from Latin stipulatus, past participle of stipulari "exact (a promise), bargain for." Transitive sense of "demand as a condition" is from 1640s. Related: Stipulated; stipulating.
中文解释
1. stub => stip-, stipul- "stalk, straw" => stipulate.2. Tradition has it that the etymological notion underlying stipulate is an ancient custom of breaking a straw to seal a bargain.3. 谐音“四弟保雷特”。
实用例句
1. Some manufacturers stipulate the price at which their goods are to be sold.
有些制造商规定出售他们生产的商品的价格.
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2. International rules stipulate the number of foreign entrants.
国际规则规定了外国参赛者的人数。
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3. Each time we stipulate what temperature we have in mind.
我们每次约定谈什么样的温度便可.
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4. I stipulate this only nothing further.
我要的条件只这一点,别的不要.
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5. All credits must stipulate an expiry date for presentation of documents for payment, acceptance or negotiation.