Aegis
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- 【英】n.盾（shield）；保护，庇护（protection）
- 【记】分拆联想：a(远离）+eg（看做ego自己）+is→让（危险）远离自己→保护
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
- Function: noun
- Etymology: Latin, from Greek aigis, literally, goatskin, from aig-, aix goat; akin to Armenian ayc goat
- Date: 1581
- 1 : a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena
- 2
- a : PROTECTION <under the aegis of the Constitution>
- b : controlling or conditioning influence <many American mothers, under the aegis of benevolent permissiveness⋯actually neglect their children ― Time>
- 3 a : AUSPICES, SPONSORSHIP <under the aegis of the museum> b : control or guidance especially by an individual, group, or system
