英语词汇give and take的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

give and take. The expression give and take is first recorded (1769) in British horse racing as “a prize for a race in which the horses which exceed a standard height carry more, and those which fall short of it less, than the standard weight.” By 1816 we find the phrase being used on and off the track for making al- lowances or concessions, the practice of compromise. In an in- teresting study of the words give and take, researchers found that over a given period among an observed group give was used 2,184 times, while take was used 7,008 times.

词汇	give and take
词源	give and take. The expression give and take is first recorded (1769) in British horse racing as “a prize for a race in which the horses which exceed a standard height carry more, and those which fall short of it less, than the standard weight.” By 1816 we find the phrase being used on and off the track for making al- lowances or concessions, the practice of compromise. In an in- teresting study of the words give and take, researchers found that over a given period among an observed group give was used 2,184 times, while take was used 7,008 times.
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