英文词源
- censor (n.)
- 1530s, "Roman magistrate who took censuses and oversaw public morals," from Middle French censor and directly from Latin censor, from censere "to appraise, value, judge," from PIE root *kens- "speak solemnly, announce" (cognates: Sanskrit śamsati "recites, praises," śasa "song of praise").
There were two of them at a time in classical times, usually patricians, and they also had charge of public finances and public works. Transferred sense of "officious judge of morals and conduct" in English is from 1590s. Roman censor also had a transferred sense of "a severe judge; a rigid moralist; a censurer." Of books, plays (later films, etc.), 1640s. By the early decades of the 19c. the meaning of the English word had shaded into "state agent charged with suppression of speech or published matter deemed politically subversive." Related: Censorial. - censor (v.)
- 1833 of media, from censor (n.). Related: Censored; censoring.
中文词源
censor：审查员
发音释义：['sensə] n.审查员vt.审查；检查
结构分析：censor = cens（审查、评价）+or（的人）→负责审查的人→审查员
词源解释：cens←拉丁语censere（评价）
同源词：census（人口普查←评价公民的收入和等级）；censure（责难←挑毛病并谴责←评价他人）
censor是罗马共和时期的政府官职，是罗马文职官员体系中仅次于独裁官的职位。其职权包括人口普查、维护公共道德和社会风气，以及对政府财政进行监督。
衍生词：censorious（挑剔的）；censorship（审查制度）
助记窍门：censor→sensor（传感器）→像传感器那样全面监视→审查
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：censor 词源，censor 含义。
censor：审查官
来自census，审查。
censor：(书报、电影等的)审查员，检查员
来源于拉丁语censere(评估)。
词根词缀： cens评估 + -or名词词尾