杜威 (Dù Wēi) — John Dewey (American philosopher and educator) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

John Dewey (American philosopher and educator)

Examples

杜威。
Wǒ dú guò xǔ duō Dù Wēi de jiào yù lǐ lùn.
I've read many of Dewey's educational theories.
杜威。
Dù Wēi De sī xiǎng duì xiàn dài jiào yù yǐng xiǎng hěn dà.
Dewey's ideas have had a great influence on modern education.
杜威。
Zhè běn shū jiè shào le Dù Wēi de shēng píng hé zhǔ yào zhù zuò.
This book introduces Dewey's life and major works.

Origin

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

The characters carry no meaning of their own here; together they spell the foreign name Dewey.

Sound-only characters

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

戌女威

戌戌xū
女女nǚ

威 is made by combining 戌 and 女.

Appears in

School & Education

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