单词 | parole |
释义 | Word Frequency parole(pəˈrəʊl) noun 1. a. the freeing of a prisoner before his or her sentence has expired, on the condition that he or she is of good behaviour b. the duration of such conditional release 2. a promise given by a prisoner, as to be of good behaviour if granted liberty or partial liberty 3. a variant spelling of parol 4. US military a password 5. linguistics language as manifested in the individual speech acts of particular speakers Compare langue, performance (sense 7), competence (sense 5)6. on parole verb (transitive) 7. to place (a person) on parole Derived forms parolable (paˈrolable) adjective parolee (pəˌrəʊˈliː) noun Word origin C17: from Old French, from the phrase parole d'honneur word of honour; parole from Late Latin parabola speech |
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