haven: [11] Etymologically, a haven is probably a ‘container’ for ships. The word appears to go back ultimately to Indo-European *kap-, source also of Latin capere ‘seize’ (whence English capable, capture, etc). This produced Old Norse höfn or hafn, which lies behind the modern Scandinavian words for ‘harbour’ (such as Swedish hamn and Danish havn), and was borrowed into late Old English as hæfen, whence modern English haven. Closely related is Dutch haven, from which German borrowed hafen ‘harbour’. => capable, captive, capture
haven (n.)
late Old English hæfen "haven, port," from Old Norse höfn "haven, harbor" or directly from Proto-Germanic *hafno- (cognates: Danish havn, Middle Low German havene, German Hafen), perhaps from PIE *kap- "to seize, hold contain" (see capable, and compare have) on notion of place that "holds" ships. But compare Old Norse haf, Old English hæf "sea" (see haff). Figurative sense of "refuge," now practically the only sense, is c. 1200.
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1. I hope I haven't said anything to upset you.
但愿我没有说过让你不高兴的话。
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2. I haven't come all this way to bottle out.
我一路走来不是为了在最后关头打退堂鼓。
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3. With respect, Minister, you still haven't answered my question.
部长，恕我冒昧，您还没有回答我的问题。
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4. Some Democrats support granting the Haitians temporary safe haven in the US.
一些民主党人支持为海地人在美国提供临时避难所。
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5. The police haven't really done anything for the black community in particular.