convey
Definitions
To communicate or make known (an idea, feeling, or message)
传达，表达（思想、情感或信息）
To transport or carry someone or something from one place to another
运送，运输
(Law) To transfer the title to property from one person to another
（法律）转让（财产产权）
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedcon- (along with) + vey (a worn-down via, 'way') = to go along the road *with* something, escorting it from here to there. The physical 'carry along' (a conveyor belt) becomes abstract 'carry meaning': to convey an idea is to walk it from your mind into someone else's. In law it keeps the literal hand-over: convey property = move ownership down the line.
Root via still carries 14 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.convey a message传达信息
- 2.convey meaning表达含义
- 3.convey the impression给人……印象
- 4.convey property转让财产
Example Sentences
- 1.
It's hard to convey just how grateful I am.
- 2.
A pipeline conveys the gas across the desert.
- 3.
The solicitor will convey the house to the new owner.
Easily Confused
convey vs convoy — same root (con + via, 'travel along the way with') but split meanings: convey = carry/communicate (a pipeline conveys gas; words convey meaning); convoy = a group escorted together (a military convoy). You convey a message but you escort a convoy.
Synonym Comparison
- convey — carry across a distance or carry meaning; slightly formal
- communicate — get information or feeling across; most general
- express — put a feeling/idea into words or actions
- transmit — send signals/data/disease along a channel
- transport — physically move goods or people