describe-desert：刻骨铭心的描述

【造词理据】象意。源自PIE词根*skribh-（砍、分开）。S表牙齿，引申指切分、分开，这里指砍下、刻画，抽象指形容、叙述。de-表向下的（down）。

【例句】I trust the reader will let me use it in this context without spending time trying to describe it. 我相信读者我在这种语境下使用这个词而不必详细解释。

【同根词】ascribe; ascription; circumscribe; conscript; conscription; describe; description; festschrift; inscribe; inscription; manuscript; postscript; prescribe; prescription; proscribe; sans-serif; scribble; scribe; script; scriptorium; scripture; scrivener; serif; shrift; shrive; subscribe; superscribe; superscript; transcribe; scarification; scarify.

【造词理据】见describe。-tion是名词后缀。

【例句】Anyway, I'll leave product description to you and you'd better take a good look at it when you are free. 不管怎么说，我把书面产品说明留给大家，你们有空时仔细看一下。

【同根词】见describe。

【讨论】又见到清浊辅音字母通转了，b与p。

【造词理据】象形。源自PIE词根*ser-（排列to line up）。S形表绳索，描述排成行的、曲线，比喻指排队。desert原指逃亡者，离开原本的序列或队伍，后指遗弃、遗弃之地。再后来遗弃之地，也指荒无人烟的沙漠。de-表放弃、离开（undo）。

【例句】He had intended to desert his wife and children , but changed his mind. 他原来想要遗弃太太和孩子们，但是改变了主意。

【同根词】assert; assertion; assort; consort; desert (v.) "to leave one's duty;" desertion; dissertation; ensorcell; exert; exsert; insert; seriatim; seriation; series; sermon; serried; sorcerer; sorcery; sort.

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单词成就英语，英语照见未来