apple:英国人眼里的心肝宝贝
ap-前缀,起强调作用,-le是后缀,P源自古希腊的果树女神Pomona,所以apple最初并不表示苹果,而是指各种果实,包括水果、浆果、坚果等,后特指苹果。
例句:
He told her that she was the apple of his eye, that she was wound around hisheartstrings.
他告诉她,她是他的掌上明珠,是他的心头肉。
-ear是后缀,P源自apple,指像苹果一样的果实。
例句:
He took a bite out of the pear.
他咬了一口梨。
-ly是后缀,P是Ph因省略轻音h[h]而产生,Ph与F发同音[f]而通转(通假转换),所以P=F表木栓、木钉,引申指拴住,这里指把木板粘在一起的粘合板、三合板等,后引申指折叠等。
例句:
Buses ply between the two cities.
公车定期往返于那两个城市之间。
ap-是ad-的变体,表朝向(=to),-ly是后缀,P表拴住(同ply),这里指把理论与实践拴住,把手拴住,即指动手用。
例句:
Britain had maintained that human rights laws did not apply to its troops basedoutside Europe.
英国坚持称,人权法并不适用欧洲以外的军队。
-ic,-ate,-ion是后缀,同apply。
例句:
The reader is urged to refer to one or more of these for general background onthe subject and its application to cracks.
阅读其中一本或几本会帮助读者了解其基础知识及其在裂纹上的应用。
multi-表示多的(=many,much),这里指好多层的、成倍的。
例句:
They may help identify the most appropriate action for you to take, or multiplyyour efforts.
他们可能会帮助您找出要采取的最适当行动,或者倍增您的努力。
re-前缀,表回复(=back),这里指折回来,引申指作出反应,回答。
例句:
He was not sure what would be the appropriate reply, so he smiled and lookedaway.
他不知道如何恰到好处地回答,就笑了笑把眼光转向别处。
sup-是sub-的变体,表下面的,这里指从下往上的,ply源自poly,尽管与apply的词根不同,但视角还是相似的,ploy表填充(=fill),P应该是F的通转,表木栓、木钉,引申指拴住、钉入、塞进去、填充。为了简便记忆,可以视作与apply同根。
例句:
Rapid growth in the supply of a national money tends to depreciate that currencyin foreign-exchange markets.
一国货币供应量的迅速增长会促使这种货币在外汇市场上跌价。
愿您的单词学习之路,越走越轻松。
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