strain-curb:谁说话大声就最可能捐赠哦
【造词理据】源自PIE词根*stere-(拉紧、伸展=spread),象形。S形表类似绳索的东西,引申指绑紧、拉紧,后抽象指紧张、焦虑。
【例句】MM as if deep in thought, led in a short while and suddenly and very strain ofsay: "Ah, if I one day to you also tired, how does that do? "
MM若有所思,过了一会儿,忽然很紧张的说:“哎,要是我有一天对你也厌倦了,那怎么办啊?”
【同根词】consternate; consternation; construct; construction;destroy; destruction; industry; instruct; instruction; instrument; obstruct;obstruction; perestroika; prostrate; sternum; sternocleidomastoid; strain(n.2) "race, stock, line;" stratagem; strategy; strath; strato-; stratocracy;stratography; stratosphere; stratum; stratus; straw; stray; street; strew;stroma; structure; substrate; substratum; substructure.
【讨论】structure作为同根词,就否定了str或st是词根,表“站立”的可能。
【造词理据】源自PIE词根*kele-(叫喊),拟声词。模仿航海时为了升帆、拉索而呼喊的声音(以实现同心协力),后引申指拉、拖拽。
【例句】 You have to think how the company will perform in the long haul.
你应该考虑公司的长期的运转。
【同根词】acclaim; acclamation; Aufklarung; calendar;chiaroscuro; claim; Claire; clairvoyance; clairvoyant; clamor; Clara;claret; clarify; clarinet; clarion; clarity; class; clear; cledonism; conciliate;conciliation; council; declaim; declare; disclaim; ecclesiastic; eclair;exclaim; glair; hale (v.); halyard; intercalate; haul; keelhaul; low (v.);nomenclature; paraclete; proclaim; reclaim; reconcile.
【造词理据】源自PIE词根*do-(给=give)。拟声词,模仿哼声示意送出信函,引申指给予、交给,在这里指捐赠或捐赠的物品。
【例句】Ambassador Yang spoke at the donation ceremony held at NALIS. He said he was happy to donate the books to the National Library.
刘彦明参赞在捐赠仪式上说,这是中国使馆第一次向图书馆捐赠图书。
【同根词】
add; anecdote; antidote; betray; condone; dacha; dado;data; date (n.1) "time;" dative; deodand; die (n.); donation; donative; donor;Dorian; Dorothy; dose; dowager; dower; dowry; edition; endow; Eudora;fedora; Isidore; mandate; Pandora; pardon; perdition; Polydorus; render;rent (n.1) "payment for use of property;" sacerdotal; samizdat; surrender;Theodore; Theodosia; tradition; traitor; treason; vend.
【造词理据】源自PIE词根*sker-(弯曲=bend),象形。C为S的同音[s]的通转,S形表弯曲的形状,引申指弯曲、束缚。也指勒马绳。“勒马绳”和“弯曲”有何关系呢?在马前进时,马脖子向前挺直,你要左转,得用绳子将马脖子拽向左边,即向左弯曲;让马停下得往后拽绳,使脖子向后弯曲。路缘也是用条石组成弯曲的限制道路的边沿。
【例句】For local governments building on arable land is often a money-spinner. Central-government efforts to curb this have not worked.
因为地方政府经常通过在耕地上建房来生财,中央政府限制占用耕地的努力并未奏效。
【同根词】bias; carnage; carnal; carnation; carnival; carnivorous;carrion; cenacle; charcuterie; charnel; corium; cortex; crone; cuirass;currier; curt; decorticate; excoriate; incarnadine; incarnate; incarnation;kirtle; scabbard; scar (n.2) "bare and broken rocky face of a cliff or mountain;"scaramouche; scarf (n.2) "connecting joint;" scarp; score; scrabble; scrap (n.1) "small piece;" scrape; screen; screw; scrimmage; scrofula; scrub (n.1) "low, stunted tree;" scurf; shard; share (n.1) "portion;" share (n.2) "iron blade of a plow;"sharp; shear; shears; sheer (adj.) "absolute, utter;" shirt; shore (n.) "land bordering a large body of water;" short; shrub; skerry; skirmish; skirt.
【讨论】这些同根词,否定了sharp中S表牙齿、screen中S表牙齿,引申指分开等的解释。
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