justice:正义,不过是一种平衡(中)
为了顺利阅读,建议您先看公众号中的“A~Z解码”,了解英语字母的涵义和单词的造词原理与视角。
smile 微笑。S表牙齿,在西方微笑时必须要露出牙齿,这一点和东方中国不同,我们讲究笑不露齿最美。
例句:
A smile lifted the corner of his mouth.
他的嘴角挂着微笑。
miracle 奇迹。-le和-ac是后缀,词根mir,脱落了表意字母S,S表牙齿,人们遇到神迹时,往往会不由自主的说:哇!看,牙齿露出来了。其实,miracle源自smile微笑。
例句:
It was a miracle of luck and a fantastic stroke that had enabled him to see herthat night.
那天晚上他能够看到她真是天大的幸运,奇妙的意外。
admire 仰慕。ad-前缀,表朝向(=to),词根mir脱落了字母S,表牙齿。遇到仰慕对象时,我们也会对他“露齿微笑”哈。前面讲smile和miracle两个单词,就是为了引出admire。
例句:
I don't agree with her, but I admire her for sticking to her principles.
我不同意她的意见,但是我赞赏她恪守原则。
拓展:
admirable 令人钦佩的 (你要能如此优雅地站在这么细的树枝上,世人也会仰慕钦佩的)
例句:
He had a real feeling for literature, and he could impart his own passion with anadmirable fluency.
他对文字具有真正的爱好,能够痛快淋漓细致入微地把自己的感情表达出来。
mirror 镜子
mirror 镜子。乍一看,-or是名词后缀,表“...物”,mir与admire同根。但他们只是长得像而已,找了M表海水,引申指能像水一样映出人或物体影子的,就是镜子。
例句:
She walked into her boudoir, and before her mirror began to dress for a dinnerto which she had been invited.
她走过她的闺房,对着镜子打扮着,预备应邀赴一个宴会。
待续(to be continued)
愿您的单词学习之路,越走越轻松。
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