declaration-decoration：无声的宣言更响亮

构词法或叫形态学（morphology），是一门历时久远的独立学科，只研究单词本身。可惜语素理论的出现，构词法与语素分析因研究对象都是用书写系统表示，混为一谈了。导致的后果是，构词方式成了语素理论的研究成果，单词成了很多人心中的“纯表音文字”。

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【造词理据】源自PIE词根*kele-（喊叫shout），拟声词，模仿喊叫的声音。de-起强调作用，-ation是名词后缀，clar与clear同根同源。

【例句】In this regard, choosing a vocation can be thought of as a public declaration of the kind of person we see ourselves as being.

就这点来说，挑选什么职业可以被认为是向公众宣布我们自己是什么样的人。

【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】见declaration。de-是前缀，起强调作用，clar是词根。尾字母e，词汇学中给出的解释是，抄写员认为单词应以元音字母结尾，所以人为添加了不发音的字母e。

【例句】Terry Eagleton holds that the golden age of cultural theory is long past, but After Theory does not declare the end of the theory .

伊格尔顿认为文化理论的黄金时代早已经过去，但《理论之后》并不是要宣称理论的终结。

【同根词】见declaration。

【造词理据】源自PIE词根*dek-（拿取take、接受accept）。D表门，引申指“在门上挂花环等，以展示荣耀（类似汉语里“光大门楣”）”，后指装饰、点缀。-or和-ate是后缀。

【例句】In Christianity, the rest of the flower is sacred grass, and is often used to decorate in religious consciousness of the altar.

在基督教中，马鞭草被视为是神圣的花，经常被用来装饰在宗教意识的祭坛上。

【同根词】condign; dainty; decent; decor; decorate; decorous; deign; dignify; dignity; diplodocus; disciple; discipline; disdain; docent; Docetism; docile; docimacy; doctor; doctrine; document; dogma; dogmatic; doxology; heterodox; indignance; indignant; indignation; indignity; orthodox; paradox; synecdoche.

【造词理据】见decorate。-ion是名词后缀。

【例句】Personal housing decoration loan means a loan lent by the bank to the borrower for it to decorate a self-owned housing.

个人住房装修贷款是银行向借款人发放的用于自有住房装修的贷款。

【同根词】见decorate。

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单词成就英语，英语照见未来