anecdote:逸闻有时就是自以为的光荣往事
an-是ante-的截短,表前(=before),-or是名词后缀,表...者。词根ces或cest中,C表骆驼,引申指行走。这里指走在前面的人、前人、先人、祖先。
例句:
He did not know from which part of Africa his ancestor had come.
他不知道他的祖先来自非洲的哪一部分
-ent是后缀,an-是ante-的截短,词根C表骆驼,视角与ancestor相同。
例句:
Near by there stood an ancient forest which had never been profaned by theaxe.附近有一片老林,还从未遭受过斧头的蹂躏。
A形表牛角。anchor原指带尖角的物体,后喻指锚。
例句:
Eventually it began to blow so hard that we had to drop the anchor and ride itout.
最终它开始打击如此艰苦,我们必须抛锚和乘坐它。
anec-为ante的变体,表before,ec-为前缀ex-的变体,表出来(=out)词根dote源自date,拟声词,原指将标有日期的文件交给信使时发出的哼声,后指日期。anecdote原指没有出版出来的,后指来自传说的、没有正式出版的轶事、趣闻。
例句:
He told me some anecdote about our English teacher.
他告诉我几个关于英语老师的掌故。
A表牛角,代指牛,这里指类似斗牛时牛发怒的样子,喻指愤怒。注意,词源不支持这种解释。
例句:
It's easy to understand his anger.
他发怒的原因不难了解。
例句:
There were a couple of times on that TV show when you looked angry, ready toblow.
你在电视节目上有两次显得很气愤,快要发火了。
A表牛角,animal原指带角的动物,后泛指动物。
例句:
She had high animal spirits, and a sort of natural self-consequence.
她生性好动,天生有些不知分寸。
愿您的单词学习之路,越走越轻松。
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