14 How to talk about common phenomena and occurrences
1. penury 赤貧
penuria = need, neediness 需求
penurious 貧困的枫弟,小氣的,吝嗇的,過于節(jié)儉的
parsimonious 小氣的净嘀,但沒有penurious程度深 parsimoniousness? parsimony
indigence 窮困 但沒有penury窮柠偶,indigent
destitution 跟penury類似 在饑餓的邊緣掙扎
affluence 富裕? affluent adj.? ad = to towards? fluo = to flow
opulence 闊綽 opulent? opulentus = wealthy 富裕的
2. vicarious 替代的躯保,間接感受到的
second-hand feeling
3. ephemeral 短暫的崇败,朝生暮死的
ephemera 蜉蝣远豺,短命動物
evanescent 容易消失的 evanescence n.? evanesce v.?
e- ex- = out? vanesco = to vanish? -ent 形容詞后綴
4. euphemism 委婉語
eu- = good? pheme = voice? -ism noun suffix
euphony? good sound 悅耳之音? euphonic? euphonious?
eulogy good speech 頌詞 悼詞 eulogistic eulogize eulogy eulogist
euphoria good feeling 幸福感专执,狂喜 euphoric
euthanasia good death 安樂死
5. badinage 打趣淮捆,揶揄,開玩笑? 非惡意的
persiflage 挖苦 嘲弄 戲謔? 略帶嘲笑 輕蔑 嘲諷? 但沒有惡意
cliche 陳詞濫調(diào)本股,但自以為新穎
bromide 老生常談?溴化物 用作鎮(zhèn)靜劑? bromidic
platitude 陳詞濫調(diào) platys = broad or flat? platitudinous
anodyne 本義是止痛劑 引申為安慰人的話 an- 否定 odyne = pain
6. bovine 牛的攀痊,似牛的,遲鈍的拄显,呆板的
bovis = ox or cow ? ? -ine = like similar to
貶義苟径,比phlegmatic(冷淡的,遲鈍的)更為強烈躬审,其他和動物的類比詞
leonine 獅子? leo = lion
canine 狗 ? ?? canis = dog
feline 貓 ? ? ?? felis = cat
porcine 豬 ? ? porcus = pig
vulpine 狐貍? vulpus = fox
ursine 熊 ? ? ? ursus = bear
lupine 狼 ? ? ? lupus = wolf
equine 馬 ? ?? equus = horse
piscine 魚 ? ?? piscis = fish
7. nostalgia 鄉(xiāng)愁棘街,懷舊之情
nostos = to return ? algos = pain ? nostalgic 懷舊的
8. cacophonous?粗腔橫調(diào)的,發(fā)音不和諧的承边,刺耳的遭殉,不協(xié)調(diào)的
在人為環(huán)境中聽到的不悅耳甚至刺耳的聲音,比如地鐵的轟鳴
cacopsis ? cacoptic ?
9. carnivorous 食肉的
carnis = flesh? voro = to devour 吞食博助,狼吞虎咽 ? ? carnivore 食肉動物险污,肉食者
carnelian 紅肉的顏色,紅玉髓
carnival? 四旬齋之前的狂歡節(jié)
carnal 肉體的,肉欲的
carnage 大屠殺
reincarnation 再生蛔糯,化身
incarnate 化身拯腮,化身的? devil incarnate 魔鬼的化身
herbivorous? herba = herb 食草的
omnivorous? omnis = all 雜食的? an omnivorous reader 博覽群書的讀者
voracious 貪婪的,貪吃的蚁飒,可以針對食物动壤,也可以指其他習(xí)慣
omnipotent? omnis = all? potens potentis = powerful? 全能的
potentate a powerful ruler
impotent powerless
potent? powerful
potential possessing power or ability not yet excercised
omniscient all-knowing, wise
omnipresent present in all places at once 同義詞 ubiquitous
omnibus for all including all 綜合性的 總括的
10. clandestine 暗中的,秘密的淮逻,私下的
clam = secretly
同義詞 surreptitious 鬼鬼祟祟的狼电,偷偷摸摸的