advantage:优势,就是坚持走下去而已
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advance, 进步。ad-是ab-的变体,表“从,自...来(=from)”,后缀ance是ante的变体,表“前(=before)”,字母词根V,象形。前文提过,V=W=U,三个字母同源通转。V形表曲折,如via经由、取道(即拐弯走),way曲径,这里也指从...开始向前走,即进步、进展。
例句:
May I advance my opinion on the matter?
我可以提出对这件事的意见吗?
advantage 优势。ad-是ab-变体,表“自...来(=from)”,后缀ante与ance通转,表“前(=before)”,-age是名词后缀,所以,advantage与advance同根,优势就是比别人跑得快(如上图)。
例句:
She took advantage of the children's absence to tidy their rooms.
她趁孩子们不在时收拾了他们的房间。
拓展:
advantageous 有利的;有好处的
例句:
It may be advantageous for a firm to ship abroad the components
of its finalproduct in a knocked down condition.
对一家企业来说,把最后的成品拆卸为零部件装运出口是有利的。
disadvantage 不利因素;障碍;不便之处
例句:
Compared with him, I began to have a huge disadvantage.
与他相比,我一开始就有巨大的劣势。
ad-前缀,表朝向(=to),-ure是名词后缀,词根vent表来(=come),V形表转折,引申指“取道、拐弯走、到来、走”,这里指“冒险、走危险的地方(如上图)”。
例句:
He talked of his adventure all day long.
他终日不停地谈他的奇遇。
拓展:
adventurer 冒险者,投机分子
例句:
He is an adventurer in financial field.
他是金融领域的投机者。
event,就是指大家走到一起,即公开活动、大事、事件
例句:
It had been the smallest event of all that had unsettled him the most.
使他感到最不安的事情是一件最微不足道的插曲。
eventually 最后;终于。-ual和-y是后缀,其中-ual=-ue+-al两个后缀组成。
例句:
The British were expecting the United States eventually to pick up the cheque.
英国人指望最后由美国去为英国慷慨解囊。
invent发明,in-前缀,表“里面”,所以invent就是走进去(看到别人看不到的东西),即发明、编造。
例句:
For Watt did not actually invent the steam engine.
因为瓦特并非真正发明蒸汽机的人。
invention 发明;创造;虚构;编造
例句:
Hitler complained that this single invention was the ruin of the U-boat campaign.
希特勒抱怨说,这一发明是潜艇战遭到覆灭的原因。
prevent 阻止。pre-前缀,表“前(=before)”,vent表走、来(=come),在前方放一个障碍(如上图),让你走不过去,即阻碍、阻止、妨碍。
例句:
But this did not prevent the parents unable to shake his head.
但这丝毫没有阻止父母不住地摇头。
愿您的单词学习之路,越走越轻松。
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