certificate-chairman:主席就是坐头把交椅的
【造词理据】-ate、-ic、-ify是后缀,词根cert(确定),源自PIE词根*krei-(筛seive),C为K的同音通转,K表手,引申指抓住,再引申指过滤以确定、以分开,抽象指确定的、区分,再引申指固定的、确定的、肯定。这里用来确定合格的证书。
【例句】Example : She didn't like the course but she stuck it out to get the certificate.
她并不喜欢这门课,但为了拿证书还是耐着性子学完了。
【同根词】ascertain; certain; concern; concert; crime; criminal; crisis; critic; criterion; decree; diacritic; discern; disconcert; discreet; discriminate; endocrine; excrement; excrete; garble; hypocrisy; incertitude; recrement; recriminate; riddle (n.2) "coarse sieve;" secret; secretary.
【造词理据】源自PIE词根*kat-(缠绕twist、twine),C为K的同音通转,K表手,引申指抓住,这里指相互抓住、缠绕在一起的锁链、链子等。
【例句】For you safety, please close the door after you come in and buckle the securitychain.
为了您的安全,请进出随手关门,并扣好防盗链!
【同根词】相关词:chain-gang chain-saw chignon concatenation enchain keychain mail unchain watch-chain
【造词理据】源自cathedral(天主教教堂),cata-表向下,hed源自PIE词根*sed-(坐sit),脱落字母S,象形,模仿身体坐下时的外形,借指坐、坐姿,这里指坐的椅子、座位。详见cathedral(12月11日的更新)
【例句】He went over and sat down in a vacant chair next to Christine.
他走了过去,在克里斯丁旁边的一把空椅子上坐了下来。
【同根词】assess; assiduous; assiento; assize; banshee; beset; cathedra; cathedral; chair; cosset; dissident; dodecahedron; Eisteddfod; ephedra; ephedrine; ersatz; icosahedron; inset; insidious; nest; niche; nick (n.) "notch, groove, slit;" nidicolous; nidification; nidus; obsess; octahedron; piezo-; piezoelectric; polyhedron; possess; preside; reside; saddle; sanhedrim; seance; seat; sedan; sedate; (adj.) "calm, quiet;" sedative; sedentary; sederunt; sediment; see (n.) "throne of a bishop, archbishop, or pope;" sessile; session; set (v.); sett; settle (n.); settle (v.); siege; sit; sitz-bath; sitzkrieg; size; soil (n.1) "earth, dirt;" Somerset; soot; subside; subsidy; supersede; surcease; tanist; tetrahedron; Upanishad.
【造词理据】复合词,由chair+man组成。其中man(人类),M表海水,西方认为人来自海洋,借来自海洋的指人。另一种解释是,M表谋杀犯左拇指的标记,引申指记号,在这里指脑子里留下的记号,即思想。有思想的就是人。
【例句】The chairman, Democrat Chris Dodd, said he would support helping the automakers for the good of the economy.该会主席,民主党ChrisDodd说为了美国经济健康发展同意帮助汽车巨头。
【同根词】见chair。
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单词成就英语,英语照见未来