Re: [字彙] 7,8,10
from Barron詞表速記:
ONE
unique
ADJ. without an equal; single in kind.
You have the unique distinction of being the first student whom I have had to
fail in this course.
構詞:uni=one.
monolithic
ADJ. solidly uniform; unyielding.
Knowing the importance of appearing resolute, the patriots sought to present
a monolithic front.
構詞:mono (one) + lith (rock) + ic (adj.)
monotony
N. sameness leading to boredom.
What could be more deadly dull than the monotony of punching numbers into a
computer hour after hour?
monotonous, adj
構詞:mono (one) + tone + y (n.)
monarchy
N. government under a single ruler.
Though England today is a monarchy, there is some question whether it will be
one in 20 years, given the present discontent at the prospect of Prince
Charles as king.
構詞:mono (one) ) + arch (top) ) + y (n.)
monochromatic
ADJ. having only one color.
Most people who are color blind actually can distinguish several colors;
some, however, have a truly monochromatic view of a world all in shades of
gray.
構詞:mono (one) +chromo (color) + at (補綴) + ic (adj.)
TWO
ambidextrous
adroit, adept
ADJ. capable of using either hand with equal ease.
A switch-hitter in baseball should be naturally ambidextrous.
構詞:ambi (two) + dexter (right hand) + ous (adj.)
ambience
N. environment; atmosphere.
She went to the restaurant not for the food but for the ambience.
構詞:ambi (two; around) + ence (state)
ambivalence
N. the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes.
Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next, she was
confused by the ambivalence of her feelings.
ambivalent, ADJ.
構詞:ambi (two) + val (feeling) + ence (state)
amphibian
ADJ. able to live both on land and in water.
Frogs are classified as amphibian, also n.
構詞:amphi (two) + bio (life) + an (thing)
amphitheater
N. oval building with tiers of seats.
The spectators in the amphitheater cheered the gladiators.
構詞:amphi (two; round) + theater
bicameral
ADJ. two-chambered, as a legislative body.
The United States Congress is a bicameral body.
構詞:bi (two) + camera (chamber) + al (adj.)
bifurcated
ADJ. divided into two branches; forked.
With a bifurcated branch and a piece of elastic rubber, he made a crude but
effective slingshot.
構詞:bi (two) + furc (fork) + ate (make)
dichotomy
N. split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones).
Willie didn't know how to resolve the dichotomy between his ambition to go to
college and his childhood longing to run away and join the circus. Then he
heard about Ringling Brothers Circus College, and he knew he'd found his
school.
構詞:dich (two) + tome (cut) + y (n.)
dilemma
N. problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives.
In this dilemma, he knew no one to whom he could turn for advice.
構詞:di (two) + lemma (proposition)
THREE
tertiary
ADJ. third.
He is so thorough that he analyzes tertiary causes where other writers are
content with primary and secondary reasons.
構詞:tert (third) + iary (adj.)
trilogy
N. group of three works.
Remain Holland's novel Jean Christophe was first published as a trilogy.
構詞:tri (three) + logy (book)
FOUR
quadruped
N. four-footed animal.
Most mammals are quadrupeds.
構詞:quadr (four) + ped (foot)
FIVE
pentagon.
構詞:pent (five) + gon (angle)
quintessence
N. purest and highest embodiment.
Noel Coward displayed the quintessence of wit.
構詞:quint (five) + essence. 第五要素=精華
SIX
sextant
N. navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude.
Given a clear night, with the aid of his sextant and compass he could keep
the ship safely on course.
構詞:sext (six) + ant (thing)
SEVEN
sept=seven
September(原爲7月)。無例句
EIGHT
oct=eight
October(原爲8月)。octopus (八腳魚,章魚). 無例句
NINE
nov=nine
November(原爲9月). 無例句
TEN
decimate
v. kill, usually one out of ten.
We do more to decimate our population in automobile accidents than we do in
war.
構詞:dec (ten) + im(補綴)+ ate (make)
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