单词词根root

单词词根root 决定单词本源(substance )

1、tain =stay /catch /hold 留下，抓住，得到

obtain one's approval

detain

maintain 维修，维持，主张(=set forth )

maintain a family =make both ends meet

vehicle-maintenance

2 lap

lapse下降；瑕疵，小毛病，过错

collapse

eclipse月食；失势，没落

3.cede =ced =ceed =cess =gress =ped =ade =go 走路，向前走

-cede

accede ①继位，上任accede to the throne

②接纳accede to sb. for sth. 因某事接纳某人替agree with sb.

concede 让步，迁就，允许某人做某事

concession 让步(一方迁就另一方)

compromise(互相妥协)

compromised group /company 调解公司；中间人，裁判官=arbitrator, arbitrary 武断的，独裁的， arbitrate 调解

tolerate 包容

tolerance =inclusiveness 包容性(inclusive ⇔exclusive )=generosity 大气

concede sth. =admit sth.

concede sth. to sb. 赋予，授权=authorize sth. /authorize sb. to do sth. =entitle sb. to sth.

concession ①迁就②租界(colonization )

-cess

access n. 入口，接近；give sb. easy access to 使某人很容易接触到An overwhelming number of free video websites give youngsters easy access to porn info. .

access to, v.  接近，靠近

accessible 可接近的，可行的，易亲近的make this architecture accessible to the disabled

accessory ①附属的auto accessories 汽车配件②从犯，帮凶(法律场合)=complicity

-gress

aggress 侵略

aggressive ①咄咄逼人的②有上进心的(cynical 愤青的，mean 尖酸刻薄的，irony 讽刺ironical )

-ped 走

pedestrian street ①徒步的②呆板的，木讷的

(sidewalk 非机动车道，辅道；pavement 人行横道；pave the way for 为某人铺路，set the stage for 搭台，做准备；curb n. 边缘v. 控制  民间高人curbside prophet, 控制keep/put a curb on, have a great master of )

encyclopedia 百科全书

-ade =walk 走

evade 逃走，逃避=avoid  ，evasive 要走的

parade v./n.检阅，行军

crusade蹂躏，抢劫crusaders十字军=depredation(predator=a meat-eating animal⇔a vegetation-eating animal)

4.vok =voc =voice

revoke收回，否认

provoke 挑衅，激起，刺激provocative a. /n. 刺激性(的)

evoke 呼唤，唤醒evocative 被唤醒的，被引起的

5.-he,-her ①粘②继承，遗传

adhere to

adhesive n. 强力胶水 a. 附着在…上，有黏性的

adherent 追随者，信徒

coherent 一贯的，连续的

cohesion 凝聚力⇔segregation 隔离(division 分裂)

heir 继承人，inherit v. 继承，inheritation

heredity 遗传(特性)

6.greg =collect

aggregate 聚集  segregation 隔离

7.para 部分，偏

parallel n. 平行线 a. 相同的

unparalleled 无与伦比的

Paralympics 残奥会

paralize 偏瘫 paralisis

8.llel, lel, level线条

9.demo样本

democracy民主 democrate

demonstrate游行示威；证明显示

10.claim =log =loq =fess =nounce =logue =loque: speak

declaim 大声演讲，高谈阔论

exclaim 感叹

proclaim 正式宣布

catalogue 目录

epilogue 后记⇔prologue

monologue 独白

11.cata 下面away

catalogue 目录

cataclysm 灾难，巨变(人为-苏联解体)

catastrophe 灾难catastrophic

catabolism 分解代谢(metabolism 新陈代谢)

12.mono 一个

monologue 独白

monopoly 垄断 monopolize

monogamy 一夫一妻

13.poly 很多

polygamy 一夫多妻，一妻多夫

trigamy 一夫三妻