echo.xiao：
【Echo20180425Day8词汇分享】
consign[kən'saɪn]
【解词】
mid-15c. (implied in consigned), "to ratify or certify by a sign or seal," from Middle French consigner (15c.) and directly from Latin consignare "to seal, register," originally "to mark with a sign," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + signare "to sign, mark," from signum "identifying mark, sign" (see sign (n.)).
Meaning "deliver into the possession of another" is from 1520s. Specific commercial sense "to transmit to another in trust for sale or custody" is from 1650s. Related: Consignee; consignor.
来源于古法语“consigner”以及拉丁语“consignare”。
【释义】
V.
- To consign something or someone to a place or situation where they will be forgotten or do
not want to be means to put them there.
弃置 (某物于某处或某境地); 发落 (某人于某处或某境地)
同义词：put away, commit, deposit, relegate - to send or deliver goods to someone, usually someone who has bought them 托运
【字典例句】
1.It was time to consign his bat and glove to the cupboard.
2.It seemed that the custom of riding side-saddle would be consigned to history.
3.Those who refuse to change with the times will soon be consigned to history.
收获：
固定搭配：consign...to...
凝镜君：
【林淑君20180425Day17词汇分享】
【同义词辨析】absurd， ridiculous， silly都有“患蠢，可笑的意思。
absurd 荒谬的，可笑的，指因不符含常识、违反真理或不合逻辑而令人发笑。
【辨析】If you say that something is absurd, you are criticizing it because you think that it is ridiculous or that it does not make sense.
【例证】There was an absurd idea that the earth was fat and motionless过去曾经有一种荒谬的观点认为地球呈扁平状而且静止不动。
ridiculous 荒唐可笑的，指因为思昧无知而令人发笑并成为笑柄，含有蔑视成分。
【辨析】If you say that something or someone is ridiculous, you mean that they are very foolish.
【例证】It is ridiculous to judge a foreign culture only by its food。仅仅根据一个国家的饮食来评价该国家的文化是荒唐可笑的。
silly愚蠢的，傻的，指由于单纯或者头脑简单而显得愚蠢。
【辨析】showing a lack of thought, understanding or judgement
【例证】a silly little boy傻小子
素谊：
【Susie20180425Day8词汇分享】
bug /bʌg/
【释义/字典例句】
cn.
- (informal) an illness that people catch very easily from each other but is not very serious小病；轻微的传染病
He'd just recovered from a flu bug.
1)搭配：catch/pick up/get a bug
I picked up a bug last weekend.
2)搭配：tummy/stomach bug (=illness affecting your stomach)
He’s off work with a stomach bug. - (especially American English) a small insect小虫；臭虫
I observed small creatures: ants, bugs, moths, worms, all working their ways, digging in and out of the soil. - a fault in the system of instructions that operates a computer（计算机程序中的）漏洞，错误，故障
He installed a firewall to protect against hackers, a virus protection program to stop online bugs. - a small piece of electronic equipment for listening secretly to other people’s conversations（微型）窃听器
And it was then that agent had to install a bug with microphones inside the mayor's office. - (informal) a sudden strong interest in doing something（对…的）热衷，迷恋
搭配：the travel/sailing etc bug
They caught the sailing bug.
vt. (bugging, bugged)
- (informal) to annoy someone 使烦恼；使厌烦
It just bugs me that I have to work so many extra hours for no extra money. - to put a bug (=small piece of electronic equipment) somewhere secretly in order to listen to conversations 装窃听器
The telephone was bugged, and most of the rooms had mini microphones hidden under furniture and behind pictures.
收获：最近在看的一本小说里面总是出现bug，而且是做动词使用。当时根据语境，想着bug有虫子的意思，或许这个动词有令人讨厌的意思吧。然后就查了一下，原来bug有那么多意思。
pei：
【黎佩婷20180425Day15词汇分享】
sedative
【解词】来自拉丁语sedativus"calming, allaying,"
【释义】
n.
a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
【例句】The plant acts as a sedative in treating neuralgia.
这种植物被用作治疗神经痛时的镇静药。
【造句】Sedative is usually used to make patients clam by doctor.
adj.
tending to soothe or tranquilize
【例句】This is feeling a bit sluggish, which is a common side effect; the sedative's effects may be.
这是感觉有点迟缓，这是一种常见的副作用；镇静的影响可能是。
【造句】Sedative effect hasn't disappeared for two hours.
沉潜一念：
【朱希娟20180425Day7词汇分享】
propaganda
【词源】
New Latin, from "Congregatio de propaganda fide". Congregation for propagating the faith. Its first known use happened in 1718.
【词义-搭配-例句】
- n. uncountable. （usually disapproving）information which is false or which emphasizes just one part of a situation, used by a government or a political group to make people agree with them.宣传,鼓吹（通常指政府或政党为影响舆论而采用的）
eg: the spreading of political propaganda
The party adopted an aggressive propaganda campaign against its rivals.
【收获】
之前经常跟agenda 搞混，理清就清楚了。
李洪彬：
【Ben20180425Day8词汇分享】
coalition /kəʊ.ə'lɪʃ.ən/
【解词】coalition是coalesce的名词形式，co- (同com-) "together" ，-alesc "to grow up" ，直译可以理解为，“一起成长”，延伸出的coalesce的意思是“结合，联合”。
其中，alesc这个词根也出现在adolescent里，说明coalition，coalesce跟adolescent是同源的。
【释义】
1、Coalition is the act of two or more groups joining together 联合；结合；联盟
2、A coalition is a group consisting of people from different political or social groups who are co-operating to achieve a particular aim. （政党、社团等的）同盟，联盟
3、A coalition is a government consisting of people from two or more political parties. 联合政府
【搭配】
1、与形容词的搭配：
strong/loose/broad/broad-based/international/multilateral coalition；
a majority/minority/grand coalition of...
centre-left/centre-right/conservative/left-wing/liberal/progressive/radical/right-wing/two-party/bipartisan/ruling coalition
2、与动词的搭配：
assemble/build/create/forge/form/organize/put together + coalition
coalition + break up/collapse/fall/fall apart
3、与名词的搭配：
coalition government/member/partner/party/spokesman/forces/troops
4、短语：
in (a/the) coalition, coalition between, coalition of, coalition with
【例句】
1.They didn't rule out coalition with the Social Democrats. 他们不排除与社会民主党人结盟的可能性。
2.a coalition of environmental and consumer groups 环境保护和消费者团体的联盟
3.Since June the country has had a coalition government... 从6月份起，该国一直由一个联合政府执掌政权。
收获：
从三个词义的不同来看，显然一个比一个具象。从中也感受到了一个单词的词义演变过程会随着使用情景的变化而呈现不一样的图像。
例如，对于coalition，它的词义链条是：
“一起成长”->结合、联合->（多个团体结合的）联合体->（政治的场景下的）联合政府。