凝镜君：
【林淑君20180415Day7词汇分享】
intense [ɪnˈtens]
【解词】
来自古法语 intense (13c.)和拉丁语 intensus。
【释义】
- adj.
(of color) having the highest saturation
intense blue
【近义词】vivid - adj
extremely sharp or intense
intense itching and burning
【近义词】acute - adj
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
intense heat
【字典例句】
He was sweating from the intense heat
高温酷热让他大汗淋
echo.xiao：
【Echo201804015Day4词汇分享】
Expect [ike’spekt]
【解词】
1550s, "wait, defer action," from Latin expectare/exspectare "await, look out for; desire, hope, long for, anticipate; look for with anticipation," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + spectare "to look," frequentative of specere "to look at" (from PIE root *spek- "to observe").
---- online etymology dictionary
expecting.来自拉丁语 “expectare/exspectare”,ex-表示thoroughly，彻底的，-spectare表示看。
ex出+pect=spect看→看出去,看外面→期待
【释义】
V.
- If you expect something to happen, you believe that it will happen. 预料 --- collins
regard something as probable or likely --- vocabulary.com - If you are expecting something or someone, you believe that they will be delivered to you or come to you soon, often because this has
been arranged earlier. (常指因已安排而) 预期
--- collins - If you expect something, or expect a person to do something, you believe that it is your right to have that thing, or the person's duty to do it for you. 期待 --- collins
consider reasonable or due --- vocabulary.com - If you say that a woman is expecting a baby, or that she is expecting, you mean that she is pregnant. 怀孕 --- collins
look forward to the birth of a child --- vocabulary.com
【字典例句】 The project is expected to be completed this weekend. 这个项目被指望在这个周末完工。
I wasn't expecting a visitor. 我没有预期会有访客。
She was expecting another baby. 她又怀上一个孩子了。
【造句】
新的价格被期望在下周生效。
The new price is expected take effect within the next week.
【近义词】
anticipate, predict
【相关词】
expected
收获：
- Expect还可以用来表示怀孕
- 疑问：ex现在作为前缀在这个词里有“出”的意思，跟词源里解释的thoroughly感觉还是有距离。
见英：
【见英20180415Day4词汇分享】
Xi endorsed the economic and social development there.
endorse v./ɪn'dɔːs/
【解词】
en"put on"使…上，置于…之中； dor ”back” 背。使…在背上，延伸为支持的意思。
前缀en-相关的词
encage把……关于笼中
encase把……装入箱中
encave把……藏入洞中
entomb埋葬
enroll把……记入名册中
-dor相关的词
dorsal 背的
【用法一】
to express formal support or approval for someone or something
表达对某人或者某物正式的支持或者赞成
【搭配】
endorse a proposal/an idea/a candidate
支持一项计划，一个提议，一个候选人
【例句】
The Prime Minister is unlikely to endorse this view.
首相不太可能支持这一观点。
【造句】
The governor endorsed a plan which aimed at protecting the environment.
【用法二】
if a famous person endorses a product or service, they say in an advertisement that they use and like it
如果一个出名的人认同一个产品或者服务，他们在广告里说他们使用和喜欢他。（脑海里立刻想到成龙的霸王洗发露）
【造句】
Jackie Chan endorses Bawang shampoo, saying that it is of great quality.
【近义词】
approve, support, confirm
pei：
【黎佩婷20180415Day7词汇分享】
optical
【词源】希腊语optos,意思是可见的
【释义】
adj.
1.relating to or using sight
2.of or relating to or involving light or optics
【例句】Sloping walls on the bulk of the building create an optical illusion.
大楼主体的斜墙给人造成一种视错觉。
【造句】The optical effects were caused by the usage of magnifier.
【常用短语】
optical phenomenon
光学现象
optical nerve
视神经
optical fusion
视觉影像融合
柯迪：
【Hannah20180415Day4词汇分享】
envelop
[解词]
vel-,velop-: to cover
be involved, cover, fold up, wrap up
包住，盖住，围绕
[用法]
Envelop means to wrap around something completely, to surround, either literally or figuratively.
例：Fog can envelop a city, but love might also envelop a person's mind.
1.Gradually this veil spread inland and quietly enveloped all things on shore. (Lillian Elizabeth Roy)
2.Kenya had been enveloped in violence following the contested presidential elections in December 2007. (Forbes)
[区分]envelope
An envelope is a flat piece of paper used to enclose — or envelop — documents.
When love envelops your brain, you might forget to seal the envelope for your mushy letter. If it falls out for all to see, embarrassment might envelop you!
短语 push the envelope
to approach the limits of something.
[收获]
之前还以为envelop和envelope是同一个词，查过之后对两个单词的用法区分有了更深入的了解。