以下词根说明、词根归类以及着色单词均取自《英语词汇的奥秘(修订版)》,汉语解释、例句以及近义词对比则都是通过查询金山词霸和剑桥高阶自己做的总结。一共有词根252个,一次整理3个,作为我的单词第一轮强化复习。
16. corper 仅仅识得body,远远不够;corper尚需苦记,甜在后头
。corper = body 体(corper也作corp)
corporation公司, corporator法人团体的一员 法人legal
person/juridical person, corporate 企业文化corporate
culture 联合承担责任take corporate responsibiilty,
incorporate编入纳入吸收 作未来计划的时候 我们会把你的一些想
法考虑进去的We will try to incorporate some of your ideas
into our future plan 兼并被征服者incorporate its
conquests, incorporation 玻璃含有气泡 使它质量降低The
incorporation of air bubbles in the glass spolied it,
incorporator公司创办者发起人注册人
agricorperation
corporal人体的/下士 身体缺陷corporal defect 体罚corporal
punishment, corporeal肉体的物质的 物质现实的不存在the
nonexistence of corporeal reality 超越了肉体的死亡
transcending of corporeal death 物质的看得见摸得着corporeal
visible and tangible, incorpereal无实体的精神的 无形的存在
incorporeal entity, corporealize使有形体使物质化,
corpereality肉体的存在形体的存在 《大卫》缺少生命的真实感It
has robbed him of some of his corporeality
corps军团 鼓乐队drum corps 执行纪律和看守罪犯的军事兵队a
military corps that enforces discipline and guards
prisoners 为军团募集志愿兵beat up volunteers for the corps,
corpse死尸 那可怜的老头真是瘦骨嶙峋The poor old man was
just a walking corpse 尸体俯卧在血泊中The corpose lies face
down in a pool of blood, corpulent肥胖 她是个矮老 白胖 臃肿
忙碌不定 终日气喘吁吁的妇人She was a little, fat, white old
woman, corpulent and bustling, always out of breath
17. cred 识得creed,众多词无需死记;只识believe,词汇量难以
扩充。cred = believe,trust 相信,信任
credible可信的 她一年内长那么高令人难以相信It is hardly
credible that she has grown so tall in one year 为什么?一
言以蔽之 反对党人才凋零The reason is simple: there were few
credible candidates in the opposition camp, incredible,
credibility, incredibility创造出不可能的事来
credulous易受骗的 believing trusting 这个花招除了最容易轻信
的人之外谁也骗不了The gimmick would convince none but the
most credulous, incredulous他表示怀疑地向我瞥了一眼she gave
me an incredulous glance
credit, creditable, discredit太阳绕着地球转的观念早已不为人
们所信了The idea that the sun goes round the earth has long
been discredited 对报纸上登的不少东西都不应相信One should
discredit a good deal of what is printed in newspapers
accredit官方认可接受或同意 归功于 我们把电话的发明归功于贝
尔We accredit the invention of the telephone to Bell 他是在
这个语言中首先运用这个词的He is accredit with having first
introduce this word to the language
credence信任 相信give add/lend credence to 她的经验印证了一
句话 活到老学到老her experience lends credence to the adage
"we live and learn", credential外交使节所递国书 信任状 证书
教学证书teaching credential
creed信条信仰 法律适用于所有的人 不分种族、信仰或肤色The
laws apply to everyone irrespective of races, color or
creed. 我们的信条一直是公私分明our creed has always been
business is business 小溪creek
18. cruc = cross 十字
crucial pressing decisive urgent, crusade十字军东征圣战 争
取社会福利的运动crusade for social welfare, crusader反腐败
的先锋a crusader against corruption
cruise乘船游曳/以快而平稳的速度长距离行驶 要花去好多钱的航
行a cruise that costs an arm and a leg 和另一辆车里的人聊天
who are cruising talk from car to car, cruiser巡洋舰驱逐舰
勘探者, cruisette
crucifix耶稣受难像, crucify虐待迫害 execute torment
torture, crucifier, crucifixion
cruciform十字形的
excruciate精神上的折磨 使苦恼 torture torment, excruciation