Must-Learn Terms
If you don't know the Latin terms, get to learning them ASAP, as they are commonly ud in speaking and writing and may be hard to avoid.
1.Per : The direct translation of this term is "by itlf" and it means just that when ud in English as well. You could u it to say that you don't find chemistry boring per (by itlf, intrinsically), but this professor's voice puts you to sleep.
2.Vice versa: From the Latin meaning "to change" or "turn around," this term means to rever the order of something. This quote from Samuel Butler provides an example, "In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa."
3.Alma mater: If you don't know this term already, you'll become quite familiar with it once you graduate from college. The literal translation is "dear/bountiful mother" but you'll find it ud in everyday language to denote the college or university from which one has graduated.
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4.Magnum opus: Whether it's in writing, painting, sculpture or music, this Latin term denotes the greatest work done by an artist-- a true masterpiece.
5.Bona fide: While it's literal translation means "good faith" this term has a few different shades of meaning in modern language. In legal terms, it is ud to reprent something that is prented without deception or fraud, or literally in good faith, honest, sincere and lawful. It is more commonly ud to mean something that's the real deal or truly authentic.
6.Quasi: In Latin, this word means as if or as though and in English it is ud as both an adjective in its own right and as a part of a compound word. It simply designates something that rembles something el but doesn't quite have all the same features.
7.Alter ego: Cicero coined this term, most likely taken from the Greek, to mean "a cond lf" or "another I" and its modern meaning hasn't changed much today. Many people have an alter ego, or another, perhaps hidden aspect of themlves. One example from popular culture is Beyonce's alter ego, Sasha Fierce.
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上海市回国留学人员服务中心爱迪国际9.Status quo行尸走肉第六季什么时候出: From the Latin meaning "the state in which" this term is ud today to designate the existing state or condition of things. For example, if you're making money off of a high pollution industry it is to your interests to maintain the status quo when it comes to environmental law.
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Knowing just what the terms and words mean can be a big help in improving your reading comprehension.
10.olympicSic: Found in writing, this Latin word most commonly finds a home in brackets (like this: [sic]) when quoting a statement or writing. It indicates that there is a spelling or grammar error (or just something out of the ordinary) in the original quotation and that the publication has only reproduced it faithfully, not made an error of their own.
11.Id est: You've likely en this term in writing before, even if you weren't aware as it is commonly abbreviated In Latin, it means "that is" and is ud in English when the speaker or writer wants to give an example or explanation that specifies a statement.
12.Deus ex machina: 致辞是什么意思In direct translation, this term means, "God out of a machine" and it harkens back ancient Greek and Roman plays. When the plot would become too tangled or confusing, the writers would simply bring in God, lowered in via a pulley system (the machine) and he would wrap it all up. Today, it's still ud in literature to describe a plot where an artificial or improbable means of resolving a conflict is ud.
13.Exempli gratia: You'll often e this term abbreviated in writing. It means "for the sake of example" and when it e it in a ntence you can expect that is will be followed by some examples.
14.Et cetera: Few out there aren't familiar with this term but may not know it as well when it's spelled out like this and not abbreviated as etc. Meaning "and the others" it is ud to denote that a list of things could continue ad infinitum (e below for definition) a
nd that for the sake of brevity it's better to just wrap things up with a simple etc.
15.Ex libris: 日本英文Back in the days when books were rarer and more expensive commodities than they were today, it was common to mark your books with a label bearing your own name and this phra which means "from the library of." While not as common today, some true bibliophiles still u the labels.
16.Ibidem: Another abbreviated term, this word is more commonly en in rearch writing in the form of "ibid." From the Latin for "in the same place" it is found in footnotes and bibliographies to designate that the same source has been cited twice in succession.
