巴朗词表速记(14)前缀a—auto
a=表语形容词前缀(pred. a.)
如:alike, asleep, akin
agog 构词:a (pred. a.) + gog (merriment)
adj. highly excited; intenly curious.
We were all agog at the news that the celebrated movie star was giving up his career in order to enter a monastery.
aloof a(pred. a.)+ loof (far)
adj. apart; rerved.
Shy by nature, she remained aloof while all the rest converd.
aloft 构词:a (pred. a.) + loft (height). 参考词汇:lofty—elevated in character; exalted.
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adv. upward.
The sailor climbed aloft into the rigging.
agape—gape 构词:a (pred. a.) + gape
adj. openmouthed.
She stared, agape, at the many strange animals in the zoo
gape v. open widely.
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The huge pit gaped before him; if he stumbled, he would fall in. Slack-jawed in wonder, Huck gaped at the huge stalactites hanging from the ceiling of the limestone cavern.
amiss 构词:a (pred. a.) + miss (wrong)结算管理
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adj. wrong; faulty.
Seeing her frown, he wondered if anything were amiss, also adv.
a=副词(形容词)前缀
amok (also amuck) 构词:a (ad) + mok (mad)
adv. in a state of rage.
The police had to be called in to restrain him after he ran amok in the department store.
asunder 构词:a (ad) + sunder (ver, pararte)
adv. into parts; apart.
A fierce quarrel split the partnership asunder; the two partners finally sundered their connections becau their points of view were poles asunder.
awry 构词:a (ad) + wry (twisted)
adv. distorted; crooked.
He held his head awry, giving the impression that he had caught cold in his neck during t
he night also adj.
a=to
amass 构词:a (to) + mass (gather)
v. collect.
The mir’s aim is to amass and hoard as much gold as possible.
a(n)=without
amnesia 构词:a (without) + mnes (memory) + ia (dia). 例:mnemonics(记忆术)
n. loss of memory.
Becau she was suffering from amnesia, the police could not get the young girl to identify herlf.
amnesty 构词:a (without) + mnes (memory) + ty (n.). 不记仇=宽恕=特赦
n. pardon.
When his first child was born, the king granted amnesty to all in prison.
amoral 构词:a (without) + moral(道德)= 缺德的
adj. nonmoral.
The amoral individual lacks a code of ethics; he cannot tell right from wrong. The immoral person can tell right from wrong; he choos to do something he knows is wrong.
anemia 构词:an (without) + hema (blood) + ia (dia)
n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles.
The doctor ascribes her tiredness to anemia.
anemic, adj.
anesthetic 构词:an (without) + esthet (nsation) + ic (a--n)
n. substance that removes nsation with or without loss of consciousness.
His monotonous voice acted like an anesthetic; his audience was soon asleep. anesthesia, n.
atrophy 构词:a (without) + troph (food) + y (n)
n. wasting away.
Polio victims need physiotherapy to prevent the atrophy of affected limbs, also v.
apolitical 张仁里构词:a (not) + political =对政治不关心
张添adj. having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs.
It was hard to remain apolitical during the Vietnam War; even people who generally ignored public issues felt they had to take political stands.
atypical 凉拌菜做法构词:a (not) + typical
adj. not normal.
The child psychiatrist reassured Mrs. Keaton that playing doctor was not atypical behavior for a child of young Alex’s age. “Perhaps not,” she replied, “but charging for hou calls is!”
ab, ac, ad, af, ag…=to
acclimate 构词:ac (to) + climate
v. adjust to climate or environment; adapt.
One of the difficulties of our prent air age is the need of travelers to acclimate themlves to their new and often strange environments.
accomplice 构词:ac (to) + com (together) + plice (fold)
n. partner in crime.
Becau he had provided the criminal with the lethal weapon, he was arrested as an accomplice in the murder.
accost 构词:ac (to) + cost (side—approach)建材仓库
v. approach and speak first to a person.
When the two young men accosted me, I was frightened becau I thought they were going to attack me.
accouter 构词:ac (to) + coutre (equip)
v. equip.
The fisherman was accoutred with the best that the sporting goods store could supply, accoutrement, n.
acknowledge 构词:ac (to) + know + ledge (n.)
v. recognize; admit.
Although I acknowledge that the Beatles’ tunes sound pretty dated nowadays, I still prefer them to the gangsta rap songs my brothers play.
acquittal 构词:ac (to) + quit (give up) + tal (n.)
n. deliverance from a charge.
His acquittal by the jury surprid tho who had thought him guilty.