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词根:act, ag = to do, to drive (做, 驱使)

  词根 ag 来自拉丁动词 agere 的词干部分,意思相当于英语的 to do (做)或to drive(驱使)。act 是个英语核心单词,其实它的前身 act 是ag的同源异形词根,来自agere(过去分词actus) 的动名词形式 actum 的词干部分,基本含义也是to do 或to drive。

同源词:

1. act
  n.行为;法案;一幕
  v.

同源词:

1. do something 行动:to act at once 立刻行动;2. function 起作用:The brakes wouldn't act. 刹车失录。3.take part in a play or film 扮演:Who is acting Hamlet ? 谁演哈姆雷特?
  actor n.男演员;行动者
  actress n.女演员
  re-act v.重做,再做;重演,再演
  overact v.演得过于夸张

2. action
  n. 1. process of doing,or deed 行动,活动:Actions speak louder than words. 行动比语言更有说服力。
    2. result of doing ,or effect 作用:the action of an acid on metal 酸对金属的作用
    3. charge 诉讼:to bring an action against someone 起诉某人
  actionable adj.可控诉的

3. active (act = to do 做;-ive adj.= able 会......的)
  adj.able to do 活跃的,积极的:Although he is over 70,he is still active.  他虽然年过70,但依然很活跃。
  activate v.使活动
  activism n.[哲]能动主义;积极,活跃
  activist n.活动分子,积极分子
  activity n.能动性;活跃;[复]活动

4. actual(act = to do 做;-u-;-al adj.= the act or fact 表行为或事实)
  adj.existing in fact;real 实际的;现实的:the actual amount of money 实际金额
  actualist n.现实主义者
  actuality n.事实,现在情况;现实性
  actualize v.实行,使现实化

5. actuate(act = to do 做;-u-;-ate v.=to make or cause 使......)
  v. cause to do 驱动,激励:What motives actuated her ? 什么动机驱使她这样做的?
  actuation n.驱动,激励;开动

6. exact (ex- = out 出;act = to drive 驱使-->“to drive out;driven out 逼出来(的)”)
  v.demand or obtain by force 强求,索取:He exacted obedience from his students. 他强要学生服从他。
  adj.correct and without mistake 准确的,精确的:to be exact in conduct 行为一丝不苟
  exacting adj.苛求的,严厉的;强索的
  exaction adj.强索的;勒索;榨取
  exactutude n.精确(性);严格,严谨

7. react (re- = back 回返;act = to do 做)
  v.

同源词:

1. do or act in reply 反应:She was slow to react. 她反应迟钝。
    2. do against 反动,反作用:to react against oppression 反抗压迫
  reaction n.反应;反作用;反动
  reactor n.引起反应的人或物;[原]反应堆
  reactive adj.反应的;反动的

8. interact (inter- = between 在......之间;act = to do 做 --> “to do between two things 在两者之间互动”)
  v.have an effect on each other 互相作用,互相影响:All things are inter-related and interacted on each other. 一切事物都是互相联系又互相影响的。
  interaction n.相互作用;相互
  interactant n.[化]反应物
  interactive adj.互相作用的;[计]交互的

9. transact(trans- = across or through 穿过;act = to drive 驱使 --> “to drive through 使通过”)
  v. carry on;manage 执行,办理:He transacted some business at bank. 他在银行处理了一些事务。
  transaction n.办理,处理;交易,业务
  transactor n. 办事人,处理者
 
10. enact
  vt.制定法律, 扮演, 颁布 *en(=in)

11. exactitude
  n. 正确;精密;严正《-itude 抽象名词后缀》

12. inaction
  v.不活动;懒散;怠惰《in- = not》
  inactive adj.不活动的;不活泼的;懒惰的

13. agent
  n.代理人;代理商;动作者;原动力(做的人)

14. agile
  n.动作的敏捷;机敏

15. agitate
  v. 震动;煽动

16. agitation
  n.摇动;激动的状态;煽动

17. agitator
  n.煽动者;游说者

18. agony
  n.极大的痛苦;精神上的激动(缠绕心头)

19. cogent
  adj.强有力的;使人信服的(劝动另人一起去)《co- = com- = together》

20. cogitate
  v.思考;计划;设计

21. cogitable
  adj.可思考的;可想象的

22. exigent
  adj.急切的;紧急的;所需极多的(驱逐出去)《ex- = out;ig = act = to act》

23. prodigal
  adj.浪费的;挥霍的
  n.浪费者;浪子《拉丁文 prodigere = to drive forth》

词根:scend, scent, scens, scan = to climb

  来自拉丁语的scend意为to climb。变形有scent,scens,scan等。另外,来自拉丁语的scal有ladder的意思。含义相似。

同源词:

1. transcend (越过某物爬tran<trans (=over,beyond) + scend (=climb))
  vt.超越(人类的经验、理性、信仰、描述能力等的范围);优于
  transcendent adj.出众的,卓越的 transcendental 先验的;越自然的;晦涩的
  transcendence/transcendency n. 卓越,超越
  You can transcend your shyness by doing these exercises daily.你每天做这些练习可以克服羞涩。

2. condescend (和别人一样爬下来con<com(=together) + de(=down) + scend(=climb))
  vi.to + sb/do 屈尊;带着优越感表示亲切
  That instructor condescends to his students by treating them like babies.那个教练不摆架子,像对待孩子似的亲切地对待他的学生。

3. ascend
  v.攀登(山);登上;上升 *a <ad(=to,toward)
  The path ascends here. 路从这里开始就是上坡了。 ascend the throne 登基

4. ascendancy
  n.权势;优势 *a < ad(=to ,toward)
  ascendency (=ascendancy)
  have the ascandancy over his rivals 比他的对手更有优势

5. ascendant
  adj.上升的;优势的 *a < ad(=to ,toward)
  ascendent(=ascendant)
  in the ascendant 占优势的

6. ascension
  n. 攀登;上升*a < ad(=to ,toward),scens<scend(=climb)
  the Ascension [基督教]耶酥升天节

7. ascent
  n.上升;上坡路;登高;提高 *a < ad(=to ,toward),scens<scend(=climb)
  ascent of the mountain 登山 last part of ascent 坡路的尽头

8. descend
  v. 下来,下降;(财产等)一代一代传下来;为...的后裔 (be descended from sb.);袭击,出其不意地访问(~on/upon);降低身份做...(~to) *de(=down)
  descend the stairs 走下楼梯
  descend upon the defenseless village 突袭毫无防备的村庄

9. descendant
  n.孙子,后裔 *de(=down)
  the descendants of Queen Victoria 维多利亚女王的后裔

10. descent
  n.下降,下来;血统;(财产等)P继承,世袭;遗传;袭击;出其不意的拜访 *de(=down),scens<scend(=climb)
  the descent of the mountain 下山
  of French descent 有法国血统的
  Darwin's Descent of Man 达尔文的《人类的由来》
  The Danes made numerous descents upon the English coast during the 110th century. 10世纪的时候,丹麦人多次袭击过英国海岸。

11. scan
  v.细看,审视;浏览(报纸等);扫描,用雷达监测(特定区域);标出韵律;符合韵律 *scan<scend(=climb)
  scansion n.(诗歌的)韵律节奏分析;按韵律诵读
  scan the hourizon anxiously every mouring 每天早晨不安地望着地平线
  scan the newspaper while having his breakfast 吃早饭的时候浏览报纸

前缀:mis- 表示“错误, 坏”

mistake 错误(mis+take拿→拿错→错误)

misspell 拼写错误(mis+spell拼写)

misunderstand 误解(mis+understand理解)

misdoing 坏事(mis+doing做事)

misrule 对…施暴政(mis+rule统治→统治不善)

misfortune 不幸(mis+fortune幸运的)

mistrust 不信任(mis+trust相信)

misanthrope 愤世嫉俗者(mis+anthrope人→不喜欢人)

miscreant 恶棍(mis+creant做事的人→做坏事的人)

mishap 坏运气,不幸(mis+hap运气→运气不好)

mischievous 恶作剧的(mis+chiev=chief首领+ous→做坏事的首领)

词根:manu

manu =hand手(manu也作man)

manuscript [manu手,script写] 手写本,手稿

manufacture [manu手,fact做,制作;’用手做”] 制造,加工

manufacturer [见上,-er表示人] 制造者,制造商

manual [manu手,-al形容词后缀,…的] 手的,手工做的,用手的;[转为名词] 手册

manumit [manu手,mit送,放;’to send forth by(or from) the hand”,”以手放出”] 释放,解放

manumission [见上,miss=mit送,放,-ion名词后缀] 释放,解放

manage [man=manu手;’以手操纵”,’以手处理”] 管理,掌管,处理

manager [见上,-er表示人] 掌管者,管理人,经理

manner [man=manu手→用手做→做事,行为;’the way of doing”] 举止,风度,方式,方法

manacle [man=manu手,-acle名词后缀,表示小;’束缚手的小器械”] 手铐

maintain [main→man手,tain持,握;’手持”,’握有”] 保持,保存,维持

maintainable [见上,-able形容词后缀,可…的] 可保持的,可维持的

maintenance [见上,ten=tain,-ance名词后缀] 保持,保存,保养,维修

词根:noc, nox 伤害

innocent [in-不,无,noc伤害,-ent…的;’incapable of doing harm”→guiltless,”不会做出伤害之事”] 无罪的,清白的,天真的,无害的

innocence [见上-ence名词后缀] 无罪,清白,天真,无害

nocent [noc伤害,-ent…的] 有害的,有毒的,加害的,有罪的

nocuous [noc伤害,-uous形容词后缀,…的] 有害的,有毒的

innocuous 〔in-无,noc伤害,-uous…的〕无害的,无毒的

innocuity 〔见上,-ity名词后缀〕无害,无毒

noxious 〔nox伤害,-ious形容词后缀,…的〕有害的,有毒的,不卫生的

noxiousness 〔见上,-ness名词后缀〕有害,有毒;不卫生

前缀:mis- 误、错、恶、不

misspell 拼错

mishear 误闻,听错

misread 读错

misremember 记错

misuse 误用,滥用

misdoing 恶行,坏事

misunderstand 误解

mistreat 虐待

mistranslate 错译

misrule 对...施暴政

misstep 失足

mistrust 不信任

mispolicy 失策

misfortune 不幸

词根词缀:-ade

【来源及含义】Latin: suffix; forming nouns and verbs; an action done; the product of or a result of some kind of material or a process of doing something

【同源单词】accolade, aquacade, arcade, autocade, brigade, cannonade

词根词缀:-ation, -ization, -isation

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: a suffix; action, act, process, state, or condition; or result of doing something

【相关描述】Although there are over 1,450 word entries ending with -ation or -ization listed in this unit, there are certainly many more which exist in the English language. At any rate, this unit provides a significant number of -ation and -ization examples for you to see.

【同源单词】abarticulation, abbreviation, abdication, abdominal examination, aberration, abevacuation

词根词缀:dis-, di-, dif-

【来源及含义】Latin: separation, apart, asunder; removal, away, from; negation, deprivation, undoing, reversal, utterly, completely; in different directions

【相关描述】The meaning of dis- varies with different words; dif-, assimilated form of dis- before f; di-, form of dis- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v.

【同源单词】diffect, differ, difference, different, differentia, differential

词根词缀:hebet-, hebetu-

【来源及含义】Latin: blunt, dull; lethargy, lack of energy or interest in doing things

【同源单词】hebetant, hebetate, hebetate, hebetation, hebetative, hebetude