词根:ut, uti, util, us = to use(使用)
来自拉丁语的uti(=to use),过去分词usus —— 英文根字典,意为 to use。ut(i)- 为 -util- 的变体。
同源词:
1. disabuse(使不错用dis(=not) + ab(=away) + us(=use))
vt. sb + of +sth 使(对错误的想法或犯的错)省悟
Professor King disabused the student of the idea that he can pass this course without hard regular work. 金教授使那个学生认识到,不努力地、长期地学习是不可能通过这门课的。
2. peruse(很好地使用per (=intensive) + us(=use))
perusal n.细读,精读
I perused manual for hours,but couldn't figure out how the program works. 我花几个小时仔细阅读了使用手册,但还是没弄清楚程序是怎么运行的。
3. abuse [ab- =away 离开 + use 使用 + -e后缀 →离开了正确的用法 →]
n.滥用,乱用,误用;虐待;辱骂,谩骂;(pl.) 弊端;恶习 v.滥用,误用,乱用;虐待;辱骂 *ab(=away)
abuse of power 滥用权力
child abuse 虐待儿童
4. abusive [ab- = away 离开 + us 使用 + - ive 后缀 →]
adj.辱骂的,诽谤的,谩骂的;滥用的 *ab(=away)
use abusive language 破口大骂
5. usage [us 使用 + -a[ ge 名词后缀[ → ]
n.使用(法);对待;(语言的)惯用法;语法;习惯,惯例
annual usage 年使用量
Fowler's Dictionary of Modern Enlish Usage《福勒现代英语用法词典》
6. useful [us 使用 + -e 后缀 + -ful (a.) 形容词后缀,表示“…的” →]
adj.有用的,有帮助的
usefulness n.有用;有效性
useless 无用的;无益的;无效的
7. usual [us使用 + -u- + -al (a.) 形容词后缀,表示“…的” ]
adj.平常的;通常的,惯例的
usually adv. 通常地,惯常地
as usual 像往常一样,照常
as is usual with picnickers 对郊游者而言很平常地
8. usurp [us 用 + urp=rape→抢过来用,篡夺 →]
v.篡夺(权力、地位等),篡位;侵占
usurper n.篡夺者,篡位者;侵占者
usurpation n.篡权,篡位;侵占
usurp the throne 篡夺王位
9. usury [见上,-ry 名词后缀 ]
n.高利贷;高利
with usury 本上加利地
10. usurious [见上,-ous 形容词后缀 ]
adj.高利贷的;放高利贷的
usurious transaction 高利贷交易
usurious rate of interest 高利贷利率
11. usurer [见上,-er 名词后缀 ]
n.高利贷者 *er(=person who)
12. utensil [ ut=util 用 + ensil 表物品→用的物品→用具]
n.(尤其指家用的)器皿,用具
household /kitchen/ farming utensils 家用物品/厨房用具/农具
writing utensils 文具
utensils of war 武器
13. utilitarian [util 用 + -iti=ity 后缀 + -arian 后缀]
adj.功利的,实利的;(U~)功利主义(者)的 n.(U~)功利主义者
14. utilitarianism [见上,-ism 论,主义 ]
n.(信奉最大多数人的最大幸福的)功利主义;实利主义
15. utility [util 使用 + -ity 名词后缀 ]
n. 有用,有益;效用;(pl.)(水、电、气等的)公用事业 adj.实用的;(家具、衣服等)多用途的;(肉等)下等的
public utility 公共事业
marginal utility 边际效用
utility van / truck 我用途货车/卡车
16. utilize [util 用 + -ize 动词后缀 ]
v.利用 *ize(=make)
utilizable adj.可利用的
utilization n.利用
17. use
v.利用;实行
n.用法;利用;用途
18. usance [us 用 + -ance 名词后缀 ]
n.[商]支付汇票的习惯期限
19. usufruct [usu = us 用 +fruct = all enjoyment(充分享有)]
n.收益权,使用权(可任意使用)
usufructuary adj./n. [见上,-ary 后缀 ] 使用权的/使用权者
20. inutile [in- 无,没有 + ut 用 + -ile 后缀 ]
adj.无用的;无益的《in- = not》
inutility n.无用;无益的人或物
21. misuse [mis- = wrongly 误 + us 用 + - e后缀 ]
n.,v.误用;滥用;虐待(错误使用)《mis- = wrongly》
misusage n.误用;虐待
词根词缀:agryp-
【来源及含义】Greek: sleeplessness, wakefulness; originally, it meant "sleeping in the field"
【同源单词】agrypnetic, agrypnia, agrypnia senilis, agrypnocoma, agrypnode, agrypnotic
词根词缀:aletho-, aleth-
【来源及含义】Greek: true; nothing concealed; real [from a-, "no, nothing" and letho-, "forgetfullness, oblivion"]
【相关词根词缀】 Etymologically related "forget, forgetfulness" word families: letho-; oblivio-. Related "memory, remember" word families: memor-; mne-.
【同源单词】Alethea, Aletheuontes de en Agape, alethia, alethic, alethiology, alethology
词根词缀:ameno-, amoeno-
【来源及含义】Latin: pleasantness, delightfulness, loveliness
【同源单词】amenomania, amenous
词根词缀:letho-, leth-
【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: lie hidden, secret; forgetfulness, forget, inactive through forgetfulness; also sleepy, drowsy, dull, sluggish
【相关词根词缀】 Related "sleep" units: dorm-; hypno-; narco-; oneiro- (dream); somni-; sopor-. Etymologically related "forget, forgetfulness" word families: aletho-; oblivio-. Related "memory, remember" word families: memor-; mne-.
【同源单词】alethia, lethargic, lethargical, lethargically, lethargize, lethargogenic
词根词缀:memor-, memen-
【来源及含义】Latin: memory, remember, thought; retaining and recalling past experiences and information; capacity to store information; ability to recall or to recognize previous experiences; recollection; retention
【相关词根词缀】 Related "forget, forgetfulness" word families: aletho-; letho-; oblivio-. Related "memory, remembering" word families: mne-; reminisc-.
【同源单词】Ad perpetuam rei memoriam, Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem, cache, cache memory, commemorate, commemoration
词根词缀:mne-, mnem-, mnemon-, mnes-, -mnesia, -mnesiac, -mnesic, -mnestic
【来源及含义】Greek: memory, to remember; recollection of something or someone; awareness, consciousness of the present and the past
【相关词根词缀】 Etymologically related "forget, forgetfulness" word families: aletho-; letho-; oblivio-. Related "memory, remembering" word families: memor-; reminisc-.
【同源单词】acousmatamnesia, amnemonic, amnesia, amnesiac, amnesic, amnesiophobia
词根词缀:oblivio-, oblivi-
【来源及含义】Latin: to forget, forgetfulness
【相关词根词缀】 Etymologically related "forget, forgetfulness" word families: aletho-; letho-. Related "memory, remember" word families: memor-; mne-.
【同源单词】oblivescence, obliviate, obliviator, oblivion, oblivionize, oblivions
词根词缀:plac-, placi-, -plais
【来源及含义】Latin: to please, to satisfy; peace, peacefulness; calm, calmness
【相关词根词缀】 Cross references directly, or indirectly, involving "calm, calmness, peace, quiet": pac-, peac-; quies-, quiet-; seren-.
【同源单词】complacence, complacent, complacently, complaisance, complaisant, complaisantly
词根词缀:veri-, ver-
【来源及含义】Latin: true, truth, real, truthfulness
【同源单词】artes, aver, averment, Bonitas, cinema verite, Decus et veritas