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第37 课
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route 路线,路程
train route 火车路线;air route 航空线;sea route 航海线
→ road 马路,道路
All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。
→ street 大街,街道
Wall Street 华尔街
→ way 路线,路途;方法
lose one’s way 迷路
→ routine 常规,例行公事
→ routineer 墨守成规的人
rud 词根表“原始的”
→ rude 粗鲁的,残暴的,野蛮的,未开化的
a rude tribe 原始部落
→ rudely 粗鲁地
Don’t treat me so rudely. 别对我这么粗鲁。
→ rudeness 原始,粗野无礼
sacr 词根表“神圣”
→ sacred 神圣的,庄严的
They think the moon is sacred. 他们认为月亮是最为神圣的。
The cow is a sacred animal to Indians. 在印度,牛是一种神圣的动物。
近 holy 神圣的,圣洁的
The church is a holy place. 教堂是一个神圣的地方。
→ sacrifice 牺牲,献身,献祭(这些行为都是神圣的)
He gave his life as a sacrifice for his country. 他为国牺牲了。
A lamb was offered in sacrifice. 一只小羊被用做祭祀。
→ sacrilege [5sAkrilidV] 亵渎,冒犯神灵
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saf, sav 词根均表“安全,节约”
→ safe [seif] 安全的,可靠的
It is good to be safe at home on a night like this. 这样的一个夜晚在家里待着是最安全的。
Safe is a safe place for the treasure. 对于财宝来说,保险箱是个安全的地方
play it safe 谨慎行事,不冒险
safe and sound 安然无恙
→ safely [5seifli] 安全地
→ safety [5seifti] 安全,保险
These are also called safety belts. 驾驶员系的保险带,也叫作安全带。
safety fuse 保险丝
They crossed the road in safety. 他们安全地穿过了公路。
→ save [seiv] 节约,储蓄
If you save now, you will be able to buy a car soon.
如果你现在存钱地话,不久你就能买小汽车了。
save for 留着供…用
Don’t eat all cake now; save some for tomorrow. 现在别把蛋糕都吃了,留些明天吃。
→ saving [5seiviN] 节省,节约(复数形式:savings 工资。
[5seiviNz] 存款,储蓄金)
a saving clause 保留条款;
savings bank 储蓄银行
It took all our savings to buy the house. 买这所房子花掉了我们全部的积蓄。
scribe, script 词根均表“写”→
→ describe [di5skraib] 描述,描写,形容
Can you describe it for me? 你能给我描述一下吗?
Words cannot describe the beauty of the scene. 语言难以描述出这景色的优美。
→ script [skript] 笔迹,剧本
I received a letter from him in his neat script. 我收到了他一封字迹工整的信件。
→ description [di5skripFEn] 描述,形容,记述
a good description of life 美好生活的写照
a description of her travels 游记的描述
→ prescribe [pris5kraib] 开药
prescribe for a patient in a fever 给发烧患者开药方
→ prescription [pri5skripFEn] 药方,处方药
The doctor wrote me a prescription for medicine for my cough.
医生给我开了个治咳嗽的处方。
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sal 词根表“盐”
→ salt 盐,放盐
There is too much salt in the soup. 汤里放了太多盐。
a grain of salt 一粒盐;
table salt 餐用盐;
bath salt 浴盐
Don’t rub salt into my wounds. 别往我伤口上撒盐。
worth one’s salt 胜任的,名符其实的
(古时斯巴达的军饷是盐, 所以盐越多,就代表你的价值越大)
Mary’s mother is too busy to take care of the family,
but she is really a teacher worth her salt.
玛丽的妈妈太忙了都顾不上家,但她是一名称职的老师。
→ salary [5sAlEri] 薪水
We get our salaries paid on payday each month. 我们每个月在固定的日子领取工资。
近 wage 工资
We expect a fair day’s wage from a fair day’s work.
我们做好每天的工作是希望能拿到一天应得的工资.
sau, sal 词根均表“调料”
→ sauce 酱油,调味汁
tomato sauce 番茄沙司
→ vinegar 醋
→ saucer 碟子,茶托
sausage (香肠里放了很多调料)香肠,腊肠
→ salad 沙拉
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satis 词根表“充足”
→ satisfy [5sAtisfai] 使满意,满足,使确信;符合…条件
satisfy with 使对…感到满意,使满足于…
satisfy with nothing but the best 对任何事都要求做到最好
His answer satisfies my curiosity. 他的解答满足了我的好奇心。
I satisfied the conditions for entry into this university for my further education.
我符合进入这所大学继续攻读学位的条件。
satisfy the police as to my innocence 使警方确信我的清白
→ dissatisfy [5dis5sAtisfai] 使不满足
His work totally dissatisfies me. 他的工作完全不能使我满意。
satisfaction [7sAtis5fAkFEn] 满意,满足;补偿,赔偿
looking back at their careers with great satisfaction 满意地回顾他们的事业
a looking of satisfaction 满意的神情
Do the work to the satisfaction of the client. 做使顾客满意的工作。
→ dissatisfaction [5dis7sAtis5fAkFEn] 不满意,不平
dissatisfaction with 对…不满
Workers are expressing their dissatisfaction with low wages.
工人们表达对工资太低的不满。
→ satisfactory [7sAtis5fAktEri] 令人满意的
The result of the experiment was satisfactory. 试验结果令人满意。
→ satisfactorily [sAtis5fAktErili] 令人满意的
The soup tastes satisfactorily good. 汤的味道真好,令人满意。
→ unsatisfactory 令人不满意的
sat, set 词根均表“充足”
→ asset 资产,有用的东西;优点,长处
Good health is the best asset to us. 健康是我们最好的财产。
the asset to the team 一个团队的骨干
→ saturate 使饱和,使充满;浸透
→ saturation 饱和状态,浸透
saturation point 饱和点
→ Saturn 土星
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schol 词根表“学习”
→ school 学校,学院
middle school 中学; law school 法学院
→ scholar 学者,有文化的人
a school full of scholars 一所学者云集的学校
→ scholarship 奖学金,学问,知识
sci, scient 词根表“知识”
→ science 科学,科研,学科
SCI 《科学》杂志的简称
→ conscience 良心,道德心(有了知识的人更能具有“道德心”)
according to one’s conscience 凭良心;
have a clear conscience 问心无愧
→ conscious 意识到的,神志清醒的
be conscious of sth. 意识到某人或某事
→ consciousness 意识,直觉,觉悟
→ unconscious 不省人事的,无意识的
After she hit her head she was unconscious for several minutes.
她把头碰了一下后就昏迷了几分钟。
scient 词根表“知识”
→ scientific 科学的,科学上的
scientific management 科学的管理方法
→ scientist 科学家
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scop词根表“范围”
→ scope 范围,余地;机会
I’d like to find a job with full scope to show my ability. 我想找一分能充分显示才能的工作。
→ microscope 显微镜
the light microscope 光学显微镜
set [set] ①(v.) 放,安装,树立;
②(n.) (一)套、副、批
①I set the table for dinner. 我在桌上摆好餐具准备开饭。
to set the clock 调整闹钟
You should set a good example for your brother. 你应该为弟弟树立好榜样。
set about 开始
I’d better set about making coffee. 我最好着手煮咖啡。
set out 动身,起程
We now set out to climb the hill. 现在我们动身爬山。
② a tea set 一套茶具;
a set of false teeth 一幅假牙
→ setting [5setiN] 调节,背景,设置
the social setting 社会环境;
the setting of the sun 落日
→ settle [5setl] 安排,解决,安居
settle down 定居,安下心来
The mother hopes her son can settle down to read some books. 母亲希望儿子能定下心来读些书。
settle in 在新居安顿下来,适应新环境
His son has settled happily in America. 他的儿子已在美国愉快地定居了。
→ kettle 水壶,水锅
Will you put the kettle on? 你把水壶放上好吗?
→ settlement 解决,协议
settlement of a dispute 纷争的和解;
a divorce settlement 离婚协议
→ outset 开端,开始
at the outset 在开始的时候;
from the outset 从开始的时候
→ sunset 日落,黄昏;晚年
the sunset of an empire 帝国末年
→ dusk 黄昏,幽暗
It is difficult to see clearly at dusk. 在黄昏的时候很难看清东西。
→ upset 打乱,打翻;使不适,使心烦
I upset the soup all over the table. 我把汤打翻在桌上了。
The bad news upset me. 那则坏消息使我心烦意乱。