Lesson 3 - 单词

Lesson 3 - 单词

archaeologist

派生词：archaeology/ archeology

词根："arch(a)" = ancient

同根词：archaic 古代的

archaic words

archaic civilizations

词根：“(o)logy" = to study ，-ist = “人”

archaeology archaeologist

biology biologist

geology geologist

psychology psychologist

prosperous ['prosperes] adj. （经济上）繁荣的

a prosperous country/ businessman

名词：prosperity

economic prosperity

We'll keep the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong at any cost.

One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity

动词：prosper

A company can't prosper without investment.

近义词：thrive / flourish

A company can't thrive / flourish without investment.

plants that thrive / flourish in tropical rainforests （ 本意 ）

storey / story ['sto:rn] n.楼层

与flood的不同：

flood侧重于第几层，比如Tom live in the second flood.

story侧重于共几层，比如

a two-story house

The house is two stories high.

a multi-story parking lot

英美楼层表达差异

sacred ['seikrid] adj.宗教的；神圣的

a sacred holiday 宗教节

sacred music 圣乐

Mecca is a sacred place. 圣地

近义词：holy

HOLY BIBLE 圣经

holy water 圣水

a holy war 圣战

近义词：blessed（注意这个单词动词和形容词读法不同，形容词后面的ed发音）

blessed的用法：

①形容圣母玛丽亚

the Blessed Virgin Mary

②有福的

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

近义词：divine 神的，神性的，有神特征的

To err is human, to forgive divine.

凡人多舛误 唯神能见宥 -Alexander Pope

classical ['klæsikəl] adj.古代（希腊和罗马）文化的

classical studies 古代的研究

classical music 古典的音乐

形近词 classic 经典的，一流的

a classic novel

类比

rest [rest] v.倚放，放置

Her elbows rested on the table.

She rested her head against a cushion.

rest on/ upon 基于 / 依赖于 / 取决于

Columbus' decision to sail west rests on his belief that the world is round.

近义词：

be based / founded on / upon

depend on / upon

rely on / upon