英语词汇记忆法解析.doc

英语词汇记忆法 Chapter 1 facetious ? facetious a 轻浮的,开不正经玩笑的( facet表面+ious=做表面化=轻浮的)fac,fic=face,表示”脸,面” face n 脸facet n 平面,(东西的)一面(fac+et=像脸的一面=平面,表面)facetious a 轻浮的,开不正经玩笑的( facet表面+ious=做表面化=轻浮的)preface n 前言,序言(pre前面+face=前脸=前言)surface n 表面(sur在…上面+face= =表在脸上面)deface v 毁坏,诽谤(de弄坏+face=把脸面弄坏=毁坏)efface v 擦掉,消除(ef出+face=把脸上的东西弄出去=擦掉)ineffaceable a不能消除的,抹不掉的(in 不+efface抹掉+able)superficial a 肤浅的,表面的(super在…上面+fic[=fac脸]+ial=在脸上面=肤浅的) GRE词汇精选 (红宝书) ostentatious ? adj 卖弄的，自我夸耀的＝pretentious【记】os我死，ten10，tatious：我死了10次－吹牛的【根】osten表面，tatious：表面装饰的不错－卖弄的【参】ostensible（adj 理由等表面的）【反】ostentation（n 卖弄）－artlessness（n 天真烂漫）/ modesty（n 谦逊）“ 【根】tend,tens,tent＝to stretch（张开） optimum n (生物成长)最适宜的条件或环境(optim+um表示场地,如:museum博物馆)optim=bext,表示”最好” optimsm n 乐观主义(optim+ism=向最好方面想的主义=乐观主义)optimistic a 乐观的(optim+ist+ic)【根】opt＝to wish（希望） best, optimal, superlative, unsurpassed. detriment n 损害,不利(de坏+tri[=trit]+ment=磨坏了=损害)trit=rub,表示”磨擦” attriton n 磨擦,消耗detriment n 损害,不利(de坏+tri[=trit]+ment=磨坏了=损害)trite a 陈腐的(像被磨破了一样)contrite a 悔恨的(con共同+trite=身心全部磨擦=悔恨交加的) 单词词源词典 detriment ? [15] Etymologically, detriment denotes damage caused by ‘wearing away’. The word comes via Old French from Latin dētrīmentum, a derivative of dēterere ‘wear away’ (whose past participle is the source of English detritus [18]). This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘away’ and terere ‘rub’ (from which English gets attrition and trite). The generalized metaphorical sense ‘harm’ had already developed in classical Latin. Link: ?ATTRITION, DETRITUS, TRITE vicarious ? adj 代理的，替代的（代替他人忍受或工作的）【记】vicar（n 代理主教：代替神父或主教的神职人员），ious：代理的vi微，car车，ious：微型的小汽车有代替大车的趋势－代替的【反】firsthand（adj 直接的；第一手的） 单词词源词典 vicar ? [13] A vicar is etymologically a ‘substitute’ for or ‘representative’ of someone else: thus the pope is the vicar of God on Earth, and the vicar of a parish was originally someone who stood in for the parson or rector. The word comes via Old French vicaire from Latin vicārius ‘substitut