常用英语词根表doc.doc

ANN, ENN—L anniversary n. (ANNI- + VERS turn + -ARY) 周年纪念 My parents celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary last month. annual adj. (ANNU + AL) 每年的， 年度的 Some businesses give an annual bonus to the employees at the end of December. biennial adj. (BI- two + ENNI + -AL) 两年一次的 Our company is only two years old; we just published our first biennial report. 4) centennial n./ adj. (CENT- hundred + ENNI + -AL) 一百周年，一百周年纪念 Next year in March we will celebrate our school’s centennial. That was our centennial celebration. 5) tricentennial n./ adj. (TRI- three + ECNT- hundred + ENNI + AL) The US will celebrate its tricentennial in the year 2076, which will be three hundred years after the Declaration of Independence. 6) sesquicentennial n. / adj. (SESQUI-1.5 times + CENT- + ENNI + -AL) 一百五十年 Our city was 150 years old in 1988; we celebrated our sesquicentennial that year. 7) millennial adj. (MILL- thousand + ENNI + -AL) 一千年的，千福年的 During the years 2000, there will be many a millennial observance in the celebration of the end of a one-thousand year period and the beginning of another. millennium n. (MILL- thousand + ENNI + -um) 一千年，千周年纪念日 The third Millennium after the birth of Chrit will begin on 1 January 2001 A.D. AQUA—L 1) aquanaut n. (AQUA- + -NAUT-person) 潜水员，海底工作人员 Today, underwater exploration is carried out by aquanauts. aquarium n. (AQUS + -RIUM place) 水族馆，养鱼池 Children enjoy looking at the huge aquarium which holds hundreds of species of fish and sea animals. 3) aqua pura n. （拉丁短语）纯水 These days many people buy aqua pura because tap water is not pure or healthy to drink. aquatic adj. having to do with water 水生的，水产的，水上的 The Olympic Games always includes aquatic sports such as swimming, diving and water ballet. ASTER, ASTR—Gr disaster n. (DIS- away + ASTER) 灾难， 不幸 During the Classical Age of Greece, people believed that a disaster was caused by Fate or the gods of the under