前缀a-详细解读.doc

巴朗词表速记（14）前缀a—auto a=表语形容词前缀(pred. a.) 如：alike, asleep, akin agog 构词：a (pred. a.) + gog (merriment) adj. highly excited; intensely curious. We were all agog at the news that the celebrated movie star was giving up his career in order to enter a monastery. aloof a（pred. a.）+ loof (far) adj. apart; reserved. Shy by nature, she remained aloof while all the rest conversed. aloft 构词：a (pred. a.) + loft (height). 参考词汇：lofty—elevated in character; exalted. adv. upward. The sailor climbed aloft into the rigging. agape—gape 构词：a (pred. a.) + gape adj. openmouthed. She stared, agape, at the many strange animals in the zoo gape v. open widely. The huge pit gaped before him; if he stumbled, he would fall in. Slack-jawed in wonder, Huck gaped at the huge stalactites hanging from the ceiling of the limestone cavern. amiss 构词：a (pred. a.) + miss (wrong) adj. wrong; faulty. Seeing her frown, he wondered if anything were amiss, also adv. a=副词（形容词）前缀 amok (also amuck) 构词：a (ad) + mok (mad) adv. in a state of rage. The police had to be called in to restrain him after he ran amok in the department store. asunder 构词：a (ad) + sunder (sever, separarte) adv. into parts; apart. A fierce quarrel split the partnership asunder; the two partners finally sundered their connections because their points of view were poles asunder. awry 构词：a (ad) + wry (twisted) adv. distorted; crooked. He held his head awry, giving the impression that he had caught cold in his neck during the night also adj. a=to amass 构词：a (to) + mass (gather) v. collect. The miser’s aim is to amass and hoard as much gold as possible. a(n)=without amnesia 构词：a (without) + mnes (memory) + ia (disease). 例：mnemonics（记忆术） n. loss of memory. Because she was suffering from amnesia, the police could not get the young girl to identify herself. amnesty 构词：a (without) + mnes (memory) + ty (n.). 不记仇=宽恕=特赦 n. pardon. When his first child was born, the king granted amnesty to all in prison. amoral 构词：a (without) +