词根词缀
-mony:名词后缀,forming nouns often denoting an action, state, or quality. 单词有:sanctimony(假装的虔诚),ceremony(典礼,仪式),hegemony(霸权,领导权),parsimony(吝啬,过度节俭),acrimony(辛辣,尖刻)
-an, -ian, -ean:这个后缀可以合成一个同时具有名词和形容词意思的词,in adjectives: from (a place) or pertaining to or following (a figure or school of thought); in nouns: person or thing from (a place) or associated with (an activity or school of thought). 单词有:pediatrician(儿科医生),obstetrician(产科医师),bacchanalian(发酒疯的人),authoritarian(独裁主义者),lilliputian(侏儒),machiavellian(权谋政治家),mortician(殡葬业者),optician(光学仪器商),patrician(贵族),plebeian(平民),proletarian(无产者),ruffian(恶棍,流氓),sectarian(宗派主义者),thespian(悲剧演员,演员)
solv, solu, solut:表示 loosen 的意思,单词有: absolve(免除,赦免),dissolution(分解,溶解),solvent(有偿付能力的,有溶解力的),resolution(分辨率,决心)
英语语法概念:telicity
In linguistics, telicity (from the Greek τέλος, meaning “end” or “goal”) is the property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense. A verb or verb phrase with this property is said to be telic, while a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being incomplete is said to be atelic.
成为单词的人名:Luigi Galvani
Luigi Galvani (9 September 1737–4 December 1798) was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher, who discovered animal electricity. He is recognized as the pioneer of bioelectromagnetics. In 1780, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs’ legs twitched when struck by an electrical spark. This was one of the first forays into the study of bioelectricity, a field that still studies the electrical patterns and signals from tissues such as the nerves and muscles.
galvanize: [‘ɡælvənaɪz] vt.电镀,通电,刺激,镀锌
修辞概念: allegory
As a literary device, an allegory is a metaphor in which a character, place or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences. Allegory (in the sense of the practice and use of allegorical devices and works) has occurred widely throughout history in all forms of art, largely because it can readily illustrate or convey complex ideas and concepts in ways that are comprehensible or striking to its viewers, readers, or listeners.
One of the most famous examples of allegory in history is Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, in which a group of people is chained inside a cave and sees only shadows of the outside world projected on the wall of the cave. One person escapes the cave and is able to see reality for the first time. However, upon reentering the cave and trying to describe the outside world, the people still chained to the wall reject this other interpretation and vision. Plato’s allegory is meant to symbolize the difficulty of the philosopher’s task when trying to expand the worldview of the common man.