英英單字圖文記憶(090) - elegant

英英單字圖文記憶(90)

elegant  [ˋɛləgənt]：

If you describe a person or thing as elegant, you mean that they are pleasing and graceful in appearance or style. 【典雅的】

【分解】：【前綴】e = out，表示："向外地"；【字根】leg = choose=gather，表示：選擇好的聚集起來；【後綴】ant，形容詞，表："具…性質的"。

【分析】：elegant = “選擇好的向外地聚集起來”；引伸為 “典雅的”。

For example，

Patricia looked beautiful and elegant as always.

派特裡夏一如既往地美麗優雅。

Her writing was elegant.

她的文章優美。

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英英單字圖文記憶(089) - opponent

英英單字圖文記憶(089)

opponent  [əˋponənt]：

In a sporting contest, your opponent is the person who is playing against you. 【(體育競賽中的) 對手，競爭者】

The opponents of an idea or policy do not agree with it and do not want it to be carried out. 【(觀點、政策等的) 反對者】

【分解】：【前綴】op = against，表示："逆"；【字根】pon = put，表示：放置；【後綴】ent，名詞，表："人"。

【分析】：opponent = “逆向放置的人”；引伸為 “對手，反對者”。

For example，

He's the best opponent I've come across this season, a great player.

他是我本賽季遇到的最出色的對手，一位了不起的運動員。

He became an outspoken opponent of the old Soviet system.      

他成為舊的蘇聯體制直言不諱的抨擊者。

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英英單字圖文記憶(088) - inflexible

英英單字圖文記憶(088)

inflexible  [ɪnˋflɛksəbl]：

Something that is inflexible cannot be altered in any way, even if the situation changes. 【不可改變的】

If you say that someone is inflexible, you are criticizing them because they refuse to change their mind or alter their way of doing things. 【頑固的；僵化的】

【分解】：【前綴】in = not，表示："否定"；【字根】flex = bend，表示：彎曲；【後綴】ible = able to be，形容詞，表："能夠…的"。

【分析】：inflexible = “不能夠彎曲的 =不可改變的”；引伸為 “頑固的；僵化的”。

For example，

His opponents viewed him as stubborn, dogmatic, and inflexible.      

他的反對者們認為他固執、教條、僵化。

Workers insisted the new system was too inflexible.

工人們堅持認為新制度太不靈活。

Charles was a man of settled habits and inflexible routine.

查理斯是一個恪守習慣、生活規律不容打亂的人。

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英英單字圖文記憶(087) - conscience

英英單字圖文記憶(087)

conscience  [ˈkɑ:nʃəns]：

Your conscience is the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is right or wrong. If you have a guilty conscience, you feel guilty about something because you know it was wrong. If you have a clear conscience, you do not feel guilty because you know you have done nothing wrong.【良知】

【分解】：【前綴】con = together or all，表示："全部"；【字根】sci = to know，表示：知道、了解；【後綴】ence，名詞，表："狀態、行為、特質"。

【分析】：conscience = “處於全部知道的狀態”；引伸為 “良知、道德心”。

For example，

I'm so glad he had a pang of conscience. 我很高興他會有愧疚感。

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英英單字圖文記憶(086) - subconscious

英英單字圖文記憶(086)

subconscious  [ˌsʌbˈkɑ:nʃəs]：

Your subconscious is the part of your mind that can influence you or affect your behaviour even though you are not aware of it.【潛意識的】

【分解】：【前綴】sub =under，表示："在…之下"；【前綴】con = with，表示："具有"；【字根】sci = to know，表示：知道、了解；【後綴】ous，形容詞，表："有…的性質"。

【分析】：conscious= “意識的”； subconscious=”在意識之下的” 引伸為 “潛意識的”。

For example，

The memory of it all was locked deep in my subconscious.  關於它的一切記憶都深植於我的潛意識裡。

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英英單字圖文記憶(085) - prescient

英英單字圖文記憶(085)

prescient  ['presɪrnt]：

If you say that someone or something was prescient, you mean that they were able to know or predict what was going to happen in the future.【預知的；能預見未來的】

【分解】：前綴pre = before，表示："在…之前"；字根sci = to know，表示：知道、了解；後綴ent = like，形容詞，表："像"。

【分析】：”像在之前就知道的” 引伸為 “預知的”。

For example，

It was a remarkably prescient vision.  這的確很有遠見。

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英英單字圖文記憶(084) - conscious

英英單字圖文記憶(084)

conscious  [ˋkɑnʃəs]：

If you are conscious of something, you notice it or realize that it is happening.【意識到】

【分解】：前綴con = with，表示："具有"；字根sci = to know，表示：知道、了解；後綴ous，形容詞，表示："有…的性質"。

【分析】：”具有知道的性質” 引伸為 “意識到”。

For example，

I was not conscious of having made a mistake. 我沒意識到犯了錯誤。

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