English Vocabulary and Etymology week5－藺才芯的部落格

English Vocabulary and Etymology

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week5

A→B A↔B A=B
e--- out

for example:enormous means out of number

ambi---two,more than one

for example:ambiguous means more than one meaning

equi---平等

for example:equivalant

tri---three

for example:triangle

audi---to listen

for example:audience,auditorium,audition

dis---negative

for example:disease

pro---in favor of,many,much

for example:prolific,

proliferation(n):a quick increase

protagnist(n): the person whom the author in favor of the most

proponent(n):a person who supports an idea in public.

for example:He is one of the leading proponents of capital punishment.

他是死刑的主要支持者之一。

propose(v):to ask someone to marry proposal(n)

a person who make a propose in order to mary.

ob,op---anti反

for example: opposite,obstacle,opponent,oppose

敵人: enemy,rival,foe

enemy

a person who opposes another person and tries to harm them from doing something

for example:He's made a few enemies in this company. Max stole Lee's girlfriend and they've been enemies ever since.political enemies

rival

a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area

for example:He beat his closest/nearest rival by 20 marks.The companies produce rival versions of the toy.

foe

an enemy

for example:The two countries have united against their common foe.They were bitter foes for many years.

illicit v.s illegal

illicit(a):disapproved of by society

illicit child

an illicit love affair

illegal(a):not allowed by law

It is illegal to drive a car that is not registered and insured.

drop out of (phase):fell out of the ground or school

Vans

Vans means Dutch荷蘭

Go Dutch

"Going Dutch" is a term that indicates that each person participating in a group activity pays for themselves, rather than any person paying for anyone else, particularly in a restaurant bill. It is also called Dutch date, Dutch treat (the oldest form) and "doing Dutch".

One suggestion is that the phrase "going Dutch" originates from the concept of a Dutch door. Previously on farmhouses this consisted of two equal parts (Sullivan 2010).

The Oxford English Dictionary connects "go Dutch" with "Dutch treat" and other phrases many of which have "an opprobrious or derisive application, largely due to the rivalry and enmity between the English and Dutch in the 17th century," the period of the Anglo-Dutch Wars. Another example is "Dutch courage".

The gambling term "dutching" may be related to "go Dutch", as it describes a system that shares stakes across a number of bets. It is commonly believed, however, that the Dutch reference here was in fact derived from a gangster, Dutch Schultz, who used this strategy to profit from racing.

The Dutch are also stereotyped as being "stingy" or "tight-fisted" which may have contributed to the phrase.