Saturday, September 02, 2006


闲谈Word Structure

上课练听力,读书记单词,看得多了,自己也总结了一些构词上的小规律。平时也总会与Singapore and Malaysia 的哥们切磋一下,他们教我一些English, 我还他们一些唐诗宋词,谁说百无一用是书生,随便背出,换来一片喝彩,不过也有献丑的时候,一次背李白的《朝发白帝城》,竟将最后两句背成“两岸猿声啼不住,疑是银河落九天”,呵呵,到也工整,只感叹自己肚子里的‘诗’太多。

先来谈谈in-; de-这两个前缀
in 有上升,增加之意,而de 却与之相反
A simple example: Increase; Decrease (Decline)
In addition
表示增加, 上升的还有: Go up, Rise, Raise, Boost
表示减少, 下降的有: Go down, Drop, Diminish, Reduce
这些词都是经常用到的,相互替换,会使文章增色不少。例如鄙人前面写过一篇文章about ‘25 years of Metal’. 其中就有多种25 years ago的表达方法, for example: 25-year ago, in the early of 80’s (不信自己算), 1980-2005, a quarter of century ago. 哈哈!你还能想出更多吗?In addition (furthermore, moreover), birthday and anniversary也是经常可以替换的。In addition of that, 还有许多这样的例子,for instants: Complicated (complex, diversified), mandatory (necessary, compulsory), integrity (honest, straightforward, sincere),and so on (etc.). 一个单词总会有用烦的时候,不妨换个其它的试试。

说跑题了,在举一个例子来说in-,de-这两个前缀
Inflation (通货膨胀)
Deflation(通货紧缩)
Besides (also)
Accelerate and Decelerate, 只要知道前者的意思,后者的就不难猜了。
还有几个de-前缀的例子
Depreciation 贬值, 折旧
Deduction 减去
Depletion 耗尽, 竭尽
倘若是情绪上的下降,便可用depressed.

During this period, I am so 'busy' because of the amount of assignments and preparing for middle semester’s exam, 勤能补拙,或是笨鸟先飞,I usually spend in the library in my rest time and frequently ‘burn midnight oil’. Therefore(so), 也悟出了为什么在英语中商人被叫做'business' man.

Please take note of the highlighted words above, these conjunction words are very (so, too, quite, pretty, extremely) useful.

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