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adage

n.格言、古訓

a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb.

記：想成 add + age

格言特輯

通用型

adage     n.格言

aphorism  n.格言

precept   n.戒律、格言  (Islamic precepts)

proverb   n.諺語        ("Haste makes waste" is a proverb.)

maxim     n.座右銘

motto     n.座右銘

epigram   n.警句,雋語  (short)

epigraph  n.碑文 (ex. 達摩面壁碑文)

axiom     n.[數]公理;自明之理

truism    n.自明之理

slogan     n.口號、標語 ("Safety first" is our slogan.)

watchword  n.口號、標語 (Today the watchword is 'Learn through playing'.)

adamant

記 adam-ant 亞當+螞蟻

adj.非常堅硬無比的

adapt

ad-apt(fit)

v.使適應,使適合[(+to)]
He tried hard to adapt himself to the new conditions.
他努力使自己適應新的情況。

字根 apt == fit

aptitude n.適宜、才能

adept

ad-ept(grasp)

adj.老練的

very skilled; proficient; expert

from L. adeptus "having reached, attained," pp. of adipisci "to attain to, acquire," from ad- "to" + apisci "grasp, attain," related to aptus "fitted" (see apt).

inept adj.無能的;笨拙的

adaptable

adj.適應性強的; 有適應能力的
He is an adaptable man.
他是個能適應新環境的人。

adj.適合的
The soil is adaptable to the growth of peanuts.
這土壤適宜於花生的生長。

addendum

n.補篇;附錄 an appendix to a book.

add-end-um

1794, from L. neut. of addendus "that which is to be added," ger. of addere (see add). Plural form is addenda.

addict

v.使沈溺,使醉心;使成癮[H][(+to)]
She is addicted to television.
她對電視入了迷。

1529, adj., "delivered, devoted," from L. addictus, pp. of addicere "deliver, yield, devote," from ad- "to" + dicere "say, declare" (see diction),

addition

add(加)-i-tion

n.加,附加[U][(+to)]
The addition of fruit makes the cereal taste good.
加了水果使穀類食品變得可口。

n.【數】加法[U]
do addition and subtraction
做加減法

additive

add(加)-i-tive

n.添加劑;添加物

adj.附加的

address

v.向...致詞,向...發表演說
He is going to address the meeting.
他將向大會作演說。

v.處理 ex. address the problem

adept

adj.老練的

adequate

ad(to)-equ(平等)-ate

adj.足夠的[(+for)][+to-v]
Martin decided that he had no adequate proof.
馬丁斷定他沒有充足的證據。