aggravate /ˋæɡrəˏvet/
ag-grav(grave;重)-ate
v.加重;增劇;使惡化
ex. Ice water aggravated my toothache.
冰水使我的牙痛加重了。
aggrieve
ag-grieve(重)
v.使悲痛;使受屈
v.(對合法權利的)侵害
ex. aggrieved minority people
合法權利受到侵害的少數民族
note:
grave n.墓穴 adj.重大的,嚴重的
gravitation n.地心引力
grieve v.使悲傷
grief n.悲痛
agile & agility
agile
ag(act)-ile
adj.輕快的,敏捷的
ex. The kid is as agile as a rabbit.
這孩子像狡兔一樣靈敏。
agitate & agitated
agitate
ag(act)-itate(不斷的做)
v.使激動
ex. His speech agitated the crowd.
他的演說鼓動了聽眾。
v.攪動(液體等);搖動
ex. The wind agitated the leaves.
風吹得樹葉顫動。
agnostic
a(not)-gnos(know)-t-ic(adj尾)
adj.【哲】不可知論的
n.【哲】不可知論者
1. One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.
2. One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism.
字根
cogn gnos == know
gnor
cognition | n.認識 [the act or process of knowing] | (從無知到懂事的過程) | ||
cognitive | a.認識的 ex. our cognitive world 我們所認識的世界 | |||
recognize | v.認出 | [re做again解] | ||
recognizable | a.能認出的 | |||
recognition | n.認識 |
*gnos、gnor系列
agnostic | a.不可知論的 | ||
diagnose | v.診斷 | ||
prognosis | n.預知 | ||
ignore | v.忽視 | ||
ignorant | a.無知的 [knowing little or nothing] |
agog
adj.極興奮的
ex.dem-agog/ demagogue
agony
agon(strike)-- mental suffering
n.極度痛苦;苦惱[C]
ex. They went through the agonies of war and famine.
他們經歷了戰爭和饑荒的痛苦。
n.臨死的痛苦
protagonist n.主演、主角,提倡者
antagonist n.敵手、對手
在希臘的戲劇中protagonist是指leading actor主角,
而後來變成社會運動的提倡者,ex.女權運動
prot=proto-(主要,第一) + agon(動、打) +ist -->主角
而主角的敵手稱ant-agon-ist
常見的衍生字有
agony n.極度痛苦
antagonism n.敵意
agrarian /əˋɡrɛrɪən/
agr(farm)-arian
adj.耕地的;農業的
ex. agrarian movement
agr-iculture n.農業
agronomy /əˋɡrɑnəmɪ/
agr(farm)-o-nomy(學科)
ex. astr-o-nomy n.天文學
n.農(藝)學;農業經營學 [the science of soil management and the production of field crops.]
agreeable
adj.令人愉快的 (令人會同意的)
ex. an agreeable odor
好聞的氣味
adj.欣然贊同的;準備同意的
ex. They were all agreeable to our proposal.
他們都樂於接受我們的建議。
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