anticlimax
n.虎頭蛇尾;令人掃興的結尾
climax
n.高潮
ex. The story reached a climax in chapter ten.
故事在第十章到達高潮。
antidote
anti-dote(=dose)
n.解毒藥,解毒劑
ex. He took an antidote for the poison.
他服了對付那種毒物的解毒劑。
antihistamine /ˏæntɪˋhɪstəmin/
anti-histamine
n.抗組胺劑
ex.melamine n.三聚氰胺
antipathy /ænˋtɪpəθɪ/
anti-path(情感)-y
n.反感,厭惡(+to/towards/against/for)]
ex. He felt a strong antipathy towards them.
他對他們非常反感。
字根
passi pati path == feelings
passion n.熱情
passionate adj.熱情的
impassioned adj.充滿熱情的 [im-做on the state of 解]
impassionate = impassioned
dispassion n.不動感情、客觀 [apart from passion]
dispassionate adj.不被感情所動的、冷靜的
compassion n.憐憫、同情
compassionate adj.憐憫的、有同情心的
passive adj.被動的、消極的
impassive adj.無感情的 [have no emotion] [on the state of being passive]
antique & antiqued
antique n.古董 adj.古老的
antiqued a.古老的
antiquity /ænˋtɪkwətɪ/
antique-ity
n.(尤指中世紀前的)古代[U]
ex. Homer was a great man of antiquity.
荷馬是一位古代偉人。
n.古,古老[U]
ex. a statue of great antiquity
一尊非常古老的塑像
n.古人們[U]
ex. records left by antiquity
古人留下的文獻
n.古代的遺物;古器物;古代的風俗習慣[P]
ex.Greek and Roman antiquities
希臘和羅馬的古蹟
antiseptic
anti-sept(菌)-ic
n.防腐劑; 抗菌劑
ex. Alcohols are one of common antiseptic that are applied to reduce the probability of infection.
adj.防腐的,抗菌的
antithesis /ænˋtɪθəsɪs/
anti-thesis(放)
thesis n.論文
n.對立
ex. the antithesis of right and wrong.
n.(修辭學中的)對語,對句
ex.「Give me liberty or give me death.」
anvil
n.鐵砧
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