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euphonious

eu-phon(聲音)-i-ous  [euphony-ous]

adj.悅耳的,聲音和諧的 [pleasant in sound; agreeable to the ear]

  ex. an euphonious trill of silver laughter.
  銀鈴般婉轉悅耳的笑聲。

ps. phone n.電話

euphoria

eu-phor(carry,帶來)-ia

n.安樂感,陶醉 [A feeling of great happiness or well-being.]

  比方說你完成拼圖，回想你辛苦的拼圖，總會有一股euphoria

phor、fer都有carry的意思，這兩個字根都是同源的的

像我們之前談過的渡輪ferry

ph的發音就是f，所以這兩個字長的其實也滿像的呢

這兩個字都是從希臘文來的，最早的意思是bear運輸的意思 (ps.bear還有很多意思唷)

evacuate

e-vac(empty)-u-ate

v.撤空

v.使避難,使疏散  [to remove persons from (a city, town, building, area, etc.) for reasons of safety]

  ex. to evacuate the embassy after a bomb threat.

evacuate v.使避難 <> conquer  v.征服；佔領

evanescent

e-van(empty)-esc(becoming)-ent  [evanesce-ent]

adj.逐漸消失的(in a short time scale) [tending to become imperceptible; scarcely perceptible.]

  ex. Human life is evanescent
  人生若朝露

字根vac  void  == empty 空

      van

vacuous   adj.空虛的 [absence of thought or intelligence] [腦袋空空的--->空虛的]

devoid      a.空洞的[completely lacking in sth]

                    [de=完全, void=空--->devoid~完全空的--->空洞的]

vanish      v.消失  [使像空空的一樣--->消失  ]

van-ity     n.對自己的外表自恃過高(虛榮心)

vain      adj.對自己的外表自恃過高的(愛虛榮的)、徒勞無功的

evade

e-vade(to go)

v.躲避、逃避 [to escape from by trickery or cleverness]

  ex. Give me a direct answer, and stop evading the issue.
  給我一個直截了當的回答,不要迴避這一問題。

ps.

invade v.侵入

pervade [per(完全)-vade]  v.瀰漫於 v.遍及於

evasion

n.躲避、逃避 [The act or an instance of evading.]

  ex. evasion of one's duty.

n.遁辭;藉口 [ a subterfuge.]

evasive

e-vas-ive

adj.逃避的 [ tending or seeking to evade]

  ex. an evasive statement

evaluate

ex-val(value,power)-u-ate

v.對...評價 [ to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise]

 ex. to evaluate property.

evaluation

ex-val-u-ation

n.評價

evaporate

e-vapor(蒸氣)-ate

v.使蒸發 [to change from a liquid or solid state into vapor]

v.使消失;使消散 [ to disappear; vanish; fade]

  ex. His hopes evaporated.

remainder:subtraction＝residue:evaporation
減去剩下剩餘物＝蒸發剩下殘餘物

even

adj.平的,平坦的

adj.齊的

  ex. Her teeth were white and even.
  她的牙齒潔白而整齊。

adj.【數】偶數的

adv.(加強語氣)甚至;連

  ex. Even Mrs. Smith could not help laughing.
  甚至史密斯太太也忍不住笑了起來。

evenhanded

even-hand-ed [兩隻手都一樣拿捏，不偏袒一方]

adj.公平的 [impartial]

  ex. evenhanded justice.