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n.畫像,塑像  [ a picture, image, or other representation.]

n.聖像 [ Eastern Church . a representation of some sacred personage, as Christ or a saint or angel, painted usually on a wood surface and venerated itself as sacred.]

 

ps.icon這東西,在中世紀可是個宗教上的重要問題呢~

基督教的一次大分裂是在11世紀。西邊的羅馬天主教會和位於東邊的教會完全分離。被認為最直接的原因是第四次十字軍東征攻下了君士坦丁堡的結果。但是文化差異其實是加速分裂的主因,東邊是希臘文化和希臘語,西邊是拉丁文化和拉丁語。其中分裂的原因也包括對基督教教義的看法不同,當然也政治上、權力上的鬥爭也有關係。

在拉丁文化中(應該說是源自於印歐民族)它們的觀念裡,是可以製作關於神的繪畫、雕像的,所以在西邊的羅馬天主教,是不禁止對聖像崇拜的。相對的在東邊的拜占庭,因為受到新興的伊斯蘭教的影響(閃族文化),它們是禁止製作、與崇拜的唷,也認為藝術是上帝的東西,不是人可以創作的。現在你還可以在俄羅斯等地的東正教裡,看到此一現象,裡頭可沒有什麼宗教的彩繪玻璃之類的。

當時,還為了該不該禁止聖像崇拜發了"國際衝突"唷。

 

 

 

 

 

 

iconoclast /aɪˋkɑnəˏklæst/

icon( image )-o-clast( Gk. breaker )

n.反對崇拜聖像者 [a breaker or destroyer of images, esp. those set up for religious veneration.]

 

ps.在古代iconoclast通常指的是在8~9世紀,在拜占庭帝國中,破壞藝術品、神像的人,因為他們認為神不是可以由人來創造的。


iconoclast:attack
攻擊傳統觀念的人攻擊

 

 

 

iconoclastic /aɪˋkɑnəˏklæst ɪ k/

icon-o-clast-ic

adj.反對崇拜聖像的

 

 

 

 

 

 

ideology /ˏaɪdɪˋɑlədʒɪ/

ide(=idea)-ology

n.意識形態 [the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.]

ex. It's that the average Taiwanese CEO is a prisoner of ideology.

ex. it is guided by the dominant societal ideology
它受到主流社會觀念形態的支配。
(ideology這個字在newspaper中很常出現唷)

 

 

 

 

 

idiom /ˋɪdɪəm/

n.成語;習慣語 [an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket (死去) , or from the general grammatical rules of a language, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.]

ex. 就如同中文講的「 蘇州賣鴨蛋 」=死了,其字義由原本組成的element是預測不出來的。

 

 

 

 

 

 

idle /ˋaɪdl/

adj.不工作的;閒置的 [not working or active; doing nothing]

ex. Summer and hot weather make everyone feel idle.

ex. It would be idle to argue further.
再辯論下去也不會有什麼效果。

v.無所事事;閒混 [To pass time without working or while avoiding work.]

 

ps. 在windows的作業系統中,按下ctrl+alt+del會出現工作管理員,如果你仔細看會看到"system idle process"這一項唷(實驗一下吧)。它這一相的意思就是指你的CPU目前還有多少"閒置的資源"可以使用。

 

 

 

 

 

idolater /aɪˋdɑlətɚ/

idol(n.偶像)-ater

n.偶像崇拜者  [ One who worships idols.]

 

ps.1 idolatry n.偶像崇拜

ps.2 台視的節目「超級偶像」=Super Idol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

idyll / ˋaɪdl /

n.田園詩 [A short poem or prose piece depicting a rural or pastoral scene, usually in idealized terms.]

ex. 《 Idylls of the king 》是Alfred, Lord Tennyson(英國人)的作品,故事是寫有關於亞瑟王--就是圓桌武士的故事。

n.田園畫 (with the three components - man, animal and the environment - in a harmonious unity, preventing the picture from being either a landscape, or a genre, or just an image of an animal.)

 

ps. idyll的風格,通常 emotional, sometimes sentimental.

也可以指在音樂上的風格--一般叫做"田園樂曲;牧歌"

idyll:carefree

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

igneous /ˋɪɡnɪəs/

igne( Gk. fire) -ous

adj.火成的(地質學的用詞)  [produced under conditions involving intense heat, as rocks of volcanic origin or rocks crystallized from molten magma.]

ex. Granite is igneous rocks .

 

 

 

 

 

ignite /ɪɡˋnaɪt/

ign e ( fire )-ite

v.點燃 [to set on fire]

 

ps. 1

一般想到點燃,應該為想到ignite與kindle這兩個字,其中的差別是:

kindle比較多用於無形的,比方說點燃我的勇氣,to kindle my courage.

ignite偏於實體上的點燃, to ignite my cigarette.

 

ps.2

打火機的英文叫 lighter唷,

而igniter比較像是用於機械的"點火裝置"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

字首 in-

1.在..之內= in

 

indoor    adj.室內的

inland    adj.內陸的

 

2.進來、使呈...狀態= into (較強調動作)      // en- 是變化型

 

income       n.所得   [sth. come into ]

inflate        v.充氣   [blow air into sth.]

inhale         v.吸氣   [breathe into]

 

incentive   adj.刺激的   [into - cant(sing) - ive -->令進入唱歌的狀態-->刺激]

infuriate       v.激怒     [make sb. into fury]

incarnate      v.賦予形體 [ into + carn (肉) + ate -->進入肉身]

 

 

3.在...狀態 = on the state of(較強調狀態)

 

inceptive    adj.開始的   [on the state of cept(take) -->開始]

individual    adj.個人的   [on the state of being divided]

 

 

4.否定not

 

inadequate    adj.不充分的 [not adequate]          adequate -->inadequate

incapable      adj.不能的 [not capable]               capable-->incapable

indolent        adj.懶惰的 [not dolent(feel pain)]    dolent -->indolent

 

 

ps.1

in(not解時)跟un的區別

 

un比較常用於字首字尾拆掉後還是一個完整的詞  ex:

unwonted    un-wont(習慣)-ed

unabridge    un-abridge

 

 

in比較多用於接字根 ex:

incapable         in-cap-able

immaculate      in-macul-ate

 

from 字典上的解釋

The negative prefix un- attaches chiefly to adjectives ,(unable, unclean, unequal, unripe, unsafe) and, participles(分詞) used as adjectives (unfeeling, unflinching, unfinished, unsaid), and less frequently to nouns (unbelief, unconcern, unrest).

un-主要接形容詞來使成否定型,un-Adj,或者接分詞un-Ving, un-P.P 來當作形容詞。un- 比較少接名詞。

 

Sometimes the noun form of an adjective with the un- prefix has the prefix in-, as in inability, inequality, injustice, and instability.

如果是un-Adj,有時候會有相對應的in-N ,例如 unequal --> inequality.

 

A few stems appear with both prefixes with distinctions of meaning. Inhuman means "brutal, monstrous," while unhuman means "not of human form, superhuman." ‧

有些字根接un-與in-意思不同,比方說inhuman 與 unhuman.

 

 

When used with adjectives, un- often has a sense distinct from that of non-.

un-Adj 與non-Adj 的意思有很明顯的不一樣

 

Non- picks out the set of things that are not in the category denoted by the stem to which it is attached.

non- 是表示"不在"範圍裡面;就像圈外人的概念。

 

un- picks out properties unlike those of the typical examples of the category.

un- 則表示"不像"這範圍裡的典型;在圈內,但跟大家所想的標準、理想不一樣。

 

Thus nonmilitary personnel are those who are not members of the military, whereas someone who is unmilitary is unlike a typical soldier in dress, habits, or attitudes.

non-military是指不在軍中的人

un-military指不像一般的軍人(在穿著上、習慣、態度)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ignorant /ˋɪɡnərənt/

i n -gnor(know)-ant    [ng不好發音,因此n被省略了]

adj.無知的 [knowing little or nothing]

ex. The fact that you are so ignorant makes me feel pathetic.
你是如此的無知而讓我感到悲憐。(罵小白時可以用~)

 

ignorant <> erudite  adj.博學的

 

 

 

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字根

**cogn     == know

 

cogn-ition    n.認識   ex. 認知心理學 = cognitive psychology

cogn-itive    a.認識的 ex. our cognitive world 我們所認識的世界

 

re-cogn-ize          v.認出      [re做again解]

re-cogn-izable     a.能認出的

 

re-cogn-ition         n.認識

 

**gnos、gnor系列

 

agnostic     adj.不可知論的(指對於上帝的存在是人不能知道的)

diagnose       v.診斷

prognosis      n.預知

 

ignore       v.忽視

ignorant   adj.無知的 [knowing little or nothing]

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ignoble /ɪɡˋnobl/

i n (g)-noble  [in轉成ig去接,因為inn~的發音很討厭]

adj.卑鄙的;不光彩的 [Not noble in quality, character, or purpose; base or mean.]

ex. To betray a friend is ignoble.

 

ps. Ig Nobel Prize =搞笑諾貝爾獎

其宗旨為「Every Ig Nobel Prize winner has done something that first makes people LAUGH, then makes them THINK.」

 

 

 

 

 

ignominy / ˋɪɡnəˏmɪnɪ/

in-nomin(name)-y

n.恥辱 [Great personal dishonor or humiliation; shame.]

ex. she endured the ignominy of his abandoning her. (像是被出軌了..)

ex. suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison.

 

 

 

ignominious / ˋɪɡnəˏmɪnɪ əs /

in-nomin-i-ous

adj.可恥的

ex. the man who from vast dreams of literary fame descends to ignominious hackwork.
從天才夢墮落為僱傭文人

ex. an ignominious treaty
屈辱性條約

 

 

 

 

 

 

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