Who says Latin and Greek are ‘dead’ languages? When studying English, it helps to know a little bit of these two ancient languages. Look at the Latin and Greek suffixes below, along with some English words that use them, then try to guess their meanings.
谁说拉丁语和希腊语是死板的语言?在学习英语时,人们可以对这两种古老的语言有一些了解。看看下面的拉丁语和希腊语后缀,以及使用这些后缀的英语单词,然后试着猜一猜它们的意思。
Suffix Language of origin English words
后缀 源语言 英语单词
1. -crat (Greek) Democrat, autocrat
2. -phobia (Greek) xenophobia
3. -cide (Latin) homicide, suicide
4. -graph (Greek) autograph, photograph
5. -gress (Latin) progress, regress
6. -phone (Greek) telephone, Anglophone
7. -logue (Greek) dialogue, epilogue
8. -migrate (Latin) immigrate
9. -verge (Latin) diverge, converge
10. -mania (Greek) kleptomania
Meaning 意义
a. write
b. power, rule
c. word
d. mental disorder
e. fear
f. sound, voice
g. kill
h. walk, step
i. move
j. bend, turn
Answers: 答案
1-b 2-e 3-g 4-a 5-h 6-f 7-c 8-i 9-j10-d
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