考研高频单词讲解-6

很久没更新该系列了，今天写一篇。

46. private

私有的。在这篇博文提到过，这里展开说一说。

private来自于拉丁语privus，其中词根由per构成，per和pro作为前缀的意思大致一样，都是 ‘forward’。因为 forward（向前），所以 be in the front（在前面），后来逐渐变为 be separate（被分隔开），最后变为私有的。

通过private，可以推导出deprive（de ‘away from’ + prive，从私有的拿走）=> 剥夺。

Privateer: private的主动形式 => 私掠。

47. universe

uni ‘one’ + verse ‘turn’。uni这里已经说过，表示 “一”。一个转动的东西 => 宇宙，意思来源于古人对于星象的观察。

由universe引申出来universal，意为全部的，具有普遍性的。

Multiverse：多重宇宙。Parallel universe：平行宇宙。verse是转的词根，volv是转动，有细微的不同，要注意区分。

48. approach

靠近，ad ‘表加强’ + prop ‘near’。

靠近某个机构（如银行）=> 接洽事务。

We’ve just approached the bank for/about a loan.

同样可以表处理，因为靠近某个问题 => 处理问题。

I’m not sure how to approach the problem.

通过这一层意思，可以推理出另一个意思：（处理问题的）方式，方法，态度。

Since our research so far has not produced any answers to this problem, we need to adopt a different approach to it.

49. article

由 artus 演变而来，意为连接。Article就是连接起来的东西。这个单词不难，这里补充一个较难记忆的单词：articulate。

ate作为动词化后缀，所以articulate字面意思就是连接在一起。这一层意思进一步演化可以表示为表达（或发音）非常地流畅（单词连接在一起）。

They were unable to articulate their emotions.

同样也是一个形容词，表示流畅的。

an articulate account of their experiences

50. central

Centre意为中心。

Fug词根意为逃 ‘flee’，refugee（往回逃离 => 难民），所以centrifuge（从中间逃）是离心机。centrifugal force是离心力。

Pet词根意为 “rush”，centripetal是向中心跑，所以centripetal force：向心力。

Eccentric（ex + centre)，远离中心的，离奇的。

51. characteristic

Character（字母，性格，角色）来自于德语’kharaktēr’，词根是khar，意为雕刻，划刻。

character字面义为engraved mark，character有符号的意思，显然来源于此。如果用来形容人心灵上雕刻的记号，那么就是他的性格。每一个角色都有不同的性格，所以character还可以表示角色。

istic是形容词后缀，能够表示性格的 => 典型的。某个物品典型的东西就是他的特征，此处是形容词的名词化，这里看不懂可以参考这篇博文。

52. combine

组合，com + bi ‘two’。把两个东西放在一起起来就是组合。

bi是双，比如bicycle，两个轮子 => 自行车。二进制数：binary number。二的另一个词根duo可以参考这篇博文。

53. complete

com + ple。共同折叠 => 完成。

两个词根都很熟悉了，ple在这里详细进行了解读，此处不在赘述。

54. consequence

con + seq ‘follow’ + ence。seq表跟随，一起跟随而来的事情 => 结果。

second（sec = seq，c=q，发音相同）：

秒（n），一个接一个的。
第二（adj），接着第一个。
支持（v），跟着被支持的人。（熟词生义，要注意）

55. consume

con + su ‘sub’+ em ‘take’，共同从下面拿走 => 消费。em是一个冷门词根，但是使用的还是很多，希望同学们可以记住。

em作为词根，意为’take’，

example，向外拿 => 例子。
exemption，拿出去的东西 => 赦免。
subsume，从下面拿 => 包括。
preemptive，先拿 => 先发制人。

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