综英B2Unit 2 the virtues of growing older 词根学习积累

Unit

2

词根学习积累

Ⅰ

.pre- = before

tion

[pri

?

k

?

:

??

n]

n.

预防，防备，警惕；预防措施；避孕措施

vt.

使提防；预先警告

A

precaution

is an action that is intended to prevent something dangerous or unpleasant

from happening.

E.g I had taken the precaution of doing a little research before I left London...

我已在离开伦敦前进行了准备，做了些调查研究。

essor

[

?

pri:dises

?

]

n.

前任，前辈；原有事物，前身；< /p>

<

古

>

祖先

Your predecessor is the person who had your job before you.

He maintained that he learned everything he knew from his predecessor Kenneth Sisam.

他坚称他所知道的一切都获自前任肯尼思·赛瑟姆。

t

[pr i

?

dikt]

[pre-(before)+judice(judgement)]

vt.

预言，预测；预示，预告

If you predict an event, you say that it will happen.

He predicted that my hair would grow back 'in no time'...

他预言我的头发“一眨眼”就会长回来。

e

[

?

prefis]

n.

序言，引语；开端，前奏；

[< /p>

宗

]

（弥撒的）序诵，序祷

vi.&vt.

作为…的序言，作为…的开端；作序；给…作序；开始，导致

A preface is an introduction at the beginning of a book, which explains what the book is

about or why it was written.

序言

If you preface an action or speech with something else, you do or say this other thing first.

作为…的开端

I will preface what I am going to say with a few lines from Shakespeare...

进入正题之前，我先引用莎士比亚的几句诗作为开场白。

ice

[

?

pred

?

udis]

n.

成见，偏见，歧视；侵害；伤害

Prejudiceis an unreasonable dislike of a particular group of people or things, or a

preference for one group of people or things over another.

There is widespread prejudice against workers over 45...

人们普遍对年龄超过

45

岁的工人存有偏见 。

ure

[

?

prem

??

tju

?

]

adj.

过早的；提前的；早产的；草率的

Something that is premature happens earlier than usual or earlier than people expect.

His career was brought to a premature end by a succession of knee injuries.

因为膝盖接二连三地受伤，他的职业生涯提前结束了。

7.

prepare

[pri

?

p

??

]

[pre-(before)+pare(to ge ready)]

vt.

准备；预备（饭菜）；配备；使（自己）有准备

If you prepare something, you make it ready for something that is going to happen.

On average each report requires 1,000 hours to prepare...

准备一份报告平均需要

1,000

小时。

8.

preserve

[pri

?

z

?

:v]

[pre-(before)+serve(to keep)]

vt.

保护；保持，保存；腌制食物；防腐处理

If you preserve a situation or condition, you make sure that it remains as it is, and does

not change or end.

We will do everything to preserve peace.

我们会尽全力维持和平。

Ⅱ

.pro- = for ,before ,forth , forward

*

原本是相当于英语

for

的拉丁文字首，可以用

for

的意思推想。

由“为了

~

”而产生“ 代替

~

”“赞成

~

的”，“偏爱”等意思，或由“向

~

”演

< br>变为“向前”“事先”“公开地”等意思。

1.

proceed

[pro-(before)+ceed(to go)]

v .

继续进行；继续做

If you proceed with a course of action, you continue with it.

The group proceeded with a march they knew would lead to bloodshed...

这个团体继续示威游行，他们知道这将导致流血事件的发生。

im

[pro-(before)+cliam(to cry aloud)]

v.

宣布；声明；公布

If people proclaim something, they formally make it known to the public.

E.g

Britain proudly proclaims that it is a nation of animal lovers...

英国骄傲地声称自己是一个热爱动物的国家。

e

vt.& vi.

生产；产生；制作；创作

If you produce something, you make or create it.

The company produced circuitry for communications systems...

该公司为通信系统生产电路。

s

[pro-(before all,publicly)+fess(to acknowledge)]

vt.

声称；宣称；公开表明；信奉

If you profess a feeling, opinion, or belief, you express it.

He professed to be content with the arrangement...

他对这个安排表示满意。

nd

[pro-(forward-->downward)+found(ground ,bottom)]

adj.

深刻的；强烈的；巨大的

You use profound to emphasize that something is very great or intense.

...profound disagreement...

严重的分歧

e

[pro-(toward)+mote(to move)]

v.

晋升；提升；擢升

If someone is promoted, they are given a more important job or rank in the organization

that they work for.

I was promoted to editor and then editorial director...

我先是被提升为编辑，然后又晋升为编务总监。

Ⅲ

.fore- =before

变化型

for-

m

n.

前臂

Your forearm is the part of your arm between your elbow and your wrist.

He had a tattoo on his

forearm

.

他前臂上刺有花纹。

ther

n.

祖先，祖宗

Your forefathers are your ancestors, especially your male ancestors.

They were determined to go back to the land of their forefathers.

他们决意回到祖先的土地上。

ont

n.

最前部；活动中心；前列；第一线

If you are at the forefront of a campaign or other activity, you have a leading and influential

position in it.

They have been at the forefront of the campaign for political change.

他们一直处于政治变革运动的风口浪尖上。

ad

n.

额；前部

Your forehead is the area at the front of your head between your eyebrows and your hair.

There are a lot of lines on his

forehead

.

他额头上都是皱纹。

e

vt.

预知，预见；有先见之明

If you foresee something, you expect and believe that it will happen.

No one can

foresee

what will happen in the future.

谁也无法预见到将来会发生什么事。

adow

vt.

预示，是…的先兆

If something foreshadows an event or situation, it suggests that it will happen.

The disappointing sales figures foreshadow more redundancies...

令人失望的销售额预示着会有更多人被裁员。

ll

vt.

预言，预示

If you foretell a future event, you predict that it will happen.

Willow trees breaking out into buds

foretell

the coming of spring.

柳枝绽青报春来。

rd

n.

前言，序（言）

The foreword to a book is an introduction by the author or by someone else.

This book has a

foreword

by the President.

这本书有一篇总统作的序言。

Ⅳ

para-=beside,beyond,against,c ontrary

ute

[para-(against)+chute(fall)]

n.

降落伞；降落伞状物

A parachute is a device which enables a person to jump from an aircraft and float safely to

the ground. It consists of a large piece of thin cloth attached to your body by strings.

UN troops could be landed by helicopter or even by parachute.

联合国部队可以乘直升机着陆，甚至可以伞降。

el

[par- =para(beside)+allel(one another)]

adj.

平行的；相同的，类似的；

If two lines, two objects, or two lines of movement are parallel, they are the same distance

apart along their whole length.

Farthing Lane's just above the High Street and parallel with it...

法辛巷刚好在大街的北面，与大街平行。

gism

[para-(contrary to )+logism(

理论

)]

【逻】谬误推理

,

谬论

;

背理

,

反理

ze

[para-(beside)+lyze(loosen)]

vt.

使瘫痪，使麻痹；使不能正常活动

The snake uses its venom to stun or

paralyze

its victims.

蛇用其毒液使受害者失去知觉或瘫痪。

rase

[para-(beside)+phrase(fto speak)]

n.

释义，意译；演释曲

vt.

改述

If you paraphrase someone or paraphrase something that they have said or written, you

express what they have said or written in a different way.

Baxter paraphrased the contents of the press release...

巴克斯特解释了新闻稿的内容。

Ⅴ

.per- =through,throughly, away

变化型

par-,pel-,pil-

Perceive

[per-(through)+ceive(to take)]

v.

意识到；察觉，发觉；理解

If you perceive something, you see, notice, or realize it, especially when it is not obvious.

A key task is to get pupils to perceive for themselves the relationship between success

and effort...

关键任务是让学生们自己认识到成功和努力之间的关系。

Permanent

[per-(through)+man(to remain)+-ent]

adj.

永久（性）的，永恒的，