莫清崴老师从词“形、音、缀”的观点解析高频率的字汇(字母A部分15 end)
astonish
v. surprise greatly; amaze; astound (使震惊,使惊讶)
【推测词义】源自于俗拉丁语extonāre,从古法语estoner演变而来。
原义指“用雷击”(to strike with thunderbolt),巨大的雷鸣声,使人震惊。
abolish
v. to do away with (a law,custom,etc.)completely; to terminate;
to annul; to eliminate; to end (废除,废止(法律、制度、习俗等))
【推测词义】摧毁。
annoy
v. to trouble; to irritate; to upset ; to vex; to pester (使苦恼;使不乐);
to bother; to disturb (打扰;骚扰)
【词源】annoy原本是个军事用语,有“骚扰”、“破坏”等义,
例如 annoy a town,annoy the coast。
其词源可追溯到拉丁语inodiāre ‘make loathsome’。
但annoy借自古法语anoier ‘weary, vex’,其义为“使苦恼”或“使恼怒”。
其他法语的借词如ennui (厌倦,无聊)和noisome (讨厌的,令人不快的)也都出于此源。
【衍生词】annoyance n. 烦恼;恼怒
【常用词组】be annoyed with somebody 对(某人)生气
be annoyed at something对(某物)苦恼
be annoyed by somebody被(某人)骚扰
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