单词之中看世界(3)
numerology(数字命理学),the study of numbers and their influence on people and events; ornithology(鸟类学),the scientific study of birds; pathology(病理学),the study of the causes and effec
numerology(数字命理学),the study of numbers and their influence on people and events;
ornithology(鸟类学),the scientific study of birds;
pathology(病理学),the study of the causes and effects of illnesses;
petrology(岩石学),the study of rocks;
pharmacology(药理学,药物学),the scientific study of drugs and medicines;
philology(语言学),the study of the way languages develop and the relationship between languages;
psephology(选举学),the study and statistical analysis of elections and trends in voting; the prediction of electoral results;
theology(神学),the study of religion and religious ideas and beliefs;
zoology(动物学),the scientific study of animals and their behavior。
还有一些学科名称以-tics结尾,如:
acoustics(声学),the scientific study of sound;
aeronautics(航空学,航空术),the science of designing and flying airplanes;
aesthetics,esthetics(美学,审美学),the study of beauty, especially beauty in art;
dietetics(营养学),the science that is concerned with what people eat and drink and how this affects their health;
genetics(遗传学),the study of how the qualities of living things are affected and passed on by genes;
linguistics(语言学),the study of language in general and of particular languages, their structure, grammar, and history;
logistics(后勤学),the study or skill of moving soldiers, supplying them with food etc.;
orthodontics(畸齿矫正术,正齿学),the practice or skill of making teeth move into the right position when they have not been growing correctly。
另有一些学科名称以其它词根或后缀结尾,如:
astronomy(天文学),the scientific study of the stars and planets;
gastronomy(美食学,烹饪法),the art and science of cooking and eating good food;
botany(植物学),the scientific study of plants;
demography(人口统计学),the study of how human populations change, for example the study of how many births, deaths, marriages etc. happen in a particular place at a particular time;
topography(地形学),the science of describing an area of land, or making maps of it;
horticulture(园艺学),the practice or science of growing flowers, fruit, and vegetables;
jurisprudence(法学,法理学),the science or study of law;
obstetrics(产科学),the part of medical science that deals with the birth of children;
pedagogy(教育学),the practice of teaching, or the study of teaching;
podiatry(足病学,足医术),the part of medical science that deals with diseases of the foot。
当然,这里只是举些例子,抛砖引玉,更多的单词需要大家自己总结归纳。
在构成单词的词根中,有一些词根的使用频率相当高,我们很容易就能举一反三,迅速扩大词汇量。例如,西方人所珍视的价值观之一的民主,即democracy,在我国的五四时期称为德先生。这一个词就出现了两个常用词根:demo-意为people,-cracy意为rule,democracy传达的含义就是林肯(Abraham Lincoln)总统在《葛底斯堡演说》(Address at Gettysburg)里所说的that government of the people, by the people, for the people。(责任编辑:www.360gaokao.com)
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