奥巴马发表了就职演说,正式成为美国第一任黑人总统。 所以今天与大家分享的单词就是inaugural address (就职演说)和 inauguration ceremory (就职典礼)
An inauguration is a ceremony of formal investiture whereby an individual assumes an office or position of authority or power. The term is usually used in reference to a politician’s assumption of the duties of head of state or head of government (e.g. the President’s inauguration). An “inaugural address” is the presidential speech given at this ceremony.
—from wikipedia
-aug-作为词根,意思是“rise, grow, increase”上升、生长、增加等的意思,有时也拼写为-auc-, -auct-, -aut-。所谓就职,那就是rise to power, rise to presidency 吧.
我们来看看更多包含-aug-相关词根的例词。
auction 名词:拍卖(价格越拍越高)
auctioneer 名词:拍卖师(-eer表示人的名词后缀,比如pioneer, mountaineer, engineer)
augment 动词:增加 增大
angmentative 形容词:增加的,宏伟的
august 形容词:威严的(不断上升一直到伟大的程度)
augustine 男孩名字:奥古斯丁(大写首字母,就是奥古斯丁大帝)Augustine: one of the great fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man’s need for grace (354-430)
authority 名词:权威(也是上升到高高在上的人)
authortative形容词:权威的(-ive形容词后缀)
authorize 动词:授权(高高在上者给其他人授予权利)
address 这个单词也值得深入学习,作名词时表示“地址,讲演”,作动词时,意思是“称呼。。。”“给。。。做讲演”,“对付、处理”等。请看例句。
Don’t address me as “Colonel”, I’m only a major.
不要称呼我为“上校”,我只不过是少校。
His address gave umbrage to the authorities.
他的演说触怒了当局。
I now call on Mr. Ford to address the meeting.
现在请福特先生向会议致辞。
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特别提醒:
1. 掌握常用的词根词缀对我们扩大词汇量很有帮助(-aug-为例)
2. 扩大词汇量也包括对已知词汇意义和用法的扩展(address为例)
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