相信很多同学在背SAT词汇的时候,都会有“老虎、老鼠,傻傻分不清楚”的感觉,在题目选项中出现更是晕头转向,但如果大家用上我们熟悉的“词根词缀”+“脑洞大开”法,单词记忆也许并不那么难。
1. intricate & extricate
[助记]:tri作词根讲是“三”的意思,比如triangle(三角形)、tricycle(三轮车),in-是前缀,表示“向内”,所以intricate: “走进三角关系” ——“复杂的”;ex-也是前缀,表示“向外”,所以extricate: “走出三角关系”——“解脱”。
intricate adj. 复杂的
extricate v. 使解脱
eg. …the production of carpets with highly intricate patterns
eg. An overeager rescuer broke my mom’s arm in extricating her.
2. antipathy & apathy
[助记]:anti-表示“反对”,比如anti-aging(抗衰老),path是词根,表示“感情”,(注意做名词是“小路”),所以antipathy就是“情感上的反对”——“厌恶”。a-表示“无”,比如anarchy(无政府状态),所以apathy: “无感情”——“漠不关心”
antipathy n. 厌恶
apathy n. 漠不关心
eg. antipathy toward the president
eg. But the more I asked around, the more I encountered a pervasive apathy about the contest.
3. ingenious vs. ingenuous
[助记]:genius“天才”,所以ingenious:“天才与众不同”——“独创的”
genuine“真正的”,所以ingenuous: “展示真正的一面”——“直率的”
ingenious: 独创的,精巧的
ingenuous: 直率的,天真的
eg. Try to think of unusual and ingenious solutions.
eg. She is too ingenuous in believing what others say.
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