abhor 憎惡，厭惡：恐懼或憎恨；痛恨

(ab-away-遠離，hor-horror-恐怖——遠離恐怖的事情，對恐怖事情的厭惡、憎惡)

accede 同意, 加入, 同意

(from ad- "to" + cedere "go, move"——靠近、同意(如果不同意，就遠離、疏遠))

accolade 贊美, 騎士爵位的授予, 連譜號

(ac-加強語氣，col-collar-領(lǐng)子、脖子，給…戴項圈——授予爵位，就是把榮譽戴在你脖子上，另外，collar領(lǐng)子、脖子，來源于 column 柱子)

acme 頂點, 極致

1570, from Gk. akme "(highest) point," from PIE base *ak- "sharp"

詞源翻譯：ac=ang-尖銳，ac-尖銳的，Ac-尖的，A-象形，m-加在”c、g”后面的綴生輔助發(fā)音字母，e-無義。

affiliate (使...)加入, 接受為會員, 使隸屬于

fil-詞根：兒子，從屬

為什么 fil-兒子

descendant 子孫，后代(descend-下降)

fil 兒子(fil=fall-下落)

agile 敏捷的，輕快的(ag=act-動，行動，ile-ible=able——能動的、好動的)

alabaster 雪花石膏

(bust-半身像、胸像、婦女的胸部、半身雕像；使爆裂——burst的簡化字——女性胸部當然是爆了 ——ala-alike-象，bast=bust-雕像-與雕像相關(guān)的——石膏)

alacrity 敏捷, 活潑, 爽快

a-否定前綴，lacr-lac-缺乏、遲緩，ity-后綴。

amalgam [采礦]汞合金, 汞齊

1471, "soft mass formed by chemical manipulation," from M.L. amalgama, "alloy of mercury (esp. with gold or silver),"

詞源翻譯： am+alg+am——把汞弄到一起——alg簡化自ally, am=a+ mercury

ameliorate 改善, 改進

meliorate- 改善、變好

mel通假 well

amenity 怡人：使人愉快或吸引人的性質(zhì)；使人愉快

1432, "quality of being pleasant or agreeable," from O.Fr. amenité, from L. amoenitatem (nom. amoenitas) "delightfulness, loveliness," from amoenus "pleasant," perhaps related to amare "to love."

am-愛，en-使動，使接受愛意，對別人愛，ity-后綴。

acolyte 侍僧, 助手

c.1315, "inferior officer in the church," from M.L. acolytus, from Gk. akolouthos "following, attending on," lit. "having one way,"

詞源翻譯不出來

拙劣聯(lián)想：acolyte——矮個賴特——一個矮個子的賴特兄弟——侍僧、跟班的

來源：新浪教育