2015考研英语核心词汇说文解词Unit 4.pdf

Unit 4 手上动作 （二）抓住扔投 切分 pris，prehend=to seize sect = to cut tain，ten = to hold，to keep tail = to cut cast = to throw Cern，cret = to separate ject = to throw devide = to devide cide，cise = to cut 1. pris，prehend=to seize （抓住） ★说文解词：prison 监狱（关押人的地方），prisoner 囚徒（被抓之人）→词根pris “抓住，抓牢”； comprise 与comprehend 都来自to take together→词根prehend 也为“抓住，抓牢”。 comprise 与comprehend ： 两词同源，comprise 保留to take together 之意，而comprehend 则保留to take in the mind 之意 comprehend vt. 理解，领悟 词 汇 扩 充 comprehension n. 领悟力，理解力 Darwin had a phrase to describe those ignorant of evolution: they “look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship, as at something wholly beyond his comprehension ”. （2000 Text 2 ） Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will comprehensive a. （包含）全部的， 详尽的；（教育）综 improve only when there are comprehensive programs that 合性的 address the many needs of the homeless. (2006 知识运用) comprehensible a. 可理解的 be comprehensible to sb comprise ① vt. 包括；由……组成 【近be comprised of, be composed of, consist of, be made up of】 ② vt. 是……的组成部分；组成，构成 【近make up, compose, constitute 】 例句 1. The region comprises vast areas of primitive rainforest. 2. Children and young adults comprise a large proportion of all victims of mobile phone theft. enterprise ① n. 进取心，创业精神：the spirit of enterprise worthy of a free and industrious people ② n. （尤指艰巨而重大的）规划，事业 【近venture 】 ③ n. 公司，企业，事业单位 →（抽象）企业发展，企业经营：encourage enterprise in Britain 真题 1. Since the days of Aristotle, a search for universal principles