proclaim, declaim, acclaim
reclaim, disclaim, exclaim
OK,別慌,我們來逐個突破
proclaim 聲稱,聲明
pro-,向前,-claim,說。「向面前的公眾說話」——formally make it known to the public.意思為宣布;聲明;公布。
例句:Britain proudly proclaims that it is a nation of animal lovers。英國驕傲地聲稱自己是一個熱愛動物的國家。
declaim 慷慨陳詞
de-,強調。claim, 說。You speak dramatically, as if you were acting in a theatre.慷慨陳詞。這裡的de-就是我們昨天提到的deflagration,conflagration是big fire,deflagration是爆燃。
acclaim 稱譽
ac-(=ad-),對,-claim,說,詞源同call,叫。If someone or something is acclaimed, they are praised enthusiastically.
例句:He was acclaimed as England's greatest modern painter...他被譽為英格蘭現代最偉大的油畫家。
disclaim 否認,拒絕承認
dis-, 不,非,使相反。claim, 聲稱,要求。即不再聲稱,拒絕承認。If you disclaim knowledge of something or disclaim responsibility for something, you say that you did not know about it or are not responsible for it.
exclaim 驚叫
ex-, 向外。- claim, 呼叫,叫喊,詞源同call.someone is speaking suddenly, loudly, or emphatically, often because they are excited, shocked, or angry.
下面這個可能需要抽象地理解一下。
reclaim
①要求歸還(或恢復);②挽救;感化;③開墾。
re-,向後,往回,claim=call,主張,要求。引申諸相關詞義。英文中很多單詞都有物質層面、精神層面的雙重意義。Call back可以理解為從不好的狀態中給叫回來,所以「開墾」、「感化」也並不是風馬牛不相及的兩個意思。 好了上面就是幾個出現在GRE單詞書中,又很容易被混淆的幾個claim系的單詞。有的少年可能會抱怨,詞根也很難記呀。小編再次聲明一點,詞根詞綴只是輔助大家記憶的工具而已。不少試圖沒有任何積累,就上手啃詞根詞綴。比如dislike這個單詞(含有dis-這個非常常見的詞綴),如果你還不認識的話……小編我就撤了。
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