世界知名、顶尖跨国公司的首席执行官(CEO)约有四分之一为印度裔籍人士担任。英语是西方世界的通用语言,我们处于相对劣势。究其原因,其中之一可以说是我们的英语单词词汇量掌握不够。从小学到大学的英语教育普遍关注语法,极少关注词汇量拓展。众多英语培训机构注重考什么,怎么考,极少提供英语单词的系统拓展和培训。同学往往只能死记硬背单词书,学习效率一般相当低下。
上海忻佳文化传播有限公司是一家专门从事英语单词研究的公司。我们研究英语单词数十年,已将数万英语单词按词根进行了归类,编辑英文资料达275万余字、词。公司已申请注册“词以根记”商标。“词以根记”是上海忻佳文化传播有限公司的竞争优势。我们已将在国内大学英语四、六级考试,英语8级考试、留学海外雅思、SAT、托福、GRE、GMAT等考试中常考核心词汇六千多个列出,将它们按词根进行归类,帮助英语学习者做到“词以根记”,词以串记,在理解的基础上记忆、掌握英语单词,极大地提升英语单词的学习效率,把更多的时间留给科研、创新等,帮助同学更好、更轻松地通过大学英语四、六级考试、英语专业8级考试等,从而在国际跨国公司就业;也让更多的同学在雅思、SAT、托福、GRE、GMAT等考试中取得高分,从而获得国际顶尖学校的全额奖学金,为中华民族培养更多的国际顶尖人才,让更多的中国人有能力用英语向世界客观地讲中国故事, 赢得与中国国力相称的国际话语权。
这里给出几个“词以根记”提升英
语单词学习效率的例子,更多例证参见公司网页和教材。
aggregate, congregate, segregate, egregious, gregarious 等单词同含有英文词根greg- (群、集、批等含义),结合前缀ad-, con-, se-, ex-, 后缀 -ate, -ious, -arious等,同学很快就能理解、掌握它们的词意,并记忆牢固。
greg-, grex: herd, flock 群、集、批
?aggregate (ME aggregat, fr. L aggregatus, pp of aggregare: to add to, fr. ad-: to + gregare: to collect, herd, flock, gather in a flock, fr. greg-, grex: herd, flock) adj. collective, aggregative 聚集的、合计的n. a sum total 聚集体、集成体, the whole amount 总数、合计 v. collect / gather into a mass / sum / whole, bring together 总计达、合计
?congregate (ME congregaten, fr. L congregatus, pp of congregare: to gather together, fr. com-: together + gregare: to collect, herd, flock, gather in a flock, fr. greg-, grex: herd, flock; adj., ME congregat, fr. L congregatus) v. collect together into group, crowd, assembly, flock together, gather
聚合、聚集 adj. collected, assembled 集合在一起的、集体的
?segregate (ME, fr. L segregatus: separated from the flock, pp of segregare: to set apart, isolate, divide, separate, segregate, fr. se-: apart, fr. sed-, se-: without, apart + gregare: to collect, herd, flock, gather in a flock, fr. greg-, grex: herd, flock) v. sequester, separate / set apart from others / from the general mass / main body, isolate, separate, withdraw分开、隔离、分离; separate by race or religion 实行种族隔离、宗教隔离; practice a policy of racial segregation
?egregious (L egregius, fr. e-: out of, fr. ex- + greg-, grex: herd, flock) adj. shocking, appalling, and intolerable, conspicuous for bad quality / taste, notorious, extraordinary, flagrant, glaring, gross, conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible 极坏的、极大的、异乎寻常的、令人难以置信的
?gregarious (L gregarius: of / relating to herd / flock, fr. greg-, grex: herd, flock + -arius: -ary; akin to OIr, graig: herd of horses, Gk ageirein: to collect, agora: assembly, Lith gurgul?s: thickening) adj. social, tending to live in a flock / herd / community rather than alone, social rather than a solitary existence 合群的、爱交友的, (plant) growing in a cluster, colony 聚生的, (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species 群居的
掌握了词根greg-, grex,同学遇到aggregation, aggregative, aggregator, congregation, congregational, congregant, gregal, segregation, segregational, segregationist, segregative, segregated, desegregation, desegregate, desegregated, disgregate 等词汇时,即使没有学习过, 也能根据词根和前缀以及后缀而推测出该单词的词义。
再比如我们为西方别有用心政客和无美国良心的扭曲媒体所污蔑的新疆种族灭绝。种族灭绝英文为 genocide,该词由两部分词根构成,即gen- 和 -cide, 上述各类英语考试中同 -cide 词根有关的常考核心单词包括(gen- 包括核心单词约44个,限于篇幅,这里不一一列出,请参考忻佳公司出版物):
-cida, -cidere, fr. caedere: to cut, hew, strike, kill 切、击、砍、杀
?-cide (MF, fr. L -cida, -cidere, fr. caedere: to cut, hew, strike, kill) n. comb form killer; (MF, fr. L -cidium, fr. caedere) killing: homicide, suicide
?cement (ME sement, siment, fr. OF ciment, fr. L c?menta: stone chips for making mortar, caementum: rough uneven stone, marble chips used in making mortar, stone from the quarry, fr. caedere: to cut, hew, strike, kill; ME simenten, fr. siment, n.) n. a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay 水泥、胶结材料、胶接剂 黏固粉、烧结中的黏结粉 v. cover or coat with cement, bind or join with or as if with cement 黏结、胶合、铺水泥、巩固、团结
?concise (L concisus, pp of concidere: to cut up, fr. com-: with, together, collective and intensive prefix + -cidere, fr. caedere: to cut, hew, strike, kill) adj. terse, aphoristic, epigrammatic, succinct, compendious, laconic, pithy 简洁的、简明的、简要的
?excise (L excisus, pp of excidere, fr. ex- + -cidere, fr. caedere: to cut, hew, strike, kill; obs. D accijs, excijs (now accijus), fr. MD excijs, prob. modif. of OF assise: a sitting, session, settlement, assessment, tax) v. remove by cutting, remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line, expunge 切除、割去、删去、切口、开槽、征收/课以消费税 n. a tax that is measured by the amount of business done 烟酒等的消费税、国内货物税、执照税、领许可证税
?incise (MF inciser, fr. L incisus, pp of incidere: to cut into, fr. in-: en- + -cidere, fr. caedere: to cut) v. make an incision into by carving or cutting, cut 切、切入、切开、雕、刻
?precise (MF precis, fr. L praecisus, pp of praecidere: to curtail, cut off, shorten, fr. prae-: pre- + -cidere, fr. caedere: to cut, hew, strike, kill) adj. sharply exact or accurate or delimited 精确的、精密的、准确的、确切的、清晰的、明确的
?excision (MF, fr. L excision-, excisio, fr. excisus, pp of excidere, fr. ex- + -cidere, fr. caedere: to cut, hew, strike, kill + -ion-, -io: -ion) n. surgical removal of a body part or tissue 切除、删除、根除、灭绝、逐出教会
?precision (L praecision-, praecisio: act of cutting off, fr. L praecisus, pp of praecidere: to curtail, cut off, shorten, fr. prae-: pre- + -cidere, fr. caedere: to cut, hew, strike, kill) n. 精确、精密、准确
?decide (ME deciden, fr. MF decider, fr. L decidere, lit., to cut off, fr. de: down, away + -cidere, fr. caedere: to cut, hew, strike, kill) v. reach, make, or come to a decision about something, adjudicate, resolve 决定、选定、拿定主意、解决、裁决、判决、使决定、使下决心
“词以根记”,词以串记,在理解的基础上记忆、掌握英语单词相比较于同根词分散在各单词表中的离散记忆,学习效率之高,无需赘言。我们免费提供所罗列单词的正序和倒序列表(公司网站可直接免费下载),便于同学对同根词词根、前缀以及后缀等的识别、理解和掌握。我们免费提供已收集的SAT、托福、GRE、GMAT等国内外英语学习资料。公司为边远地区以及贫寒子弟等提供免费学习机会,每一百名学员提供两个免费培训名额。公司对经公司培训学员而在大学英语四、六级考试、英语专业8级考试以及在雅思、SAT、托福、GRE、GMAT等留学考试中取得高分的学员进行奖励(具体奖励金额及标准参见公司网页)。公司教材、书籍主要编辑者长期从事英语单词的研究和记忆,曾留学美国多年,甘当中国人英语学习的催化剂。把高效的英语单词学习成果留给自己,把英语单词学习中的问题留给上海忻佳。
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