英語學習

英文字彙DNA(18) 位置字首su- = under

在英文裡,指涉位置的字根有很多,常用的位置字首有:

1. pro- = forth, forward

2. re- = back

3. retro- = backward

4. in- = inside

5. intro- = inward

6. ex- = out

7. extra- = out

8. over- = above

9. peri- = around

10. su-= under

11. super- = above

12. tele- = far

13. trans- = beyond

14. ultra- = beyond

我們先以常用字首su- = under 舉例如下:

1.subway, n. 地鐵(在下面的路)

2.suppress, v. 壓迫(to press under, 壓在下面)

3.support, v. 支持(-port=to take, 在下面撐著支持)

4.submerge, v. 淹沒(-merge=to sink, 沈到下面被淹沒了)

5.submarine, n. 潛水艇(-mari=sea, 潛水艇是在海底之下)

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