补充个字首字根单字分析: 九个答案选字中有七个可以分析, 比率还不错 Historical research makes two somewhat antithetical truths that sounded (i) ______ come to seem profound: knowledge of the past comes entirely from written documents, giving written words great (ii) ______, and the more material you uncover, the more (iii) ______ your subject becomes. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii) (A) deep (D) consequence (G) elusive (B) portentous (E) antiquity (H) contemporary (C) banal (F) simultaneity (I) circumstantial antithetical (adj.) 互相排斥的 antithesis (n.) = anti = against 注解: two somewhat antithetical truths --> 懂 anti 这个字首, 就可以猜想这两个 truths是一正一反 profound (adj.) 极深的,深奥的,深厚的 = pro + found = forward + bottom, base 注解: 朝向 (forward) 底部 (bottom, base) , 那就是越来越深 ---> 极深的,深奥的, 深厚的 uncover (v.) 揭露,揭开 = un + cover = not + cover 注解: 把cover (盖子) 拿掉, 那就是被 "揭露,揭开"了 portentous (adj.) 前兆的,不吉的,可惊的,奇怪的,自大的 portent (n.) portend (v.) 成为…的前兆,预知,给与…的警告 = pro + tend = forward (向前) + stretch (延伸) 注解: 前兆: 可"延伸"到後来的发展 consequence (n.) 结果,後果 = con + sequ = together (一起) + follow (跟随, 伴随) 注解: 一件事情发生後, 一起伴随而来的结果 = antiquity (n.) 古老,古代,古代的遗物 antique (n.) 古董,古物 (adj.)旧式的,过时的 = ante (在..之前) 注解:古董就是在久远"之前"的器物 simultaneity (n.) 同时性 = simul/simil = same (相同) elusive (adj.) 难以捉摸的 = ex + lus = out(外) + play(游戏) 注解: 连结这个字的字首字根到它的字义, 很特别 outplay 本身就是一个动词, 意思是 技术优於…,胜过,打败 outplay (v.) to surpass (an opponent) in skill or technique or in scoring points 如果今天的主题 (subject) outplay 了你, 那这主题对你来说肯定是 "难以捉摸的" contemporary (adj.) 同时代的,同时,属於同一时期的 = con + temp = together/same + time 注解: same time = 同时代的 circumstantial (adj.) 按造周围情况的 circumstance (n.) 情况,形势,环境;境况,境遇 = circum + sta = around + stand 注解: 在你周围(around)伫立(stand)的 ---> 环境 详细的彩色图解版: http://goo.gl/ChD6Q --

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