时间:2018-12-10 作者:英语课 分类:《新东方 [爵以词雄] 词汇》刘一男


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第二 神话造词(二)  

August-背景知识链接


August——八月 

——朱里斯.凯撒死后他的甥孙屋大维续任罗马皇帝。为了和凯撒齐名,他也想用自己的名字来命名一个月份。他的生日在九月,但他选定八月。因为他登基后,罗马元老院在八月授予他Augustus(奥古斯都)的尊号。于是,他决定用这个尊号来命名八月。原来八月比七月少一天,为了和凯撒平起平坐,他又决定从二月中抽出一天加在八月上。从此,二月便少了一天。英语八月August便由这位皇帝的拉丁语尊号演变而来。 


august威严的-augment增大,增加-auxiliary补助的,辅助的


auction拍卖 / caution小心谨慎 


cauterize 烧烤(caut-词根:火)  


fire-火 


catch a fire –点火 


precaution 预防,警惕





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abnormal end of job
acne tuberata
adrenoglumerulotropin
Air Force Component Headquarters
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aminomalonylurea
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deboat
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electrooptic memories
end of transmission block character (etb)
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feel satisfaction at
Field Museum of Natural History
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fredrick
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glandulae praeputiales
Greenland Ice Sheet
ground mobile force
hacot
Haha-jima
hake's-tooth
half aunt
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in the country
issuest
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jeske
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lautmasse
literary agency
m.saunders
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National Endowment for the Arts
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tearlike
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Transylvanian
traveler's check
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Vern.
vibrating sample magnetometer
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