unit 1 ?7.26

今日詞根：GRAV??LEV ? ? CRIM ? ? PROB

GRAV:?grav?comes?from?the?Latin?word?meaning?"heavy?/weighty?/serious?".

GRAV源于拉丁語，意思是"重的，嚴重的"

GRAVE?n:墳墓adj:嚴重的，重要的

gravity?has?a?familiar?physical?meaning?but?also?a?non-physical?meaning-basically??"seriousness?".Thus?,something?grave?possesses?gravity這個詞既有表面意思“重的，重要的”，也有引申含義意思是“嚴重的”

用法：1、you?can?refer?to?the?gravity?of?a?person's?manner?(重要的

2、Or?you?can?talk?about??a?grave?situation（嚴重的）.?eg?:We?realized?that?the?situation?was?grave?and?that?the?slightest?incident?could?spark?all-out?war/

3、when?ued?as?a?noun?,it?refers?to?tomb（墳墓）.eg?:Ask?for?me?tomorrow?and?you?shall?find?me?a?grave?man?.____Shakespeare

gravitas舉止莊重:

we?use?gravitas??today?to?identify?the?same?solemn?dignity?in?men?and?women?.But?it?comes?easier?in?those?who?are?over?60,slow-moving?.今天這個詞常用于形容人舉止莊嚴肅穆，但更多用于老者

例 .it?gives?us?a?team?with?great?expertise?and?gravitas

gravitate被吸引:

to?gravitate?is?to?respond?,almost?unconsciously?to?a?force?that?workes?like?gravity?to?draw?things?steadily?to?it?as?if?by?their?own?weight?.（不由自主的被吸引，就像物體在受重力落體一樣）

eg?:Moths?gravitate?to?flame飛蛾撲火

aggravate??:加重，惹惱，激怒

to?make?something?more?severe?or?serious?:She?went?back?to?the?soccer?team?before?his?knee?was?completely?healed?,which?naturally?aggravate?his?injury

employ?its?"annoy?"sense?.eg?:What?aggravate?my?dad?is?having?to?listen?to?that?TV?all?day?long?.

LEV?:?lev?comes?from?the?Latin?adjective?Levis?means?"light?"（輕的）,and?the?verb?levare?means?"to??raise?or?lighten減輕或提升"這個詞根源于拉丁語中的形容詞“輕的”，動詞則有減輕或是提升的意思

WORDS:alleviate?:減輕，緩和

to?lighten?,lessen?,especially?physical?or??mental?suffering減輕，緩和

eg:?Cold??compresses?alleviate?the?pain?of?physical?injury?,but?only?time?could?alleviate?the?effect?of?the?insult?.

elevation?:海拔，情緒好轉，升職，提升

the?height?of?a?place（海拔）

"mood?elevation"means?improvement?in?one's?depression（情緒好轉）

promotion（升職）:eg?:the?soldier?has?been?elevated?to?admiral?.

levity?:輕浮

lack?of?appropriate?seriousness（輕?。?/p>

例 :the?Puritan?elders?tied?to?ban?levity?of?all?sorts?from?the?community?'s?meeting?.

Crim?:crim?comes?from?the?Latin?words?for?"fault?or?crime?"or?"accusation?"（源自拉丁語，意思是錯誤，罪行或控訴）

WORDS

Criminology?:犯罪學

the?study?of?crime?,criminals?,law?enforcement?agent?,and?punishment犯罪學

Decriminalize?:非刑式化

to?remove?or?reduce?the?criminal?status?of非刑式化

Incriminate?:歸罪于，歸咎于

:to?show?evidence?of?involvement?of?a?crime?or?a?fault歸罪于，歸咎于

Recrimination?:相互指責，揭丑

1/an?accusation?in?answer?to?an?accusation相互指責

2.the?making?of?such?an?accusation揭丑

PROB:

Prob?comes?from?the?Latin?words?for“prove?or?proof”and“honesty?or?integrity”.prob源于拉丁語，意思是證明或誠實、正直

WORDS

Approbation?:a?formal?or?official?act?of?approving?,praise?,usually?given?with?pleasure?or?enthusiasm?.認可，贊許

詞語辨析：approval&approbation

Approbation是approve的一個名詞形式，但它相對而言更加官方、正式。

例：The?senate?signaled?its?approbation?of?the?new?plan?by?voting?for?it?unanimously

Probate?:the?process?of?proving?in?court?that?the?will?of?someone?who?has?died?is?valid?,and?of?administering?the?estate?of?a?dead?person?.遺囑認證，遺囑查檢

Probity?:absolute?honesty?and?uprightness正直

Reprobate?:a?person?of?thoroughly?bad?character?.道德敗壞的人，惡棍

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