字詞研究 (92)

字詞研究 (92)

第二章：字源/字根相同字

(Words with Identical Roots)

103) motion / motive/ motivation:

1. motion n. 動作；動議 ~ picture 電影； be in ~ = be moving 正在移動中

The Board of Directors recently approved a ~. 董事會最近批准一項動議。

       

2. move n. 移動； on the ~ 進行中，The project is on the ~.計劃正進行中。  

             

3. motive n. 動機 Her ~ to help orphans was doubted.她幫助孤兒之動機受懷疑。

*motivate vt. 刺激; 給予…動機    ~ + 人+ to + V.

a. Motivated by a gold rush, many people swarmed to Alaska in the 19^th century.

出於渴望找到黃金，許多人在19世紀擁向阿拉斯加。

b. I am ~d by the idea that there is something I’ve yet to discover about myself.

有些仍待我去發現我自己的想法刺激了我。

c. These strategies ~ sellers to pay top commissions. 這些策略誘使賣主付高傭金。

d. The property owner is ~ to sell his property. 業主急於出售其房地產。

4. motivation n.  給予動機；意欲

a. M~s get tangled as countries tussle over the return of the Ethiopian artifacts.

當幾個國家為了歸還衣索比亞國家的工藝品寶物引發爭執時，不同動機糾纏

在一。

b. Some offices are excellent, providing motivation as well as the skills necessary

for success.有些職位是最好的，它們提供行事的意欲和成功必備的技術。

失敗時失敗者就放手，優勝者直到成功才放手

104) observance /observation / observatory:

observe  vt. 觀察，遵守，慶祝，評論，檢查

1.    observance  n. 遵循 (法律或習俗)

In ~ of the New Year, we will be closed on Monday, January 1^st, 2007.為慶祝新年我們

循例在2007年元旦星期一不營業。

l observant  a. 嚴格遵守的，重視的

People are ~ of the new tax law recently okayed by the Congress.人們重視最近國會

通過的稅法。

2.    observation  n. 觀察

Closer ~ of the plant will reveal that it does outgrow the other.仔細一點觀察這個植物，

我們會發現它長得比另一迅速。

3.    observatory  n. 天文觀測站

At the ~ equipped with a huge, modern telescope, students are observing the newly-

found comet. 學生在具備現代大望遠鏡的天文臺，觀測最近發現的彗星。

 

Justin Lai (賴正雄) 編  03/09/2015