字詞研究 (3)

字詞研究 (3)

『為加深瞭解字彙在句中之地位，本篇增加一些段落式文章的例句』

 

10) affection / affectation: 此二字與第3題的affect(影響)有關

1. affection n. = love。A has (shows) an ~ for B. (A愛B)

a. He shows an affection for his wife. =He loves his wife very much. 他愛他太太。

= He is attached to his wife.

b. 《Tokens of ~s in antique silver metal with ruby red beads make the perfect gift for a loved one,

or yourself.》用古銀鑲紅寶石細珠來表示愛意，成了送給愛人或你自己完美的禮物。

『本句結構分析』：

affections (which are set) in….. 用…鑲製。With ruby red beads用…作材料。全句主詞是Tokens，token n. 象徵，in ~ of.. 作為…之表徵；動詞是make此處不作「製造」解，而= turn out to be「成為」。另例：Tom and Mary make a perfect couple.Tom與Mary是絕配。
a loved one 親人=one who is loved；for接兩個受詞，a loved one and (for) yourself.。

【比較】：attachment n. (U不可數名詞) 附件，執愛=devotion (不加s)

《His attachment to this particular antique was absurd, unhealthy even. 他對此特別古董的鍾愛是

荒謬的，甚至於不健康。》,unhealthy even=or (it was)even unhealthy.

2. affectation n. 矯飾 = artificial behavior (做作的行為) affect v. 另一解釋為

『佯裝/假裝』= pretend vt. 但沒有pretend常用

He affects not to know anything about the promotion. 他對促銷一事假裝不知情。Pretend(that)
you are happy when you’re blue. Isn’t it very hard to do?當你不快樂時假裝而高興，不是很難?(blue 與do押韻)

He expressed his gratitude without affectation. (= sincerely)他真誠地表達謝意。

【注意】：同一動詞有兩種(或以上)不同意義時，其相關的轉成語(derivative)如名詞或形容詞也跟着不同。

11) accept /except /expect/ acceptance / exception/expectation:

accept, except, expect是讀音接近的字。有一次看到某醫院診所的門外告示：

“We don’t except walk-in patients. Appointments only.” 我們僅看診事先約定的患者。(這是常見的告示；walk-in patients臨時進來的病人)-句中except應改為accept。此二字因發音接近，極易混淆。

【注意】：倘指「不速之客」，不可譯為walk-in guest，應譯為：unexpected guest。

1.     accept v.接受；認為。指看不見的事。receive v. 收到，則指有形的物；

a.      We accept your invitation with pleasure.我們樂意接受你的邀請。

b. The endless hustle and stress of the modern world- many people a~ it as part of the game. But it
doesn’t need to be that way.

許多人將現代世界不必要的趕忙與壓力視為遊戲的一部分。其實不須要如此。『註：』句中
it乃指前面The endless…..world這件事。

c. Her beleaguered, tired mind just wouldn’t ~ it. 她備受困擾與疲憊的頭腦就是無法接受此事。
(beleaguered，受包圍攻擊的)

* an accepted truth一件公認的事實

It is an accepted truth that “Power is right.” 大家公認『强權便是公理』

【Please accept my invitation- for you and a guest- to a powerful wealth-building workshop that
will demonstrate specific, proven and profitable strategies that you can use right away to score big
profits within these current market conditions.】

請你和一位貴賓接受我的邀請，來參加一項有力的生財作業，它會展示特殊的、被證明過
的與有利可圖的策略；你立刻可以利用這些策略，以便在目前的市場狀況中做重大獲利的
得分累積。

【註解】：

invitation to…接受邀請…. ；a powerful wealth-building workshop= a powerful workshop which
builds wealth…. ；that you can use…(that=the workshop)；demonstrate=point out/display展示；
proven=which are proven被証明 score v.累積；n. 積分 (比較：point n.得分，全部的point才叫s
core) (待續)

 

Justin Lai, 06/01/2013

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