希拉里即Hillary Clinton 將競(jìng)選美國(guó)總統(tǒng),那么Hillary 是什么意思呢?

Hillary 的意思與“喜”有關(guān),表示cheerful, glad “快活的、高興的”,最終來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ),它是Hilary 的變體,順便可以學(xué)習(xí)三個(gè)詞:

hilarious(hilar 幸福,高興,-ious? 形容詞后綴)

a. 歡鬧的;狂歡的;引人狂笑的

He didn't like the film at all - I thought it was hilarious.

We thought it was hilarious when we first heard about it.

hilarity(見(jiàn)上,-ity名詞后綴)

? ? ?n. 歡鬧,狂歡

What was all the hilarity about ?

Eva joined in the hilarity as much as anyone.

exhilarate(ex- 完全地,hilar高興,-ate使…)

? ? ?vt. 使高興,使興奮,使激動(dòng)

Dan felt strangely exhilarated by the day's events.

We felt exhilarated by our walk along the beach.

Our first parachute jump was an exhilarating experience.

幸福和“傻”經(jīng)常是有聯(lián)系的,“傻”一點(diǎn)也許會(huì)幸福,請(qǐng)看:

hilar 是詞根hil 帶后綴的變體,而hilsilly 詞源上相關(guān)。

silly(sill? 完整,幸福,-y 充滿…的;本表示幸福的→純真的、天真無(wú)邪的→簡(jiǎn)單的→頭腦簡(jiǎn)單的→)

a. 傻的,糊涂的

Hillary, silly, safe,save,salvage,salvation,salute 等詞源上都有關(guān)系。

作者簡(jiǎn)介:

袁新民,博士,英語(yǔ)詞源學(xué)者。外文出版社《不再背單詞》系列書(shū)作者;“新東方師訓(xùn)講堂”特邀講座嘉賓;北京人民廣播之聲外語(yǔ)廣播特邀嘉賓。為了實(shí)現(xiàn)出國(guó)的夢(mèng)想,曾用53天背完了一本15000多詞的字典,有感于機(jī)械記憶的痛苦,開(kāi)始探索詞匯的科學(xué)記憶。

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