词根:fort, forc = strong
来自拉丁语的fort,forc意为strong。同义词根有来自拉丁语的bil,firm,rob,val/vail等。
(*拉丁文fortis(strong)——英文字根字典)
同源词:
1. reinforce (重新使使里面变得坚定re(again) + in(=in) + forc(=strong))
vt.强化,增强;增援
reinforcement n.强化,增援;(pl.)增援部队
We reinforced the roof with extra beams to make it hurricane proof.我们另外增加了一根大梁加固房顶,以使其经受得住台风。
2. fortify(使坚实fort(=strong))
vt.筑防御工事;防御工事
My first political defeat fortified my resolve to succeed the next time around.我第一次的从政失败增强了我下一轮必胜的决心。
3. enforce
v.执行,实施;强制;强迫 *en(=make)
enforceable adj.可以实行、实施的;可以强迫的
enforce a law 实施法律
enforce silence 强制要求保持安静
4. enforcement
n.实行,实施;强迫 *en(=make)
strict enforcement of a new law 新法律的严格执行
5. perforce
adv.必然地 *per(=though,completely)
6. force
n.力量;暴力;武力;(pl.)军队;影响(力);说服力;支配力 v.强制;强行攻占;勉强作出
in force (通常指人)大批的,成群结队的
armed forces of a country 一国军队
police forces 警察
forced labor/landing/march/sale 强制劳动/强制着陆/强行军/强制拍卖
forced smile 强颜欢笑
7. forceful
adj.(性格、辩论等)有力的,有说服力的
forceful speaker/style of writing 有说服力的讲演者/强有力的文风
8. forcible
adj.强制的,强迫的;(人、行动、话语等)有力的,有说服力
forcibly adv.强制地
forcible entry into a house 强行进展
forcible expulsion 强制驱逐
9. comfort
n.安慰;安慰者,能够给予安慰的东西;安逸,舒适 v.慰问,安慰 *com(=with)
comforter n.安慰者,安慰物;加衬芯床罩
comfortless adj.没有安慰的,不舒服的
comfortless room 不舒适的房间
words of comfort 安慰的话
10. comfortable
adj.舒服的,舒适的;丰足的,富足的 *com(=with)
comfortably 舒适地
Make yourself comfortable. 请别客气
11. uncomfortable
adj.不舒服的;不安的;令人不快的 *un(=not),com(with)
uncomfortable chair/feeling 不舒服的椅子/不安
uncomfortable situation 令人不快的环境
12. effort
n. 努力,尽力;努力的成果 *ef<ex(=out)
effortless adj.努力的,不费力的
without effort 不费力地,容易地
13. fort
n.堡垒,要塞
14. forte
n.专长,特长
Singling is not my forte.唱歌不是我的专长。
15. fortitude
n.坚忍;刚毅
词根词缀:histo-, hist-, histi-
【来源及含义】Greek: tissue [web]; beam or warp of a loom; hence, that which is woven; a web or tissue; used in the sense of pertaining to [body] tissue
【同源单词】histaffine, histaminase, histamine, histamine blocking agent, histamine phosphate, histaminia
词根词缀:roentgeno-, roentgen-
【来源及含义】German: radiation, "x-ray"; X-ray; 1896, translation of German X-strahl, from X, "algebraic symbol for an unknown quantity", + Strahl, "beam, ray"
【相关描述】So called after its discoverer, a German physicist, Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen [1845-1923], who discovered roentgen rays [x-rays] in 1895; winner of the Nobel prize in physics in 1901.
【相关词根词缀】 Related "roentgen, x-ray" units: Roentgen Biography; Chemical Element: roentgenium.
【同源单词】bioroentgenography, cineradiograhy, cineroentgenography, fluororoentgenography, kiloroentgen, microroentgen