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词根词缀:bi-, bin-, bino-, bis-

【来源及含义】Latin: two, twice, double, twofold; a number; it normally functions as a prefix

【相关描述】This bi- is used before s, c, or a vowel. Don't confuse this bi- with another one which means "life".

All words except biennial referring to periods of time and prefixed by bi- are potentially ambiguous. Since bi- can be taken to mean either "twice each" or "every two", a word like "biweekly" can be understood as "twice each week" or "every two weeks".

【同源单词】biacid, biangular, biannual, biannual, biarchy, biarticulate

词根词缀:-ent

【来源及含义】Latin: adjective suffix signifying action or being; performing a particular acion

【同源单词】abducent, abhorrent, abluent, absorbefacient, absorbifacient, abstinent

词根词缀:valid-, val-, vale-, -vail, -valent, -valence

【来源及含义】Latin: valere, to be strong, to be well, to be worth; strong; power, strength; and "fare well" [go with strength]

【同源单词】Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia, Ab actu ad posse valet illatio, ad valorem, Aeternum vale, ambivalence, ambivalent