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词根:lev(liev) = to raise(举, 升), to light(轻的)

  来自拉丁语的levare意为to raise,to lift, light,smooth等。其变形为liev。

同源词:

1. alleviate [使变得更轻al<ad(=to, add)+lev(=light, lift)]
  vt.减轻(痛苦等),缓解
  alleviation n. 减轻,缓解
  Aspirin usually alleviates moderate pain symptoms. 通常阿司匹林可以缓解轻度疼痛。

2. irrelevant  [不能再举起的ir<in(=not)+re(=again)+lev(=lift,light)]
  adj.不恰当的,不切题的;无关系的
  irrelevance/irrelevancy n.不恰当,不对题;无关系
  My professor said the third paragraph of my essay is irrelevant . 教授说我论文的第三段与论文整体没有关联。

3. levity [轻浮的行为lev(=light,lift)
  n. 轻率;轻浮
  l enjoy our professor's levity,It makes the hour go faster. 我喜欢我们教授轻松的风格,因为这让时问过得很快。

4. relevant [再次举起的re(=again)+lev(=Iift, light)]
  adj.有关系的,有关联的;恰当的
  relevance/relevancy n.相关性;恰当
  relevantly adv.恰当地
  The bibliography contains items relevant to the subject of cardiopulmonary health. 参考文献目录中包含与心肺健康这一主题相关的条目。

5. elevate
  v.举起;提高  e<ex(=out), lev(=lift)
  elevate the voice 提南嗓音
  elevated railway/railroad 高架铁道

6. elevation
  n.高度,海拔;提高;高尚;(炮的)仰角;(建筑物的)立视图 *e<ex(=out),lev(=lift)
  elevation of 3.000 meters 海拔3.000米
  elevation of thought 思想的高尚

7. elevator
  n.电梯:升降机 *e<ex(=out), lev(=lift)

8. lever
  n.杠杆;控制杆;手段 v. 用杠杆移动 *lev(lift)

9. leverage
  n.杠杆作用;杠杆装置;(为达到某一目的而使用的)手段 *lev(=lift)
  political leverage  政治手段

10. levitate
  v.(使)飘浮;(使)升空 *lev(=lift)
  levitation n.(依靠超自然力量的)空中飘浮

11. levy
  v.征收(税金等);征集,召集;发动与…的战争(~ on);(依据法律)扣押
  n.课税,征税;征集;征兵 *lev(=light)
  levy a tax/a fine/a ransom on(向…征收税金,罚金/索取赎金)
  levy on a person's property/estate 扣押某人的财产/不动产
  capital levy 资产税

12. relieve
  v.减轻(痛苦、负担等);救济;换班;使解除;使突出,使醒目 *re(=again), liev<lev(=lift)
  relief n.减轻;宽慰;救济;救济品;换班
  relieve one's feelings(哭喊或打闹以)发泄情绪
  relieve oneself,nature/the bowels 排泄,方便

词根词缀:flat-, flatu-

【来源及含义】Latin: to blow, a puff of wind or air; by extension, accumulation of gas in the stomach or bowels

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word groups that are related, directly or indirectly, to: "air, wind": aello-; aeolo-; aero-; anemo-; atmo-; austro-; phys-; pneo-, -pnea; pneumato-; turb-; vent-; zephyro-.

【同源单词】afflatus, conflate, conflation, deflate, deflation, deflation lake

词根词缀:ile-, ileo-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: groin, flank, lower part of the body; gut, bowels, abdomen, loins

【相关描述】A combining form that denotes the ileum or the lower section of the small intestine.

From Greek eileos, verbal of eilein, to roll or twist up tightly; once used interchangeably with ilium, but later referred to the entire intestine; the last division of the small intestine.

【同源单词】gastroileostomy, ileocecal, ileocecostomy, ileocecum, ileocolic, ileocolitis