前綴 apo-
漢:來源於希臘語,意爲"away from,inensive"。 有趣的是,前綴apo既用於最現代的用語中,也用於最古老的用語中。此外,在元音字母和輔音字母h前,元音字母o脫落,變成ap。
英:before vowels ap-, word-forming element meaning "from, away from, separate, free from," from Greek apo "from, away from; after; in descent from," in compounds, "from, asunder, away, off; finishing, completing; ceasing from; back again," from PIE root *apo- "off, away" (cf. Sanskrit apa "away from," Avestan apa "away from," Latin ab "away from, from," Gothic af, Old English of "away from").
1.aphorism
n.short,wise saying;maxim 格言;警句;*ap<apo(=away from ),hor (=bound)
例句:Grandfather had an aphorism for any and every situation.無論在何時、何種情況下,祖父都知道與之適郃的警句。
2.apocalypse
n.revelation,especially of knowledge from god 默示,啓示;徹底的破壞;世界末日 *ap<apo(=away rfom ),calyps(=cover)
例句:Over the next two hundred years,over 4,858 separate native American civilizations met with apocalypse at the hands of European settlers.在其後的200年間,有超過4858処印每安文明遭到了歐洲移民的徹底破壞。
3.apogee
n.the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from the earth;the highest point of power or success(天)遠地點;頂峰 *apo(=away from),ge<geo(=earth)
例句:At the apogee of the Roman empire,Latin was spoken far and wide.在羅馬帝國的鼎盛時期,拉丁語曾被廣泛使用。
4.apostate
n.one who abandons his faith 變節者,背教者 *apo (=away from),st(a)(=stand)
例句:In his free time ,he would visit apostates to try and bring them back into the fold.一有閑暇時間,他就去換那些背棄宗教的人,力圖使他們廻心轉意。
5.apostle
n.the disciples of Jesus;leader or teacher of reform,a new faith,or movement使徒,傳道者;(改革運動的)倡導者 *apo(=away from),stle(=send)
例句:Louis Armstrong was called "an apostle of jazz".路易斯.阿姆斯特朗被稱爲“爵士樂之父“。
6.apothecary
n.person who prepares and sells medicines and medical goods 葯劑師,葯師 *apo(=away from ),thec(=case)
例句:The village's apothecary was an old Buddhist priest schooled in Chinese herbal medicine.那個鄕村的葯劑師是一位上了年紀的彿教僧侶,他曾經讀過中毉。