一個禮拜之內，很拚的俐媽就錄了兩課網版+回測呢！
翰林版B4L3 The Defeat of Alikakay—the Wicked Giant ，
講述一位調皮(mischievous)又邪惡(wicked)的巨人，
和阿美族(Amis)部落(tribe)英雄們對戰的故事。
到底是巨人輸？還是阿美族勇士們贏了呢？
讓我們繼續看下去⋯⋯
教到giant巨人，
想到之前過年吃的食物都是巨無霸等級，
今天就送上表示「大」的字根字首字尾餐！
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🗂 俐媽英文教室—字根字首字尾「巨大」篇：
📍 mag/ maj/ max: large, big 📍
* magnificent (a.) 壯觀宏偉的
* magnitude (n.) 巨大
* magnanimous (a.) 心胸寬大的
* magnate (n.) 大企業家；巨擘
* majestic (a.) 宏偉莊嚴的
* majesty (n.) 莊嚴；權威；陛下
* major (a.) 主要的；(v.)(n.) 主修
* majority (n.) 大多數
* maximum (n.) 極大值
* maxim (n.) 格言
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其他筆記，
請期待英模大餐😉
月底就要月考了，
網版趕快收看嘿！
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#俐媽英文教室網版篇
#俐媽英文教室字根字首字尾篇
#台大明明有巨量資源挖不盡的寶
magnificent字根 在 [字彙] page 299 - 精華區GRE - 批踢踢實業坊 的推薦與評價
https://xination.pixnet.net/blog/post/23997739
magnate
magn(great)-ate
n.巨頭,大王;要人 [A powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry.]
ex. a railroad magnate
ex. John Davison Rockefeller was an oil magnate.
洛克菲勒是石油大王。
聯想： magnet磁鐵 magnate大王
ps. magnet n.磁鐵 [from Gk. Ma'gne-s]
magnify
magn(great)-ify
v.放大 [To make greater in size; enlarge.]
ps. 也可以指用放大鏡放大
ex. This lens can magnify 20 times.
v.誇大 [To cause to appear greater or seem more important than is in fact the case; exaggerate]
ex. Don't magnify your success.
別誇大你的成功。
magnificent
magn-ify-cent
adj.壯麗的,宏偉的 [Splendid in appearance; grand]
ps.指外表的壯麗
ex. That is magnificent St. Peter's Basilica.
那就是宏偉的聖彼得大教堂
adj.高貴的,高尚的 [Grand or noble in thought or deed]
ex. His magnificent ideas had a great influence on me.
magnitude
magn-itude
n.巨大,廣大 [Greatness in size or extent]
ex. The magnitude of the flood was impossible to comprehend.
ex. we were shocked by the magnitude of the crisis.
n.星球的光亮度
magpie
n.喜鵲
n.饒舌的人 [A person who chatters.]
音：magpie ~ make a pie
A magpie repeatedly says "make a pie, make a pie"
字源：magpie 的mag是人名Margaret(瑪格利特)的nickname，在早期的時候，這個名字常指閒話連篇的女生。 而pie在早期本來就有「喜鵲」的意思了。
maintenance
main(hand)-ten(hold)-ance
n.維持 [The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained.]
n. [Means of support or livelihood]
ex. to earn money for the maintenance of her family
ps.
maintain
main(hand)-tain(hold)
v.維持 [To keep up or carry on; continue]
ex. to maintain good relations.
v. [To provide for; support]
ex.to maintain a family.
c.f.
maintain v.維持 v.提供
ex. to maintain good relations.
ex. to maintain a family.
retain
v.保持 v.記住 [ to keep in mind] re是again的意思
ex. He retains a deep respect for the professor
ex. She retains a clear memory of her school days
sustain v.支持 sus=sub做上解
ex. A faith sustained him.
brief review
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字根
ten -->tin tain == hold
*tent tinu
tenable adj.可維持的 [able to hold]
tenure n.佔有期、任期
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maize
n.玉米 [ chiefly in British and technical usage]
ps. maize主要使用在英國，與技術上的用語，一般我們說「corn」就可以了
音：妹子 .. 妹子在種maize
字源：從西班牙文的 maiz來的
長常識 -- 玉米原產於中美洲，是印地安人培育的主要糧食作物，16世紀時傳入中國，目前是全世界總產量最高的糧食作物。
majestic
majest(major)-ic
adj.宏偉的; 崇高的 [Having or showing lofty dignity or nobility; grand]
ex. He looks majestic in uniform.
字源：majes- large
maladroit
mal(bad)-adroit(skilled)
adj.笨拙的 [lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; inept]
ex. His handling of the negotiations was maladroit.
他的談判技巧十分拙劣.
字首mal- 是「bad」、「ill」的意思，(mal與 bad的發音還滿類似的)
malaise
mal(bad)-aise(=ease)
n.不舒服、倦怠感 [a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.]
ps. malaise常指的是快要生病前的那種不舒服，比方說要感冒前，都會有身體疲倦的情形，那就是malaise。
n. [A general sense of depression or unease]
ps. 更可以廣泛的指"不舒服"
ex. Stock prices have fallen considerably during the current economic malaise.
股票價格因為當前的經濟蕭條已大幅度下跌。
音：沒累死 ---- 即使沒累死，也會不舒服(malaise)
ps.1
ease
n.舒適, 自在 [The condition of being comfortable or relieved; freedom from pain, worry, or agitation]
v.使舒適 [To free from pain, worry, or agitation]
ps.2
disease
dis-ease
n.疾病
malapropism
mal(bad)-apropism
n.文字誤用 [an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.]
ps. 尤指誤用發音相似而意義不同的詞語，這個在日文中非常常見唷，比方說???可以指「青蛙」，也可以當「回來」的動詞辭書型。
ex. phiscal year (fiscal)
ex. What a terrible cat's after me!" (catastrophe)
字源：Mrs. Malaprop, 一個喜劇中的角色，她常常搞錯字，18世紀Richard Brinsley Sheridan 的喜劇作品, The Rivals.
malapropism:verbal＝gaffe:social
詞語誤用是言辭錯誤＝社交失禮是社交錯誤
malcontent
mal(bad)-content(滿足的)
adj.不滿的 [not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.]
n.不滿現狀的人 [a malcontent person, esp. one who is chronically discontented or dissatisfied.]
ex. The reform shows the anger of malcontent to the current government.
review
content
n.內容 |
content a/n/v.滿足(的)
content-ion n.爭論、論點、主張 | content-ed a.滿足的
content-ious
a.好爭論的 | content-ment n.滿足
(tent做stretch解)
| (tent 做hold解)
malevolent
male(mal;bad)-vol(will)-ent
adj.有惡意的 [Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others]
ex. Her stare was malevolent.
她凝視的目光含有惡意。
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