1.versatile a.多才多藝的(having many different kinds of skills);多用途的(having many different uses)
詞根記憶:vers(轉)+at+ile(易于…的)--容易轉換角色的--多面手--多才多藝的
例:Camille Saint-Saens was among the most gifted and versatile musicians of his time.
例:versatility(n.多功能性:多才多藝)
同根詞:reverse(v.顛倒:a.相反的):diversify(v.使多樣化)
2.versatility n.多功能性(the quality or state of being versatile)
詞根記憶:versa(轉)+tility--可以轉動--多功能性
例:The computer software will not only meet the needs of that study, but also has the versatility of facilitating similar research endeavors.
同根詞:versant(a.精通的)
3.version n.譯本(a translation from another language);版本(an account or description from a particular point of view especially as contrasted with another account)
聯想記憶:vers(轉)+ion--轉動之后產生的--譯本
例:original version原版//film version電影版
4.vertebrate n.脊椎動物(any of a subphylum( Vertebrata) of chordates possessing a spinal column that includes the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes);a.(鳥獸等)有脊椎的(having a spinal column)
詞根記憶:verte(=vert轉)+brate--可以靈活轉動的--有脊柱的
例:invertebrate(n.無脊椎動物;a.無脊椎的)
5.vertical a.垂直的(upright)
聯想記憶:電影《垂直極限》的英文名Vertical Limit
例:The vertical pressure gradients within the blood vessels are counter-acted by similar pressure gradients in the surrounding water.
派生詞:vertically( ad.垂直地)
同根詞:vertex(n.頂點)
6.vertice n.頂點(summit)
例:intermediate vertice 中間頂點
If you would go up high, then use your own legs! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads.
如果你想要走到高處,就要使用自己的兩條腿!不要讓別人把你抬到高處;不要坐在別人的背上和頭上。
——德國哲學家尼采(F.W. Nietzsche,German philosopher)
n. 品質,特質,才能
adj. 高品質的