contact
分析词义
"Contact" 既可作名词,意为"接触","联系","联系人",也可作动词,表示"联系","接触"。例如:Have you been in contact with him recently? (你最近有联系他吗?)
列举例句
- Please maintain regular contact with your supervisor. (请定期和你的主管保持联系。)
- She lost contact with her friends when she moved to New York. (她搬到纽约后与她的朋友失去了联系。)
- The electrical device comes into contact with the skin. (电器与皮肤发生接触。)
词根分析
"Contact" 来自于 Latin 词根 "tact", 意为"触摸"。字面意义是 "con-" (意为"一起") + "-tact-" (意为"触摸"),整体意思就是"一起触摸" 或者 "互相接触"。
词缀分析
"Contact" 无前缀和后缀,是一个 root word。
发展历史和文化背景
"Contact" 最初来自于17世纪的法语 "contacte",其起源于拉丁语单词 "contactus",其来源于 "contingere",意为“触摸,接触”。
单词变形
Contact 作为动词时的过去式和过去分词是 contacted,现在分词是 contacting。作为名词时的单复数形式是 contact和contacts。
记忆辅助
"Contact" 可以理解为"通-触摸",任何需要说话交流、信息传递的方面,我们都要“通触摸”才行,也就是要"联系"、"接触"以获取或者发送信息。
小故事
During the networking event, I had the opportunity to make contact with several industry leaders. Through these contacts, I was able to learn a lot.
在那次社交活动中,我有机会与几位行业领导者接触。通过这些联系人,我学到了很多东西。