decide
分析词义:
"Decide" 这个单词最常见的意思是“决定”,“做决定”,也可用于描述下决心或者解决问题等。
列举例句:
- "I can't decide between the two options."(我在两个选项之间无法做出决定。)
- "She decided to quit her job and start her own business."(她决定辞掉工作,开始自己的业务。)
- "A judge will decide the case tomorrow."(法官将在明天决定这个案件。)
词根分析:
"Decide" 的词根为"decid-", 来自拉丁语 "decidere",意为“决定”,“解决”。
词缀分析:
除了词根 "decid-","decide" 这个单词没有附加其他词缀。
发展历史和文化背景:
“Decide” 来自于14世纪的拉丁语 "decidere",意思为“做出决定”,“切断”。在中世纪的英语中,这个词常用于描述裁判的决议或者斩断的行为。
单词变形:
- 名词:decision (决定),decider (决策者)
- 动词的不同时态:decides, deciding, decided
- 形容词:decidable
- 副词:decidedly
记忆辅助:
将"decide" 拆分为 "de-" 和 "-cide",其中 "cide" 可以联想到 "suicide"(自杀), "homicide"(杀人),这些词都有“做出决定”的含义,可以帮助记忆。
小故事:
"Tom had to decide whether to go to college or start working. After much thought, he decided to pursue his education." (汤姆必须决定是去上大学还是开始工作。经过深思熟虑,他决定追求他的教育。)
decidedly
分析词义
- "Decidedly" 是一个副词,用来表示明显地、确定地、坚决地。例如:“He was decidedly against the proposal.”(他坚决反对这个提案。)
列举例句
- "The weather today is decidedly cooler than yesterday."(今天的天气明显比昨天凉。)
- "Your opinion is decidedly different from mine."(你的观点和我明显有别。)
- "He is decidedly the most hardworking student in class."(他无疑是班上最努力的学生。)
词根分析
- "Decidedly"来源于形容词 "decided",表示“明确的,确定的”,加上后缀 -ly 表示副词。
词缀分析
- "Decidedly" 的前缀是 de-, 表示强调;词根是 -cid-, 源自拉丁词意为“切割,决定”,后缀是 -edly, 表示副词;
- 其他同样使用de-和-edly的词缀的单词有: "definitely", "deliberately" 等。
发展历史和文化背景
- "Decidedly"源自中世纪的拉丁语decidere,字面上意为“切割”, metaphorically used as "to decide, determine," literally "to cut off,"。这个词在英语中开始流行是在18世纪。
单词变形
- "Decidedly"本身就是副词形式,对应的形容词形式是"decided"。
- "Decide"则是其原型动词,是一个规则动词,过去式和过去分词都为"decided"。
记忆辅助
- 可想象成"决定地","有决心地"以此来记忆
- 还可以联想一些词根词缀相似的词汇一起记忆,如"decide"、“determine” 等。
小故事
- Jim walked into the restaurant, decidedly confident, ready to profess his love to Mary.
- 吉姆大步走进餐厅,充满决心,准备向玛丽表白。