前綴di-,twi- =two,twice 二
1.dilemma
n. a situation which poses two or more difficult choices進退兩難 *di (=tow),lemma (=proposition)
例句:If I go to the party,my parents will be angry,but if I don't go ,my boyfriend will get angry. Oh,what a dilenmma.如果我去蓡加聚會,我的父母會生氣,但是如果我不去,我的男朋友會生氣。唉,直是進退兩難。
2.dioxide
n. a compound containing two atoms of oxygen二氧化物 *di (=two),ox (=acid,sharp)
例句:Plants can absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen.植物能夠吸收二氧化碳,釋放氧氣。
3.diphthong
sound made by joining two vowels 雙元音 *di (=tow),phthong(=sound)
例句:English diphthongs are especially difficult to pronounce if you native language does not use them.如果你的母語中不存在雙元音,你就會覺得英語的雙元音發音很難。
4.diverge
v.get farther apart from a point or from each other as they progress;turn off,deviate分叉;分歧;脫離,背離 *di (=apart),verg(=lean)
例句:Over the years our interests diverge and we hardly even talked to each other.隨著時間的流逝,我們之間的興趣點産生了分歧,甚至彼此都不說話了。
5.divide
v. separate into parts 分開,分離
n. something that divides,especially a watershed 分開的東西,尤指分水嶺 *di<dis(=apart),vid(=look)
例句:if we divide the work among us ,we'll get it done a lot quicker.如果我們分開來做這項工作,我們將完成得更快。
6.divorce
v. put an end to a marriage by law,separate (使)離婚;分離
n. legal ending of a marriage,ending of a connection or relationship離婚;斷絕血緣關系 *vorc<vers(=turn)
例句:Some 40% of marriages in the U.S. end up in divorce.在美國,40%的婚姻是最終走曏離婚。
7.twifold [twi- 二 + fold 折曡,倍]
adv.& adj. 兩倍,雙重
8.twiforked [twi- 二 + fork 叉 + -ed 後綴]
adj.有兩叉的