# ag- agri-
ag- 做,动
agri- 农业(变体 acre 后表示农业相关的面积
# agent
ent- 人(名词后缀)
n. 代理人;动因(对事态起关键作用的人或事)
Since much of the variation is due to genes, one more agent of evolution has gone.
因为大部分差异是由基因引起的,所以又一个进化的因素消失了。(2000 Text 2)
agency n. 代理机构
travel agency 旅行社
agential adj. 代理人的
# agenda
ag- 做 end-结束 a-表示复数
- 要做的事
n. 日常工作事项;议程
Information protection is now high on the boss's agenda in business of every variety.
信息保护现在是各行业老板议程中的重点。(2007 Text 4)
every variety 各行各业
put ... on agenda 列入议程
# agitate
ag- 做 it- 走 ate-表示使...动(动词尾缀)
vt. (使)激动;鼓动
A number of MPs have started to agitate for a national strategy to be charted for the labor question.
一些议员就劳工问题鼓吹建立相关国家政策。(2008 Economists)
agitate sb to do sth 鼓动某人去做某事
agitation n. 煽动;焦虑不安
agitator n. 煽动者
# agriculture
agri- 田地 cult- 耕作 ure- 名词后缀
culture- 文化
n. 农业;农艺;农学
The strength of a country's economy is directly bound up with the efficiency of its agriculture and industry.
一个国家的经济实力与其工农业生产效率之间密切相关。(2000 Translation)
the strength of ... 的实力
be bound up with 与 ... 相联系
the efficiency of ... 的效率
agricultural adj. 农业的,农艺的
agriculturist n. 农学家
# acre
n. 英亩;土地,地产
That was in 1958, and the government paid sixty dollars an acre.
那是在 1958 年,政府以六十美元一英亩的价格付了款。
# massacre
mass- 大 acre- 英亩
n. / vt. 大屠杀
300 civilians are believed to have been massacred by the rebels.
人们认为 300 名平民被叛乱分子屠杀了。