# bat- bar-
bat- 拍打 音近“啪啪”，啪啪地击打
bar- 棍子 引申为 1.阻挡 2.光（棍）
# bat
n. 蝙蝠；球拍
vt. / vi. 用球棒击球
Pettitte hurt an elbow tendon while batting.
佩蒂特在击球时上了肘腱。
elbow n. 肘
tendon n. 腱
# combat
com- 一起
n. / vt. 战斗，搏斗；反对
The Internet may well be the most powerful tool for combating world poverty.
互联网完全可以成为抗击世界贫困最强有力的工具。(2001 Text 2)
combative adj. 好斗的
# battle
bat- 打 le- 动词后缀
n. / vi. 战斗，交战，争斗
Accomodating this new world of people in motion will require new attitudes on both sides of the immigration battle.
要适应这样一个由流动人员组成的新世界，我们需要移民战争的双发都表明新态度。(2013 Text 2)
war 指对战争的总体而言，一场 war 可以包含许多 battle，如 The War of Resistance Against Japan lasted eight years
battle 战役，通常指大规模的战斗，如 the battle of Waterloo
campaign 侧重强调在某一地区采取的一系列由固定目的的军事行动， 如 The Huaihai Campaign was one of the three decisive campaigns in the Chinese People's War of Liberation
# debate
de- 向下，强调 bat- 打 e- 动词后缀
n. / vt. 辩论，讨论
This new focus can help keep employees motivated amid increasingly loud debates over work-life balance.
在人们对工作和生活平衡的争论日趋激烈的背景下，这个术语仍能够使员工保持积极性。(2015 Text 1)
a debate over/on/about sth 关于...的争论
debatable adj. 可争辩的
debater n. 争论者，辩手
# bar
n. 条，棒；酒吧
vt. 禁止；阻拦
Last night in the hotel there war some talk in the bar about drugs.
昨天晚上，在旅馆的酒吧间里有人说起毒品了。
# barrel
n. 桶；枪管，炮管
vt. 把...装入桶内
The wine is aged for almost a year in oak barrels.
这葡萄酒在橡木桶里陈了将近一年。
# barrier
n. 障碍；栅栏；界线
vt. 把...关入栅栏
I believe that the most important forces behind the massive M&A wave are the same that underlie the globalization process: falling transportation and communication costs, lower trade and investment barriers and enlarged markets that require enlarged operations capable of meeting customer's demands.
我认为，推动这股巨大的并购浪潮的最主要的力量，也是推动全球化进程的力量，包括日趋下降的运输与通讯费用，较低的贸易与投资壁垒，以及市场的扩大和为满足市场需求而进行的扩大生产。(2001 Text 4)
economic barrier 贸易壁垒
# embarrass
em- 在上面，让 bar- 棍子，光棍 r- 人 ass- 屁股
- 使困窘（让成为光棍 / 用棍子打人屁股）
vt. （使）局促不安；（使）困窘；阻碍
His clumsiness embarrassed him.
他的笨拙令他尴尬。
embarrassment n. 尴尬
# bare
adj. 空的；赤裸的；无遮蔽的
vt. 露出，（使）赤裸
She was wearing only a thin robe over a flimsy nightgown, and her feet were bare.
她只在薄薄的睡衣外面穿了件薄袍子，还光着双脚。
barely adv. 仅仅，几乎不
# barren
adj. 贫瘠的；无用的；不生育的
He wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
他想用该水来灌溉贫瘠的沙漠土地。