GRE词根soph 与“智慧”有关的词根soph- 来自:沪江部落【通过词源记单词】第八章人文问思:与“智慧”有关的词根 词根soph-来源于希腊文sophos一词,表示“智慧,聪明(wisdom)”之意。众所周知,哲学(philosophy)就是“爱智慧”,因为这个单词就是由词根philo-(爱)和词根soph-(智慧)组成,表达了the
love of
wisedom的内涵。而在古希腊,哲学家通常被称为sophoi,相当于英文中的sophist或者wiseman(哲人)。另外,单词sophomore可以看做
pan>sopho(智慧)和more(更多)的组合,意思是比一年级新生(freshman)聪明一点的人,所以它就是“大二学生”了。不过,他们相对于高年级的学生来说,又是菜鸟了,因此其形容词形式sophomoric就是“一知半解的;肤浅的”含义。这也印证了那句流行语:大一时,不知道自己不知道;大二时,知道自己不知道;大三时,不知道自己知道;大四时,知道自己都知道。精辟的话语,道尽青春愁滋味啊。
soph=wise,表示“智慧,聪明” sophistn.博学之人;学者;诡辩家 记:soph智慧+ist表示专家→有智慧的学者 例:And for this reason,
because Socrates was constantly turning the tables on his confident
opponents in argument, he was considered by many Athenians to be
just another
Sophist. 译:由于苏格拉底经常在辩论中战胜那些充满自信的对手,他也因此被许多雅典人看作是另—个智者。 sophismn.诡辩 记:soph智慧+ism表示抽象概念→有智慧的人善于诡辩 例:It is sophism to connect
physiological needs with
morality. 译:片面地把生理问题与所谓“道德”混同起来,根本上就是诡辩。 sophisticatev.使精致;使老于世故 记:sophist智者+icate表示使动→成为智者→老于世故 派:sophisticated
v.老于世故的;精致复杂的 例:German became the largest exporter of
armament to China owing to its sophisticate equipment, special
political role and positive
strategy. 译:德国以其精良的装备、独特的政治地位和积极的谋划成为对华装备输出第一国。 sophomoren.大学二年级学生 记:sopho智慧+more更多→[自以为]有更多智慧的人→盲目自信的大二学生 派:freshman大一学生junior大三学生senior大四学生 例:Facebook, the social networking site,
was founded by Zuckerberg as a sophomore at Harvard in
2004. 译:脸谱网站由当时在哈佛读大二的扎克伯克在2004年创办的社交网站。 philosophyn.哲学 记:philo爱+sophy智慧→爱智慧的科学→哲学 派:philosopher
n.哲学家(er表示人物)philosophic
a.哲学的;贤明的(ic表示特征) 例:Romans took over from the
Greeks not only their philosophy but their
arts. 译:罗马人不仅承袭了希腊人的哲学而且还承袭了他们的艺术。 pansophica.无所不知的 记:pan全部+soph智慧+ic表示特征→拥有全部智慧的→无所不知 例:You can turn to our monitor
for help, for he is a pansophic figure in our
campus. 译:你可以向班长寻求帮助,他是我们学校一个无所不知的人物。
sophist philosopher philosophical sophisticated
1.He was involved in a number of projects in his native
Philadelphia, including the setting up of a library, and a
university, a _________ society and fire-prevention service.
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2.__________ believe that desire, hatred and envy are “negative
emotions” which distort the mind and lead it into a pursuit of
power and possessions.
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3.The newer trend is to start recruiting poor and non-white
students as early as the seventh grade, using innovative tools to
identify kids with _________ verbal skills.
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