Part 2 字根 表示{状态}的字根 liber, liver = free, balance 自由,衡量
入门字
liberty (n.) 自由
liber/ ty
free/ 名词字尾
进阶字
1. liberal (a.) 开明的
liber/ al
free/ 形容词字尾
Democrats hold more liberal views than do Repubicans.
民主党的观念比共和党更开明。
2. liberate (v.) 解放
liber/ ate
free/ 动词字尾
It has been said that birth-control pills liberated married women from the dreary cycle of pregnanccy and child birth.
有人说避孕丸解放了已婚妇女,使她们跳脱怀孕与生产的单调循环。
3. liberation (n.) 解放
liber/ at/ ion
free/ 名词字尾
Yasser Arafat is the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
阿拉法特是巴勒斯坦解放组织的领袖。
4. libertarian (n.)(a.) 古典自由主义者(的)
liber/ tar/ ian
free/ 名词字尾
形容词字尾
Libertarians are hard-line conservatives who oppose government intervention in economic matters.
古典自由主义者是极端保守派人士,反对政府干预经济事务。
5. deliberate (v.) 考虑 (a.) 故意的
de/ liber/ ate
加强语气/ balance/ 动词字尾
形容词字尾
The jury dliberated several days before reaching a “not guilty” verdict.
陪审团考虑了好几天,才做出[无罪]的判决。
6. deliberately (adv.) 故意
de/ liber/ ate/ ly
加强语气/ balance/ 副词字尾
It was no accident — he did it deliberately.
那不是意外——他是故意的。
7. deliver (v.) 拯救,释放
de/ liver
away/ free
Moses delivered his people from slavery in Egypt.
摩西拯救他的族人脱离埃及的奴隶生涯。
8. Libra (n.) 天秤座
libr/ a
balance/ 名词字尾
You are a Libra if you were born between Sept.23 and Oct.22.
如果你在九月二十三日和十月二十二日之内出生,就是天秤座。
9. equilibrium (n.) 均衡,平衡
equi/ libr/ ium
equal/ balance/ 名词字尾
Population growth has reached a state of equilibrium in many Scandinavian countries.
许多北欧国家的人口成长已达到平衡。