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Peak Latin Column Hill Top Humiliation Rise Cul

正面 7826.humiliation
英 [,hjuːmɪlɪ'eɪʃn]美 [hjʊ,mɪlɪ'eʃən]

背面
释义:
n. 丢脸,耻辱;蒙羞;谦卑
例句:
1. She faced the humiliation of discussing her husband's affair.她面临要谈及丈夫外遇的羞辱。

1. excel / excellent => cell- / -cel "rise, be high, rise high" (Latin cellere (pp. celsus) "rise, be high"), cognate with Latin collis "hill", English hill, column, culminate.2. => hill, cul- "hill, top, peak, summit", col- "pillar, column, projecting object".3. => cul- + -men- / -min- "passive suffix" => culmen / culmin- "hill, top, peak, summit".4. Latin culmen (genitive culminis) "top, peak, summit".5. => col- + -umn (-omen-在此单词中的变体) (与单词 alumnus 类同,进行对照理解和记忆) => column "pillar, column, projecting object".6. culmin- "hill, top, peak, summit" + -ate => culminate.

humiliation (n.)late 14c., from Late Latin humiliationem (nominative humiliatio) "humbling, humiliation," noun of action from past participle stem of humiliare "to humble," from humilis "humble" (see humble)."

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