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73. port [L]=

Accepted Answer

to carry 拿，运
portable，import，export，important 等都是词根port 的常见派生词。port 来自拉丁动词
portare，意思为to carry（拿，运，持，传）。
portable [prot = to carry 拿，带；-able a. = capable of 可……的→] a. capable of being carried, or
easily movable 可携带的；轻便的：portable typewriter 手提打字机

▽portability [portab(le);-ility n.] n.可携带性；轻便

export [ex-=out 出；port=to carry 运→]Ⅰv. carry or send (goods) out of a country for trade 输出，
出口：The United States exports wheat.美国输出小麦。→Ⅱn. exported commodity 输出品，
出口货：Cotton is the major export of the country.该国主要输出棉花。

▽exportable [export;-able a.] a.可输出的
exportation [export;-ation n.] n.出口；输出品
import [im-(in-) = into 进入；port = to carry 运→]Ⅰv. carry or bring (goods) into a country for
use 输入，进口：The United States imports coffee.美国输入咖啡。→Ⅱn. imported commodity
输入品，进口货：Imports exceeded exports in value last year.去年输入品的价值超过输出品。

▽importable [import;-able a.] a.可进口的
importation [import;-ation n.] n.进口；进口品

important [im-(in-)=in 入；port =to carry 带；-ant a.=-ing……的→“carrying or bringing in value
or consequence 带来价值或结果的”→] a. that carries with it great consequence 重要的；重大
的：important events in history 历史上的重大事件

▽importance [im-;port;-ance n.] n.重大；重要性；价值

report [re-=back 回；port=to carry 带→“to carry back, as answer, news, etc.把答复、消息等带
回来”→] v. give an account of;relate 报告；转述：It is reported that a new coal mine was
discovered.据说发现了一个新煤矿。

▽reportage [report;-age n.] n.新闻报道；报道文体；报告文学

support [sup-(sub-)=under 在下面；port=to carry or bear 承担→“to bear from under 在下面承
担着”→] v.① carry the weigh of 支撑：These posts support the roof.这些柱子支撑着房顶。
② hold up 支持：We support your point of view.我们支持你的观点。

▽supportable [support;-able a.] a.能支持住的

transport [trans-=across, from...to...越过；port =to carry 运→] v. carry from one place to another
运输，运送：to transport the goods by air 空运货物

▽transportable [transport;-able a.] a.可运输的；可移动的
tansportation [transport;-aton n.] n.运输；运输工具；运费
disport [dis- = away 离开；port = to carry 带→“to carry someone away from work 带某人离开
工作”→] I v. move in gaiety;amuse 玩耍；娱乐：The students disported themselves on the
seashore.学生们到海边玩耍。→Ⅱn. amusement 娱乐；游戏
sport [名词disport 的词首元音脱落词→] n.① amusement;play 娱乐；游戏：It's great sport,
swimming in the sea.在海里游泳，真好玩。② game of bodily exercise 体育运动：Swimming is
a popular sport in our country.游泳是我国一项全民性的运动。

▽sportful [sport;-ful a.] a.娱乐的；嬉戏的
sporty [sport;-y a.] a.像运动员的；供娱乐的

deport [de-=apart 离；port=to carry 送→“to carry somebody apart from a place 把某人遣离某
地”→] v. expel from a country 驱逐……出国：to deport undesirable aliens 把不受欢迎的外侨
驱逐出国

▽deportation [deport;-ation n.] n.放逐

Carry N V Country Support Capable Export 运→]ⅰv