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Increase Author Power Grow Authority Auction Aug=To Augment

正面 8. aug, auct, auth [L]=
背面 to increase 增加
读者可能想不到August(八月),auction(拍卖)和author(作者)居然是同根词吧!它们
分别来自拉丁动词aguere、它的过去分词auctus 及其变体auth,其基本意思都是to increase
(增加)或to cause to grow(使产生,使增大)。


august [aug=to increase 使增大;-ust a.=the most 最→“to increase to the most 增到最大”→
“the greatest 最伟大的”→]Ⅰa. majestic 威严的:august palaces 威严的王宫→Ⅱ(大写
August)n.① 奥古斯特(即古罗马Augustus 凯撒大帝,他自认为是最伟大的帝王)② 八月
(奥古斯特大帝以自己的名字命名八月份)


augment [aug=to increase 增加;-ment v.→] v.① make greater or enlarge 增加,扩大:to
augment the power 扩大权力② become greater 增加,增大:The sound of traffic augments
during the rush hour.高峰时间交通噪音会增大。

▽augmentative [augment;-ative a.] a.有扩大(增加)作用的


auction [auct=to cause to grow 使增加;-ion n.=the act 表行为→“the act of causing the price to
grow 使价格上升的行为”→]Ⅰn. sale in which goods are sold to the person offering the most
money 拍卖:to sell the old furniture by auction 拍卖旧家具→Ⅱv. sell by auction 拍卖:When
the artist died, his family auctioned his paintings.艺术家去世后,家人把他的画拍卖了。

▽auctioneer [auction v.-eer n.] n.拍卖商


author [auth(auct)=to cause to grow 使成长;-or n.=person 人→“person who causes anything
to grow 使事物产生者”→] n.① person who begins or creates 发起人,创始者:the author of
the new plan 新计划的倡议者② writer 著作者,作家:His favorite author is Dickens.他最喜欢
的作家是狄更斯。

▽authorless [author;-less a.] a.作者不明的;隐名的


auctorial [auctor=author 作者;-i-;-al a.=of……的→] a. of or having to do with an author 作者的:
auctorial comments 作者说明


authority [author n. 创始者;-ity n.=the quality 表特性→“the quality of an author 创始者的特
性”→] n.① the power or right to control or make decisions 权力,权威:Rulers have no
authority from God to do mischief.上帝并没有给统治者制造祸害的权力。② person(s) having
authority 当权者:higher authority 上级领导


authorize [author n.创始者(→power 权力);-ize v.=to cause to have 使有→“to cause to have
power 使有权力”→] v. give power to 授权:The president authorized his ambassador to sign the
treaty.总统授权大使签订该条约。

▽authorization [authoriz(e);-ation n.] n.授权,委托

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