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8. aug, auct, auth [L]=

Accepted Answer

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

Increase Author Power Grow Authority Auction Aug=To Augment