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87. speci, spect, spic [L]=

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to look 看
标题中的三个异形根都来自拉丁动词specere，意为to look（看）。其中，speci 是不定式词
干；spic 是spec 的音变异体；spect 是specere 的强调形式动词spectare 的词干，它的孳生
力最强。

expect [ex-=out 外；(s)pect=to look 看→“to look out for something 向外看望着某物”→] v. ①
look forward to 盼望；期待：I expect that he will come.我盼望他会来。② require 要求；期望：
You are expected to finish it in time.希望你及时完成这项工作。

▽expectancy [expect;-ancy n.] n.期待；期望；期望的事物
expectant [expect;-ant a.] a.期待的；期望的
expectation [expect;-ation a.] n.期待；期望；[复数]前程

inspect [in-=into 入；spect=to look 看→] v. look into;examine carefully 检查；审查：to inspect
fingerprints 检查指纹

▽inspection [inspect;-ion n.] n.检查；审查
inspector [inspect;-or n.] n.检查员；监察员

respect [re-=again 再；spect=to look 看→“to look again 再看，重看”→]Ⅰv.① treat with
consideration 重视：to respect one's wishes 重视某人的意愿② have regard to 尊重，尊敬：to
respect teachers 尊敬老师→Ⅱn. honour and esteem 尊敬：to show respect for the aged 尊敬老
人

▽respectable [respect v.;-able a.] a.可敬的
respectful [respect n.;-ful a.] a.恭敬的；尊重他人的
disrespect [dis-;respect v./n.] v.不尊重，不尊敬n.无礼，失礼

prospect [pro-=forward 向前；spect=to look 看→“to look forward 向前看”→] n.① something
that one looks forward to 盼望的事物：A rich harvest is in prospect.丰收在望。② distant or wide
view;scene 远景，视野；景象：The hill commands a fine prospect.从这座山可以眺望美景。

▽prospective [prospect;-ive a.] a.预期的；未来的

suspect [sus-(sub-)=under 在……下面；(s)pect=to look 看→“to look at someone from under or
askance 私下斜眼看某人”→] v. doubt;imagine to be guilty 不信任；怀疑有罪过：I suspect him
to be a pickpocket.我怀疑他是扒手。

▽suspectable [suspect;-able a.] a.可疑的
suspicion [sus-;(s)pic;-ion n.] n.怀疑；嫌疑
suspicious [sus-;(s)pic;-i-;-ous a.] a.可疑的；多疑的

spectator [spect=to look 看；-ator n.=person 人→] n. person who looks at or watches an event,
sport, etc.旁观者；观众：spectators at a football match 足球赛的观众

spectacle [spect=to look 看；-acle n.=thing 物→“things for people to look at 供人们观看的东西”
→] n.① something exhibited to public view 公开的场面：The opening ceremony was a fine
spectacle.开幕式的场面很壮观。② grand public sight or scene 壮观；奇景：Viewed from
theseashore, the sunrise is indeed a spectacle.从海边看去，日出真是个奇观。

▽spectacular [specta(cle);-cular a.] a.壮观的；惊人的
以下介绍几个由spec 或spic 构成的本族同根词。
species [spec = to look 看；-ies n. = thing(s) 物→“thing(s) that can be looked at or seen 可以看
见的物体”→“visible form of thing(s)物体的形式或外观”→] n.① kind or sort 种类：a species
of advertisement 一种广告② group of individuals having common characteritics, placed under
a genus 种；物种：Wheat is a species of grass.小麦是禾本植物的一种。

▽speciate [spec;-iate v.] v. [生物]物种形成
specific [spec;-ific a.] a.特有的；特定的；[生物]种的
speciology [spec;-i-;-ology n.] n. [生物]物种学
special [spec;-ial a.] a.特殊的；特别的
specious [spec = to look 看；-i-; -ous a. = full of 富于……的→“full of good looking 富于好看的，
外观的”→] a. looking well at first sight;showy and deceptive 外表美观的；华而不实的：a
specious person 华而不实的人

▽speciosity [spec;-i-;-osity n.] n.外表美观；华而不实

conspicuous [con-(com-)=altogether 完全；spic=to look 看；-u-;-ous a.=tending to 易于……的
→“tending to be looked at altogether 容易一下子被看见的”→] a. easily seen, or noticeable
明显的；惹人注目的：conspicuous errors 明显的错误
auspice [au (avis) = bird 鸟；spic = to look or observe 观看；-e→“to observe birds' flying in order
to foretell fortune 观察飞鸟以预示运气”→] n.① omen drawn by observing birds 根据飞鸟行
动所做的占卜② forecast; augury 预言；预兆③ (pl.) patronage 保护，赞助：a school under
civilian auspices 民办学校

▽auspicious [auspic(e);-i-;-ous a.] a.吉利的，吉祥的

despise [de-=down 向下；spis (spic 的异体)=to look 看；-e→] v. look down upon 看不起，鄙视：
Don't cheat or you will be despised.不要作弊，不然会被瞧不起的。

▽despicable [de-;spic;-able a.] a.可鄙的；卑鄙的

N V 看→“To Respect N.① Forward Species Expect