Question

80. scrib, script [L]=

Accepted Answer

to write 写
scrib 和script 是一对同源异形根。scrib 是拉丁动词scribere 的不定式词干，script 是动名词
词干，意思是to write（写）。在英语中，scrib 多出现在动词中；script 则出现在相应的名词
和形容词中。

describe [de-=down 下；scrib=to write 写；-e→“to write down 写下”→] v. give an account of
写；叙述：Can you describe his appearance?你能描述一下他的外貌吗？

▽description [de-;script;-ion n.] n.描写；叙述
descriptive [de-;script;-ive] a.描写的；叙述的

inscribe [in-=in 入；scrib =to write 写；-e→“to write something in some place 把某物写入某处”
→] v.① write (one's name) in (a book, etc.)题写；题名：The author inscribed a copy of his book
to his best friend.作者题名赠书给好友。② write by marking into a surface 刻写；铭刻：The
monument is inscribed with the names of martyrs.纪念碑上铭刻着烈士的英名。

▽inscription [in-;script;-ion n.] n.铭刻；碑文；题词
inscriptive [in-;script;-ive a.] a.铭文的；题词的
prescribe [pre- = beforehand 事先；scrib = to write 写；-e→“to write beforehand 事先写好”
→] v. ① set down a rule to be followed 规定：The invitation prescribed formal dress. 请柬上写
明要正式着装。② order the use of medicine or treatment 开（处方）：The doctor prescribed his
patient a complete rest.医生要求病人全休。

▽prescription [pre-;script;-ion n.] n.规定；处方
prescriptive [pre-;script;-ive a.] a.规定的；约定俗成的

subscribe [sub-=underneath 在下方；scrib=to write 写；-e→“to write one's name underneath as
to show agreement 把名字写在下方以示同意”→] v. ① sign 签署：We all subscribed our
names to the written statement.我们都在声明书上签了名。② agree to pay money for the
delivery (of a newspaper, magazine, etc. )订阅（报刊、杂志等）：to subscribe to China Daily 订
阅《中国日报》

▽subscriber [subscrib(e);-er n.] n.签署者；订阅者
subscription [sub-;script;-ion n.] n.签署；同意；订阅(费)
subscript [sub-;script] a.写在下方的

proscribe [pro-=before 在……面前；scrib=to write 写；-e→“to write (an outlaw's name) before
the public 在公众面前写出（罪犯的名字）”→] v.① outlaw, or banish 剥夺公民权；放逐：He
was proscribed from the realm.他被驱逐出境。② prohibit 禁止：to proscribe germ warfare 禁
止细菌战

▽proscription [pro-;script;-ion n.] n.禁止；剥夺公民权
proscriptive [pro-;script;-ive a.] a.禁止的；剥夺公民权的

transcribe [tran-(trans-)=from...to...从……到……；scrib=to write 写；-e→“to write from one
place to another 从一个地方转写到另一个地方”→] v. copy from an original 转抄；誊写：to
transcribe shorthand notes 誊写速记稿

▽transcript [tran(s)-;script] n.抄本；誊本；副本

ascribe [a-(ad-)=upon 在……之上；scrib=to write 写；-e→“to write a result upon 把结果记
在……之上”→] v. attribute to 把……归因于：to ascribe success to hard work 把成功归因于
努力

▽ascription [a-;script;-ion n.] n.（功过等的）归于

postscript [post-=after 在……之后；script =to write 写→“that which is written after 写在后面
的东西”→] n. the part written in a letter after the signature 信后的附言

scripture [script=to write 写； -ure n.=thing 物→ “ written thing 书写的东西” → ] n. ①
handwriting;document 手写稿； 文件② holy book of a religion 宗教经典： the Buddhist
scriptures 佛经

Write 写； E→“To N V Written Describe =To Place