前綴 auto-
漢:來(lái)源于希臘語(yǔ),意為"self"。在元音字母和輔音字母h前,字母o脫落,變?yōu)閍ut,還有變化型為auth-。近來(lái),源于盎格魯-撒克遜語(yǔ)的self有比auto更常用的傾向。
英:word-forming element meaning "self, one's own, by oneself," from Greek auto- "self, one's own," combining form of autos "self, same," of unknown origin. Before a vowel, aut-; before an aspirate, auth-. In Greek also used as a prefix to proper names, e.g. automelinna "Melinna herself." The opposite prefix would be allo-.
1.authentic
adj.genuine(<->fictitious);reliable真的;可信的 *aut<auto(=self),hen(=prepare,achieve)
例句:There are only 12 authentic Tucker vehicles in the world.the rest are all copies.全世界只有12輛真正的Tucker 汽車,其余都是仿造品。
2.authenticate
v.prove to be genuine;prove beyond doubt,the origin,authorship,etc.證實(shí);鑒別 *aut<auto(=self),hen(=prepare,achieve)
例句:An expert on the Shilla Dyasty was consulted to authenticate the painting.為鑒別那幅畫的真?zhèn)?,人們咨詢了一名研究新羅時(shí)代的專家。
3.autobiography
n.story a person's life written by himself 自傳 (描寫自己生活的東西) *auto(=self),bio(=life),grph(=write)
例句:Nixon's autobiography did not sell as well as the unauthorized biography written in 1983 by Norman Hordhouse.尼克松自傳的銷量不如1983年諾曼.郝德思寫的那本末經(jīng)授權(quán)的傳記。
4.automaton
n. person who appears to act involuntarily or without active intelligence;robot機(jī)器人 *auto(=self),mat(=move)
例句:Long gone are the days when assembly line workers'jobs were so boring as to make them mindless automatons.那個(gè)由于工作過(guò)于單一=從事流水線生產(chǎn)的工人幾乎成了沒(méi)有思想的機(jī)器人的時(shí)代早就結(jié)束了。