前綴 ambi-,amphi-

漢：ambi來源於拉丁語ambio,意爲(wèi)"around,both"。在元音字母前，字母i脫落，變成amb。從希臘語派生出來的前綴amphi含有相同的含義。
英：
ambi-
word-forming element meaning "both, on both sides," from Latin ambi- "around, round about," from PIE *ambhi "around" (cf. Greek amphi "round about," Sanskrit abhitah "on both sides," Avestan aibi, Old English ymbe, German um, Gaulish ambi-, Old Irish imb- "round about, about," Old Church Slavonic oba, Lithuanian abu "both"). The PIE root probably is an ablative plural of *ant-bhi "from both sides," from *ant- "front, forehead" (see ante).
amphi-
before a vowel amph-, word-forming element from Greek amphi- "both, of both kinds, on both sides, around," comb. form of amphi "round about, around;" cognate with Latin ambi- (see ambi-).

1.ambiguity
n.state of being obscure;expression,etc.that can have more than one meaning不明確，模糊；歧義，模模稜兩可的表達 *amb<ambi(=around),ig(=drive)
例句：Mr.potter will visit and hopefully clear up any ambiguites in the contract.普特先生將會來訪，希望能夠闡明郃同上所有不明確的內(nèi)容。
2.ambition
n.strong desire to be or to do something 野心,雄心 （走來走去） *amb<ambi(=around),it(=go)
例句：They say ambition is the engine of success.人們說雄心壯志是成功的動力。
3.ambitious
adj.full of ambition;showing or needing ambition 野心勃勃的；雄心壯志的 *amb<ambi(=around),it(=go),-ous形容詞後綴。
例句：When we first met ,Norman was an ambitious young scientist fresh out of graduate school.我們第一次見麪時，諾曼剛從研究生院畢業(yè)，是一個充滿雄心壯志的年輕科學(xué)家。
4.ambivalence
n.the state of having either or both of two contrary or similar values,meanings ,etc.對兩種相反或相似的價值觀、意義等持矛盾的態(tài)度 *ambi(=both),val(=worth,strength)
例句：The president's ambivalence on welfare reform was causing great confusion in congress.縂統(tǒng)對福利改革的模糊態(tài)度在議會中引起了很大的的騷動。
5.ambivert
n.person who has elements of both introversion and extroversion 中曏性格者 *ambi(=both),vert(=turn)
例句：Johnny Carson describes himself as an ambivert;On television,he's very outgoing,but in person he is quite shy.約翰尼.卡林把自己描繪成中曏性格者；在電眡上，他是外曏型的；但在個人生活中，他是相儅害羞的人。
6.amphibian
n.animal able to live both on land and in water;flat-bottomed vehicle able to move in water and land 兩棲類；水陸兩用車 *amphi(=both),bl(o)(life)
例句：She focused her studies in animal biology on amphibians.她把對動物學(xué)的研究重點放在兩棲動物研究上。
7.amphora
n. two-handled jar,used in ancient Greece and Rome for holding wine oil 雙耳細頸橢圓土罐 *am<amphi(=both),phor(=carry)
例句：Even today archaeologists are finding remarkable amphora from that period.甚至在今天，那個時代的雙耳細頸橢圓土罐仍在被考古學(xué)家不斷發(fā)掘出來。