文档介绍：该【英语词根词源精讲 】是由【762357237】上传分享，文档一共【23】页，该文档可以免费在线阅读，需要了解更多关于【英语词根词源精讲 】的内容，可以使用淘豆网的站内搜索功能，选择自己适合的文档，以下文字是截取该文章内的部分文字，如需要获得完整电子版，请下载此文档到您的设备，方便您编辑和打印。,,inLatin,"tele"means"far",whichhasevolvedintowordssuchas"telephone"and"telegram",,medicine,,inGreek,"bio"means"life",whichhasevolvedintowordssuchas"biology"and"autobiography",suchas"man","dog","house",etc.,,,suchas"bio"in"biology"(life)or"geo"in"geography"(earth)plexideas"Bio"in"biology"isarootthatrepresentstheconceptoflife,while"geo"in"biology"binedwithsuffixestoformwordsthatexpressmorespecificideas,suchas"microbiology"(anisms)or"seismology"(thestudyofearthquakes)RootsrepresentingabstractconceptsTherootofawordthatreportsaspecificthingRootsthatreportspecificobjectsorentities,suchas"phone"in"telephone"(adeviceusedformakingphonecalls)or"photo"in"photography"(theartoftakingandprocessingpictures)binedwithotherrootsorsuffixestoformwordsthatdescriberelatedconceptsorfunctions"Phone"in"telephone"isarootthatrepresentstheconceptofadeviceusedformakingphonecalls,while"photo"in"photography"binedwithotherrootsorsuffixestoformwordsthatdescriberelatedconceptsorfunctions,suchas"microphone"(asmallloudspeaker)or"photoshop"(asoftwareprogramusedforeditingandmanipulatingimages)Rootsthatreportactionsorstates,suchas"act"in"action"(aninstanceofdoingsomething)or"path"in"pathology"(thestudyofdiseases)binedwithotherrootsorsuffixestoformwordsthatdescriberelatedactionsorstates"Act"in"action"isarootthatrepresentstheconceptofdoingsomething,while"path"in"pathology"binedwithotherrootsorsuffixestoformwordsthatdescriberelatedactionsorstates,suchas"react"(torespondinaparticularway)or"symphony"(feelingsorryforsomeone)Arootwordthatreportsanactionorstate