ameliorate的词源

英文词源

ameliorate (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1728, perhaps a back-formation from amelioration on pattern of French améliorer. The simpler form meliorate was used in Middle English. Related: Ameliorated; ameliorating.

中文词源

ameliorate:改善

发音释义:[ə'miːlɪəreɪt] vt. 改善;减轻(痛苦等);改良vi. 变得更好

结构分析:ameliorate = a(去)+melior(改善)+ate(动词后缀)→改善

词源解释:melior←拉丁语meliorare(改善)←拉丁语melior(更好)

同源词:meliorate(改善、改良),meliorism(世界改良论)

衍生词:amelioration(改进、改善)

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ameliorate:改善

前缀a- 同ad-. 词根mel, 加强,多,见multitude, 许多。-ior, 比较级后缀。