signify, significant, significance
构词:sign(see 标记)+ify(v.)
作标记 v. 意味着, 象征, 有重要意义
相关:sight, scene; signal, signature, design, assign, resign
搭配:signify that…; signify change / approval, no longer signify
significant difference / discovery / improvement / impact / smile / number / change; statistically significant; it is significant that
political / statistical / social / religious / symbolic / full significance
近义:signify = show, indicate, suggest, imply, denote; matter
significant = important, notable, impressive, meaningful
significance = importance, meaning, implication
考点:同义替换
simple, simply, simplify, simplicity
构词:sim(= 一)+ple(层)
一层 adj. 简单的
相关:same, assemble, resemble, similar, assimilate, synthetic
搭配:simple clothes / meal / job / sentence / solution / truth / reason
it’s simply a matter of, it’s simply that, to put it simply
simplify system / form / matters / procedure / operation / life
the simplicity of country living, for the sake of simplicity
近义:simple = easy, clear, plain
simply = just, only, merely, solely, really, surely
派生——将一个词加上前缀或后缀,变成另-个词——happy……happiness…unhappiness 英文中主要的构词法有:转化 派生 以及合成——小天