desert   

n.沙漠 /ˈdɛzərt/

a.荒蕪的 [ of, pertaining to, or like a desert;barren.]

 

v.遺棄 /dɪˈzɜrt/        // deserted    a.被遺棄的

v.擅離職守              //  deserter     n.擅離職守者、逃兵

 

desertion    n.遺棄、擅離職守 [逃兵、惡意棄養]

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desert

n.沙漠 /ˈdɛzərt/

a.荒蕪的 [ of, pertaining to, or like a desert;barren.]

 

v.離棄 [to leave (a person, place, etc.) without intending to return, esp. in violation of a duty, promise]

  ex. He deserted his wife.

v.擅離職守、逃兵   [to leave or run away from (service, duty, etc.) with the intention of never returning.(ex. military personnel) ]

 

 

 

deserted

adj.被遺棄的 [ abandoned; forsaken]

  ex. the problems of deserted wives and children.

 

deserter

n.擅離職守者、逃兵[ One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend,especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave;]

 

desertion

n.離棄;拋棄 [the act of deserting or the state of being deserted.]

n.法律上的故意離棄配偶或子女

 

 

desiccate

de-sicc(dry)-ate

v.使乾燥 [ to dry thoroughly]

v.使脫水 [to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dehydrate.]

 

 

ps.
desiccant

n.乾燥劑 

adj.使乾燥的 ex. desiccant process

caustic:eat away=desiccant:dry
腐蝕劑有腐蝕作用=乾燥劑有乾燥作用

 

design  & designate &  designation

design

de-sign(mark)

v.設計

 

ps.

from L. designare "mark out, devise,"
Originally in Eng. with the meaning now attached to designate (1646, from L. designatus, pp. of designare); many modern uses of design are metaphoric extensions.
Designer (adj.) in the fashion sense of "prestigious" is first recorded 1966; designer drug is from 1983.
Designing
"scheming" is from 1671.
Designated hitter introduced in American League baseball in 1973, soon giving wide figurative extension to designated.

 

designate

v.把...命名為,稱呼[ to name; entitle]

v.標出;表明 [To indicate or specify; point out.]

 

foreword:introduce=appellation:designate
前言是介紹=命名是給名稱

 

designation

n.命名;稱號 [A distinguishing name or title.]

n.標出;表明[ an act of designating.]

 

 

 

designer

n.設計者;時裝設計師

 

 

 

desirable

desire(n/v渴望)-able

adj.值得要的(因為有好處或令人高興) = worthwhile = beneficial

a computer with many desirable features.
有許多理想的性能的電腦

 

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desire           v/n. 渴望[strong wish to do or to have sth.]

 

desirous      adj.渴望的      (Everybody is desirous of success)
                                         每人都想獲得成功

 

desirable     adj.值得要的(因為有好處或令人高興) = worthwhile = beneficial

 

 

undesirable  adj.令人討厭的

 

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desperate

de-sper(hope)-ate

adj.絕望的 [Having lost all hope; despairing.]

adj.感到絕望而不顧一切的 [Reckless or violent because of despair]

  ex. a desperate criminal.

 

 

**字根 sper ==hope希望

           spair

 

desperate  adj.感到絕望而不顧一切的 adj.絕望的

despair          v.絕望;失望

 

 

despise & despicable

despise

de-spis(spic<--spec;look)

v.輕視;鄙視,瞧不起 [to regard with contempt]

Honest students despise cheating.
誠實的學生鄙視作弊。

 

despicable

de-spic(spec,look)-able

adj.可鄙的,卑劣的 [deserving to be despised]

 

 

 

despondent

de-spond(promise)-ent

adj.沮喪的 [feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement]

  ex. despondent about failing health.

 

respond v.回答