书城外语雅思英语词汇词根词缀高效记忆:轻松背单词
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第158章 lect,leg=speak,read,表示“讲,读”

同根常考词汇:需掌握

◆dialect[‘dailekt]n.方言

举例:He wrote a play in a local dialect.

他用当地方言写了一个剧本。

同形:idiolect[’idiulekt]n.个人习语

◆legible[‘ledbl]a.可读的,易读的

举例:The sign was no longer legible because much of the lettering had worn away.

这块招牌已看不清楚,因为大部分字已磨掉了。

同形:illegible[i’ledbl]a.难读的

◆allege[‘led]v.断言,宣称

用法:It is alleged that……据说

举例:The police allege that the man was a thief.

警方声称这男子是个小偷。

◆legend[’lednd]n.传奇,传奇人物

举例:Both men were legends in their own time.

这两个人在他们各自的时代都是传奇式人物。

同形:legendary[‘ledndri]a.传奇的,像传奇一样的