default有“违约、不履行、缺席、默认值”等多种含义。这个单词可以分解为前缀de-和fault两部分。 fault来自拉丁语,又可以分解成两部分:faul-和t。前面的faul-来自拉丁词根fall-(绊倒,犯错,失败),和fail(失败,未能做到)同源,只不过发生了元音音变。后面的t来自拉丁语动词的过去分词后缀,等于英语本族语中的ed,表示动作已经完成,在此构成名词表示动作本身。 两部分合起来,fault字面意思是“犯错,失败”,引申为“过错,失误,故障,缺陷”,比如: Why should I say sorry when it's not my fault ? 不是我的错为什么要我道歉? He has served a number of double faults in this set. 他在这盘发球出现了一些双误。 Cars with serious faults have been called in by…

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| Telegram ID | -1001385853166 |
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| Type | Channel |
| Username | @pieroots |
| Created | Between 1 March 2018 and 31 July 2021— estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated. |
| First recorded | 6 August 2026 |
| Last confirmed live | 26 August 2026 |
| Measurements held | 7 |
| Confirmed unchanged | 1 time, most recently 26 August 2026 |
| On Telegram | t.me/pieroots |
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| 16 Aug 2026, 07:59 | 2,847 | -5 |
| 13 Aug 2026, 02:13 | 2,852 | -2 |
| 10 Aug 2026, 10:54 | 2,854 | -7 |
| 7 Aug 2026, 09:12 | 2,861 | +2 |
| 6 Aug 2026, 17:45 | 2,859 | first reading |
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在保险行业有一种非常专业的人员叫做“精算师”,他们的主要职责就是收集并分析各种统计信息,在此基础上计算出各种事件发生的概率,为各种保险业务的定价提供数学支持。 在英语中,精算师被称为actuary。这个单词来自拉丁语,由词根act-(活动、行动)和后缀-ary组成,中间的字母u可以简单地看作是连接字母。 词根act-和单词act(活动、行动)同源,在这里表示“公共事务、社会中发生的各种事件”。后面的-ary是形容词及名词后缀,在这里表示“从事与……相关工作的人”。整个单词的字面意思是“从事与公共事务相关工作的人”。 在古罗马时期,actuary是元老院中的一个职务,相当于书记官,负责信息的采集、整理和发布。他需要收集整理各地上报的各种社会重大事件、各地方法官的裁决,参加元老院会议,负责记录会议中形成的决议,最后汇总各方面的信息编写成公报并对外发表。 到了中世纪,actuary这个单词的含义变得更加广泛,可以表示抄写员、速…
spirit(精神)来自拉丁语,由词根spir-(呼吸,喘气)加过去分词后缀-it组成,字面意思就是“呼吸、喘气”这种行为本身。由于古人认为呼吸和气息是灵魂和精神的表现形式,所以spirit产生了“灵魂、精神、勇气”的含义,比如: He is dead, but his spirit lives on. 他死了,但他的灵魂将永存。 The human spirit is virtually indestructible. 人的精神实际上是不可摧毁的。 She was a very brave girl and everyone who knew her admired her spirit. 她是个非常勇敢的女孩,认识她的人都敬佩她的勇气。 在日常生活中,spirit还可表示“情绪、活力”等含义,比如: They played with spirit. 他们打得生龙活虎。 At supper, everyone was in …
在写字的笔出现以前的古代,无论中外,古人都是通过刮刻的方式来写字,也就是尖锐之物在金属、木片、泥版等材料表面刮刻出痕迹,通过这种方式来写字。在日耳曼语中,表示“刮、擦、挠”的词根是scrab-/scrap-,同源的拉丁语词根scrib-/scrip-本意也是“刮、刻”,但常引申为“写、画”。 scrabble来自日耳曼语,是词根scrab-的反复形式,字面意思是“用爪子反复挠,乱抓乱扒”,引申出两个主要含义,一个是“忙乱地翻找”,另一个是“乱涂乱写,涂鸦”。西方有个流行的拼字游戏就叫做scrabble,因为在游戏中,玩家要忙乱地翻找出合适的字母来拼出正确单词,所以叫做scrabble。 scramble和scrabble同源,是它的鼻音化结果,中间的一个字母b变成了m。含义和scrabble略有不同,主要表示手忙脚乱地攀爬或争夺物品,比如,to scramble over rocks(匆忙爬过岩石),to scramble …
science(科学)一词出现于14世纪中期,而scientist(科学家)一词直到19世纪30年代才诞生,二者相差接近5个世纪。 那么,在scientist出现之前,研究science的人叫做natural philosopher(自然哲学家),这是scientist诞生之前科学家们最常使用的称谓,因为他们认为自己研究的是natural philosophy(自然哲学)。 如1687年,大科学家牛顿出版的科学巨著就叫做《自然哲学的数学原理》,而不是《自然科学的数学原理》。 然而,到了19世纪,越来越多的人对“自然哲学家”这一称谓感到不满了。在1833年召开的英国科学促进协会的一次大会上,著名诗人柯勒律治站起来对参会者说:“你们必须停止自称为‘自然哲学家’。”在他看来,真正的哲学家应该像他那样,坐在扶手椅上对着星空进行沉思,那些成天在实验室捣鼓各种实验,或者发明各种新奇玩意的人配不上“哲学家”这个高贵的称号。 面对柯勒律治…
happy(幸福的)来自英国人的本族语日耳曼语,可以分解为两部分:前面的词根happ-表示“运气,幸运,偶然”,后面的-y是个形容词后缀,表示“有很多……的”。整个单词的字面意思是“有很多好运的,幸运的”。由此可见,在英国人看来,决定一个人是否幸福的关键因素是运气,一个人如果能够得到幸运女神的青睐,就能变得happy(幸福的)。 和happy同根的还有happen(偶然发生),前面的词根happ-表示“偶然”,后面的-en是个动词后缀,合起来意思是“偶然发生”。比如: Nobody knows what will happen next. 没有人知道接下来将会发生什么事。 和happy同根的还有perhaps,前缀per-表示“凭借”,中间的hap-等于词根happ-,表示“运气”,末尾的-s是个副词后缀。整个单词的字面意思是“凭借运气、看运气”,所以就是“也许”,表示一种不确定性,比如: Will you come tom…
duke(公爵)是欧洲历史上的高级贵族爵位,地位仅次于国王(king)和亲王(prince)。duke来自拉丁语dux,源自拉丁词根duc-(领导),本意是“领导、首领”。 dux原本是古罗马人对当时割据一方的蛮族部落首领的称呼。这些人归顺罗马后,成为罗马帝国统治下的行省的统治者。罗马帝国灭亡之后,这些行省纷纷独立,形成了很多小国家。这些小国家的国君就以dux为称号。 大约在14世纪,dux进入英语,拼写变成了duke,表示贵族中最高等级的爵位,即公爵。 Duke(杜克)还是一个姓氏,祖上是公爵,妥妥的贵族血统。1924年,美国杜克家族向一所大学捐赠了4千万美元的巨款。校方董事会改了校名,随了人家的姓。这就是鼎鼎大名的Duke University(杜克大学)。 duke的妻子在英语中被称为duchess,前面duch-相当于duke,后面的-ess是个阴性名词后缀。理论上duchess还可表示“女公爵”,即拥有公爵爵位…
fate来自拉丁语,前面的fa-是个词根,表示“说”,后面的-te来自拉丁语动词的过去分词后缀,相当于英国人本族语中的-ed,表示动作完成后的结果。整个单词的字面意思是“说过的话”,特指“神灵说过的话”。 古代西方人认为世间万物的命运都是由神灵决定的,神灵预言过的事情一定会发生。所以fate引申出“命运”之意。比如: He fought with fate bravely. 他勇敢地与命运抗争。 fate还转作动词表示命中注定、决定……的命运。但要注意,用作动词时,fate通常只用于被动式,比如: They were fated never to meet again. 他们命中注定了永远不能再相见。 fate派生出形容词fatal,附加了形容词后缀-al。fatal的字面意思是“命运的,命中注定的”。由于每个人都是命中注定要死的,所以fatal引申为“致命的,必然导致死亡或失败的”,比如: There was a fat…
courage(勇气)来自古法语,可以分解为两部分:前面的cour-(心)来自拉丁词根cord-(心)的变化形式,辅音字母d脱落了,中间的单元音字母o变成了双元音字母ou;后面的-age是个常见的名词后缀,在这里表示“来自……的东西”。合起来意思是“来自心灵的东西,由心灵产生的东西”,也就是中文所说的“勇气,胆量”,比如: He showed great courage and determination. 他表现得十分勇敢和果断。 courage派生出形容词courageous,后面的-ous是个常见的形容词后缀,表示“富含……的”。courageous的字面意思就是“有很多勇气”,所以就是“勇敢的”,比如:It was courageous of him to save the child from the fire. 他从火中救出小孩真是勇敢呀。 courage还派生出动词encourage(鼓励)。前面的en-和单词…
chief(首领,酋长)来自古法语,源自拉丁语名词caput(头),和拉丁词根capit-(头)同源。它是caput/capit前面的cap-在法语中的音变结果,具体变化如下:开头的辅音字母c-音变为ch-,中间的单元音字母a音变为双元音字母ie,末尾的辅音字母p音变为f。 chief的本意是“头”,引申为“首领”,可以表示“酋长、局长、主席”等多种职务,比如:a Masai chief(一位马赛人酋长),the chief of police(警察局长),a union chief(工会主席)。 chief还转作形容词表示“主要的,首要的”,比如:the chief reason for spending cuts(削减成本的主要原因)。 chief还可以用在表示官职的短语中,常翻译为“首席”,比如Chief Executive Officer(首席执行官,CEO),Chief Financial Officer(首席财…
古罗马宗教活动中经常有反复吟唱的环节,类似于中国的和尚们打坐诵经。这种吟唱的行为就是chant(吟咏经文)。 chant来自古法语,派生自拉丁语动词词根can-(吟唱),前面的辅音字母c在法语中音变为ch-,末尾的t来自拉丁语动词的反复形式,整个单词的字面意思是“反复吟唱”,引申为“吟咏经文”,还可以比喻反复说,反复喊,比如: Protesters were chanting slogans. 抗议者们反复呼喊口号。 chant作名词表示反复吟唱的经文、诗歌,也就是所谓的“颂歌、圣歌”,比如基督教中著名的Gregorian Chant(格里高利圣咏)。在非宗教领域,chant常表示反复叫喊声,比如: He was greeted by the chant of ‘Judas! Judas!’. 人们看见他就反复不停地喊:“犹大!犹大!” 俗话说,小和尚念经——有口无心。僧侣们在吟唱圣歌时,常会装模作样,有口无心,由此诞生了…
devil指圣经中的Satan(撒旦),是对抗上帝的邪恶、黑暗之源。Satan来自希伯来语,字面意思是“敌人”。 当希伯来文的《旧约》被译成希腊文时,对于里面的Satan(撒旦)一词,译者找不到合适的希腊单词,选择了词意接近的diabolos(诽谤者、抨击者)一词,后来进入英语演变为devil。 diabolos是希腊语单词,可以进一步分解为前缀dia-(跨越,穿过)+词根bol(投掷)+名词词尾-os,字面意思是“投掷(武器)过来的人”,引申为“攻击者,控告者,诽谤者”。在希腊语圣经中用来表示与上帝作对的恶魔撒旦后,就引申出了“恶魔”之意。这个单词经由拉丁语进入英语后,发生了音变,最终拼写变成了devil。具体变化解释如下:前缀dia-中的双元音字母ia音变为单元音字母e,中间的辅音字母b变成相近相通的v,后面的元音字母o音变为i,末尾的名词词尾-os在英语中脱落了。 形容词diabolical(恶魔一般的)的diabol…
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