1、词根精讲
Ject comes from jacere, the Latin verb meaning "throw" or "hurl"
词根ject来自拉丁语动词,意思是“扔”,“投”。
2、同根词汇
1. jet: an airplane powered by one or more jet engines 喷气式飞机。(单词jet是词根ject的变体)
李连杰的英文名就叫做Jet Lee.一方面Jet跟跟他的名“杰”谐音,另一方面“jet”喷气式飞机也比喻事业一飞冲天,既做到了谐音,又做到了谐意。
2. inject: to force (a liquid) into something [ in(=into)入,进入,里面,ject(=throw)扔,→ 把东西扔进 → 把液体扔进身体里→]
v.注射(液体、药等);注入
inject new life into the company 给公司注入新的活力
3. reject: to refuse to accept, consider, submit to, take for some purpose, or use [ re(=back)回,ject(=throw)扔,→ 把东西扔回 ] v.拒绝;驳回;舍弃(投掷回来)
My teacher rejected my excuse for being late.
4. eject: to force (someone) to leave [ex=out 向外,ject(=throw)扔,→ 把东西往外扔 ] vt. 逐出,驱逐;喷射(液体等),吐出
After committing 5 fouls,a basketball player is ejected from the game.
篮球选手犯规五次就要被罚下赛场。
5. interject: to interrupt what someone else is saying with (a comment, remark, etc.) [inter(=between)在...之间,ject 扔 → 在某人交流时把话扔向他们,打断他们的交流 →] v. 打断
6. conjecture [带着某物扔con=together共同,ject=throw扔。所以conjecture字面上的意思是把数据和事实集合在一起,从而生成理论]
n. 猜测,推测; 臆测 v. 猜测,推测
Without any scientific data, the best he could do was conjecture . 由于没有任何科学资料,他至多只能推测。
7. trajectory: [tra=trans=across, ject=throw] n. 弹道;抛物线(由一端把投到另一端的线路)
8. project: [pro 向前, ject=throw,向前投] v.发射,放映,呈现,展现
n. 项目,计划(需要展现出来的)