硕士英语 | 一词多学的魅力

本周我们将带着大家
去体会如何轻松高效地记单词
一词多学举一反三
学单词也可以 so easy!

executive

英/美 /ɪɡˈzekjətɪv/n. a person who has an important job as a manager of a company or an organization

说到executive，有一句话可以说是表达出了很多屌丝男的憧憬和心声——“不用多久，我就会升职加薪，当上总经理，出任CEO，迎娶白富美，走上人生巅峰！”

咱先不说广大的屌丝男们有没有能力走上人生巅峰，即使最后大家如了各自所有的愿，心想事成，走上人生巅峰后的道路未必会变得一帆风顺无忧无虑。所以当下我们应该关心的一点是：
executive不仅有名词“总经理”的意思，还有形容词“行政的”这一意思。

executive

英/美 /ɪɡˈzekjətɪv/adj. [only before noun] relating to the job of managing a business or organization and making decisions
E.g. a commission with executive powers

intact

英/美 /ɪnˈtækt/adj. complete and not damaged
E.g. The Roman Colosseum (罗马圆形竞技场) remains intact even after almost two thousand years.

converge

英 /kənˈvɜːdʒ/ 美 /kənˈvɜːrdʒ/vi. converge (on some place) (of people or vehicles) to move towards a place from different directions and meet
E.g. Thousands of supporters converged on London for the rally.

converge为不及物动词，其后跟地点（如London）的话需要加介词on，表示“汇集，聚集”于某地。

提到converge，我们不得不再介绍一个它的近亲词diverge（vi. 偏离；分叉）。为什么说它俩是近亲词呢？仔细观察两者的长相，你会发现，两个词共有的词根是verge（vi. 濒临，接近），而两者的区别在于一个词的前缀是con-，另一个是di-。con-我们知道它有“共同”之意，比如consent，congregate，以及我们刚刚学习的converge。di-既可以表示“两个，双”的意思，比如dioxide，dilemma；也可以表示“使…变成，分开，离开”这一意思，比如divide，divorce。那么其实，diverge这一词正是从di-的第二个意思合成而来。下面我们正式介绍一下diverge。

diverge

英 /daɪˈvɜːdʒ/ 美 /daɪˈvɜːrdʒ/vi. to separate and go in different directions

1. diverge与converge相同，也是一个不及物动词，其后可以不接宾语，比如：E.g. We went through school and college together, but then our paths diverged.
2. 如果diverge后加宾语，其后必须加介词from，即diverge from some place，比如：E.g. The coastal road diverges from the freeway just north of Santa Monica.

提到diverge，在此送给大家一首美国著名诗人罗伯特·弗罗斯特写的诗：

The Road Not TakenRobert FrostTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.

也许你正站在人生的十字路口，徘徊不定······

也许你正位于学业或事业的上升阶段，奋力前行······

也许你已经实现了自己的人生巅峰，欣然豁达······

无论你处于人生的哪一个阶段，都请记得珍惜并把握好当下的光阴和青春。因为，时光荏苒，一去而不复返。且行且珍惜。

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