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中国养殖业滥用抗生素现象惊人

http://news.xinhuanet.com/herald/2010-12/08/c_13639958.htm

抗生素antibiotic，可做名词“抗生素”，也可做形容词“抗生的；抗菌的”

｛anti-, against 对抗 ＋ bio, life 生命。源自希腊语bios, human life (人的生命) ＋ -ic, forming adjectives and some nouns 构成形容词和部分名词｝

〖英语 -ic ← 法语 -ique  ←  拉丁语-icus ∕ 希腊语-ikos〗

★ biology [baI5BlEdVI]  n. 生物学

｛bio-, life 生命 ＋ -logy, the study of ～学 → 研究生命之科学 → 生物学，生态｝

﹡The course will encompass physics, chemistry and biology.  课程将包括物理、化学和生物学。

☆ biological [7baIE5lBdVIkl]  n. 生物学的

｛-logical (= -logic) 与以-logy结尾的名词相适应，构成形容词，表示「～学的」｝

﹡ The biological changes are related by the weather. 生物学变化是和气候有关的。

☆ biography [baI5B^rEfI]  n. 传记，传记文学

｛bio-, life 生命 ＋ -graphy, writing 写 → 记录生平事迹的文字 → 传记，传记文学｝

﹡I have read a biography of Abraham Lincoln.  我读过一部亚伯拉罕·林肯的传记。 

☆ autobiography [7CtEbaI5B^rEfI]  n. 自传

｛auto-, self 自己 biography传记→ 自传｝

﹡ Autobiography is often less truthful than biography.  自传常常没有传记真实。

☆ bionic  [baI5BnIk]  adj. 仿生学的

｛bio-, life 生命 ＋ (electro)nic电子的 → 用电子代替生物体的某些功能 → 仿生学的｝

﹡ The findings show that the bionic eye may restore some sight for the blind. 这一发现表明，仿生学眼睛也许能使盲人恢复一定程度的视力。

☆ biosphere [5baIE7sfIr]  n. 生物圈，生物大气层

｛bio-, life 生命 ＋ sphere, globe 地球 → 生命得以维持的地球表层范围的空间 → 生物圈，生物大气层｝

﹡ All living things exist within this region, the biosphere.  所有生物都存在于这一地区，这就是所说的生物圈。

☆ symbiosis [7sImbaI5osIs]  n. 共生，共栖

｛sym-, same 同一，共同 ＋ bio- 生命 ＋ -sis抽象名词字尾 → 共同生存的一种现象 → 共生，共栖｝

﹡ The symbiosis between social values and political structure has produced extraordinary achievement.  社会价值观念和政治结构的共生现象带来了非凡的成就。

☆ biotic [baI5BtIk]  adj. 生物的，生命的

｛bio-  life 生命＋ -tic (= -ic) 形容词字尾，表「～的，与～有关的，具有～特性的」｝

☆ antibiotic [7AntIbaI5BtIk]  n. 抗生素  adj. 抗生的

｛anti-, against 反，逆 → 对抗｝

﹡Antibiotic can be used against infection.  抗菌素可以用来防止感染。

〖质难词素〗

-sis/ -osis, 抽象名词字尾，表示行动，状态或过程 (denoting action, state, or process)，源自希腊语，又如：crisis (危机)，diagnosis (诊断)，synthesis (综合)，metamorphosis (变形)，

narcosis (昏迷状态，麻醉)，gnosis  ([宗](诺斯替教用语)真知，灵知，直觉)

neurosis (神经症，神经衰弱症)，tuberculosis (肺结核)，thrombosis (血栓症)，nephrosis ([医] 肾变病，肾病)，silicosis ([医]硅肺病)（ ← 关心新闻的人，对这个词应不陌生）

〖源自希腊语动状名词字尾 -ōsis or -sis〗相应的形容词字尾通常是：-otic

■ 其他同源字(未一一核实，仅供参考)：

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