【词源解析】由两个词根main+tain组成。其中main源自原始印欧语词根*man-（手=hand），M表海水，西方人有一种观点，认为人是来自海洋的。所以man指人，这里用人借指“手、手工的”；tain源自原始印欧语词根*ten-（拉伸=stretch），T表牛身上的标记，借指牛，这里指拉伸（拴住牛的绳子）动作或状态。所以maintain的意思，就是“拿在手里试试，即维护、维修”。
【例句】Maintain a positive attitude no matter how much you lose.
不管你输了多少，保持一个积极的态度。
【同根词】词根main的同根词，前文讲过，这里不再赘述。
tain的同根词有：abstain; abstention; abstinence; abstinent; atelectasis; attend; attenuate; attenuation; baritone; catatonia;catatonic; contain; contend; continue; detain; detente; detention; diatonic; distend; entertain; extend; extenuate; hypotenuse;hypotonia; intend; intone;isotonic; lieutenant; locum-tenens; maintain; monotony; neoteny; obtain; ostensible;peritoneum; pertain; pertinacious; portend; pretend; rein; retain; retinue; sitar; subtend; sustain; tantra; telangiectasia; temple; temporal; tenable; tenacious; tenacity; tenant; tend;tendency; tender;tendon; tendril;tenement; tenesmus; tenet; tennis; tenon; tenor; tense;tensile; tension; tensor; tent;tenterhooks; tenuous; tenure; tetanus; thin; tone; tonic.
【词源解析】源自原始印欧语词根*sleg-（松软的），S形表弯曲的、松弛的、不绷紧的。
【例句】And there is nothing in the European data suggesting that the private sector willbe ready to take up the slack in less than two years.
欧洲提供的数字里没有任何东西显示私营部门在不到两年内可以拉紧这根已经松弛的绳子。
【同根词】algolagnia; catalectic; laches; languid; languish; lax; lease; lessor; lush; relax; release; relish; slack (adj.); sleep.
【词源解析】trans-是前缀，表跨越（=across、beyond），词根scend源自原始印欧语词根*skand-（爬climb、升起rise），S表太阳，引申指（太阳）升起、爬、跳起，这里指跳过、超出。
【例句】The mind seems to have the ability to transcend itself and merge with a largerpresence that feels more real.
意识似乎有能力超越自身与一个感觉更真实、更大的存在融合。
【同根词】scan、transcendent、transcendence、transcendental、transcendentalism、transcendentalism。
【词源解析】是hand in cap的缩略，指的是赌博或比赛时为了实现公平性而进行的各种调整和设置，后缩略成一个单词handicap，指障碍、阻碍、生理缺陷。
【例句】She forgot her youth and her beauty. The handicap of age she did not, in herenthusiasm, perceive.
她忘记了自己的年轻美貌。她在兴奋的时候，觉察不到年龄的障碍。
【词源解析】源自原始印欧语*dhe-（放置=set、put）。尽管源自d开头的词根，但其衍生出的多数同根词都变成了F，魔法师按F解释该词的造词理据。F表木栓、木钉，引申指拴住、制作，这里指做的事情，即功绩、技艺、事迹等。
【例句】This incredible feat may have been performed by a few, but that does notsuggest that the art of writing was not developed.
这个难以置信的技艺也许是通过少数人来履行，但这并不意味着书写的艺术没有发展。
【同根词】abdomen; abscond; affair; affect; affection;amplify; anathema; antithesis; apothecary; artifact; artifice; beatific; benefice; beneficence; beneficial; benefit; bibliothec;bodega; boutique; certify; chafe; chauffeur; comfit; condiment; confection; confetti; counterfeit; deed; deem; deface; defeasance;defeat; defect; deficient; difficulty; dignify; discomfit; do (v.); doom; -dom; duma; edifice; edify; efface; effect; efficacious; efficient;epithet; facade; face; facet; facial; -facient; facile; facilitate; facsimile; fact; faction; factitious; factitive;factor; factory; factotum; faculty; fashion; feasible; feat; feature; feckless; fetish; -fic; fordo; forfeit; -fy; gratify; hacienda;hypothecate; hypothesis; incondite; indeed; infect; justify; malefactor; malfeasance; manufacture; metathesis; misfeasance;modify; mollify; multifarious; notify; nullify; office; officinal; omnifarious; orifice; parenthesis; perfect; petrify; pluperfect;pontifex; prefect; prima facie; proficient; profit; prosthesis; prothesis; purdah; putrefy; qualify; rarefy; recondite; rectify; refectory;sacrifice; salmagundi; samadhi; satisfy; sconce; suffice; sufficient; surface; surfeit; synthesis; tay; ticking (n.); theco-; thematic;theme; thesis; verify。
至此，教材第三册第一单元课文A的生词，全部解析完毕。
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