【突破英文词汇】ante--before post--after-英语课

时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：突破英文词汇

英语课

1. antecedents /æn'tɪsi:dnts/

-- ancestors; forefathers 1
David's antecedents came to this country more than a hundred years ago.
戴维的祖先100多年前来到这个国家。

2. anteroom /ˈæntirum/
-- room placed before and forming an entrance to another; antechamber; waiting room
If the physician is busy when patients arrive, the nurse asks them to wait in the anteroom.
如果病人来的时候医生很忙，护士就请他们去接待室等候。

3. postmortem /pəʊstˈmɔ:təm/
-- thorough examination of a body after death; autopsy 2
The purpose of a postmortem is to discover the cause of death.
验尸的目的在于发现死因。

4. postscript 3 /ˈpəʊstskrɪpt/
-- note added to a letter after it has been written
After signing the letter, I noticed I had omitted an important fact. Therefore, I mentioned it in a postscript.
在信上签名后，我发现漏掉了一件要紧的事，于是就在附言中写了一下。

5. antedate 4 /ˈæntɪˌdeɪt/
-- 1. assign a date before the true date
2. come before in date; precede
If you used yesterday's date on a check written today, you have antedated 5 the check.
如果你在今天的支票上填写昨天的日期，你就提早了支票的日期。
Alaska antedates 6 Hawaii as a state, having gained statehood on January 3, 1959, seven months before Hawaii.
阿拉斯加在1959年1月3日成为美国的一洲，比夏威夷早了七个月。

6. postdate /ˈpəustˈdeit/
-- assign a date after the true date
This is a postdated check; it has tomorrow's date on it.
这张支票的日期填迟了，上面的日期是明天的。

7. ante meridiem /ˈæntimeˈridiem/
-- before noon
Our class usually begin at 8 a. m.
我们通常在上午8点开始上课。

8. post meridiem /ˈpəustmeˈridiem/
-- afternoon
At 4 p. m. the chairman announced the debate to be closed.
下午4点时主席宣布辩论结束。

9. postgraduate 7 /pəʊstˈgrædʒu:ɪt/
-- having to do with study after graduation from high school or college
After college, Mary hopes to do postgraduate work in law school.
大学毕业后，玛丽想去法学院搞研究。

1 forefathers

n.祖先，先人；祖先，祖宗( forefather的名词复数 )；列祖列宗；前人

They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left. 它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。来自《简明英汉词典》
All of us bristled at the lawyer's speech insulting our forefathers. 听到那个律师在讲演中污蔑我们的祖先，大家都气得怒发冲冠。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 autopsy

n.尸体解剖；尸检

They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。

3 postscript

n.附言，又及；(正文后的)补充说明

There was the usual romantic postscript at the end of his letter.他的信末又是一贯的浪漫附言。
She mentioned in a postscript to her letter that the parcel had arrived.她在信末附笔中说包裹已寄到。

4 antedate

vt.填早...的日期，早干，先干

The Invoice be antedate to january 1st.将该发票日期填早到1月1日。
The cold weather antedate ed their departure.寒冷的天气使他们提前离开。

5 antedated

v.（在历史上）比…为早( antedate的过去式和过去分词 )；先于；早于；（在信、支票等上）填写比实际日期早的日期