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metropolis中的METRO-源自希腊语,意为mother,参见matriarch;POLIS,也作POLI, POLIT,源自希腊语,意为city(acropolis, cosmopolitan, geopolitical, megalopolis, metropolitan, police, policlinic, policy, political, politics, polity),metropolis意为“首都;(产业、艺术等的)中心;主要都市,都会”,用于宗教指“大主教区”,在希腊史中指“殖民地的母国”,此外,在英国,the Metropolis指London.
microcosm中的MICRO-,元音字母之前作MICR-,源自希腊语,意为small, abnormally small, requiring or involving microscopy; one-millionth(microbe, microbiologist, microcircuit, microcephaly, microdot, microphone, microscope, microscopic, microsurgery; microsecond);COSM,也作COSMO,源自希腊语,意为universe, world, ornament, order(cosmetic, cosmetics, cosmodom, cosmology, cosmonaut, cosmopolitan, cosmos),microcosm意为“微观世界,微观宇宙,(为宇宙缩影的)人;人类社会;缩影”,如:New York’s mix of people is a microcosm of America.(纽约族群混杂,可谓美国的缩影。)/ Her company is starting to look like an empire in microcosm.(她的公司开始初具规模了,麻雀虽小,五脏俱全。)
metropolis中的METRO-源自希腊语,意为mother,参见matriarch;POLIS,也作POLI, POLIT,源自希腊语,意为city(acropolis, cosmopolitan, geopolitical, megalopolis, metropolitan, police, policlinic, policy, political, politics, polity),metropolis意为“首都;(产业、艺术等的)中心;主要都市,都会”,用于宗教指“大主教区”,在希腊史中指“殖民地的母国”,此外,在英国,the Metropolis指London.
microcosm中的MICRO-,元音字母之前作MICR-,源自希腊语,意为small, abnormally small, requiring or involving microscopy; one-millionth(microbe, microbiologist, microcircuit, microcephaly, microdot, microphone, microscope, microscopic, microsurgery; microsecond);COSM,也作COSMO,源自希腊语,意为universe, world, ornament, order(cosmetic, cosmetics, cosmodom, cosmology, cosmonaut, cosmopolitan, cosmos),microcosm意为“微观世界,微观宇宙,(为宇宙缩影的)人;人类社会;缩影”,如:New York’s mix of people is a microcosm of America.(纽约族群混杂,可谓美国的缩影。)/ Her company is starting to look like an empire in microcosm.(她的公司开始初具规模了,麻雀虽小,五脏俱全。)