詞彙從《韋氏字根詞典》Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder（又稱韋小綠）裡選取，以詞根串聯講解單詞。每日一詞，積少成多。後臺回復 小綠書 獲取電子版。此書只有英文原版，中文內容為壹壹添加，便於理解。
PAC
PAC is related to the Latin words for 「agree」 and 「peace.」 The Pacific Ocean—that is, the 「Peaceful Ocean」— was named by Ferdinand Magellan because it seemed so calm after he had sailed through the storms near Cape Horn. (Magellan obviously had never witnessed a Pacific typhoon.)
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Ferdinand Magellan
斐迪南·麥哲倫，葡萄牙探險家、航海家、殖民者，為西班牙政府效力探險。
1519年—1522年9月率領船隊完成環球航行，麥哲倫在環球途中在菲律賓死於部落衝突中，被菲律賓一位名為拉普拉普的部落酋長殺害。船隊在他死後繼續向西航行，回到歐洲，並完成了人類首次環球航行。
Cape Horn
和恩角(Cape Horn)是智利南部合恩島上的陡峭岬角。位於南美洲最南端，以1616年繞過此角的荷蘭航海家斯豪滕的出生地霍恩命名。合恩角洋面波濤洶湧，航行危險，終年強風不斷，氣候寒冷。是太平洋與大西洋分界線
pacify pacifist pact pace
pacify /'pæsə'fai/
v. 使平靜；安慰；平定
(1) To soothe anger or agitation.
(2) To subdue by armed action.
• It took the police hours to pacify the angry demonstrators.
警察花了幾個小時才平息了憤怒的示威者。
Someone stirred up by a strong emotion can usually be pacified by some kind words and the removal of its causes. Unhappy babies are often given a rubber pacifier for sucking to make them stop crying. During the Vietnam War, pacification of an area meant using armed force to drive out the enemy, which might be followed by bringing the local people over to our side by building schools and providing social services. But an army can often bring 「peace」 by pure force, without soothing anyone's emotions.
stir up 煽動；激起；攪拌
rubber pacifier 橡膠奶嘴
drive out 驅除
Definition of Vocabulary.com
If you work to establish peace in a certain location between factions at war, then you are working to pacify a country or region. The U.N. has specially trained workers, called peace keepers, who go into trouble spots to try to pacify
rebellions factions and restore order. Or, one can pacify a disgruntled crowd: "The store manager attempted to pacify the restless crowd of shoppers by promising the popular out-of-stock item would soon be back on the shelves."
faction n. 派別；派系；小集團
disgruntled adj. 不滿的；不高興的
restless adj. 不耐煩的
out-of-stock item 缺貨產品
• 「We don’t need to pacify the situation with empty gestures. We need to hold ourselves, the Celtics organization and the city of Boston accountable,」 he said.
——Washington Times Sep 8, 2020
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Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder
《韋氏字根詞典》一本值得翻爛的書
一本能提高詞彙量的詞典。1,200個單詞和240個詞根，覆蓋2,300個詞彙。Vocabulary Builder是對希臘和拉丁詞根進行有效研究。本書包括每個詞根的討論以測驗學習成效。對於準備標準化考試的學生來說，這是一本很棒的參考書！
每一單元都以拉丁或希臘詞根串聯講解單詞，英語學習者，特別是法語、西班牙語、義大利語等專業學生能更加容易理解和學習英語。
書中包含30個單元，每個單元有8個詞根，每個詞根列舉4個單詞，加上每個unit最後8個words from mythology and history共40個單詞。學完詞根，每個單元還包含1個小測試，可以加深鞏固學習的成果。
這本詞典剛開始學習的時候，會覺得有些難度。不過堅持下來，效果會讓你驚喜！詞根詞綴的講法不同於國內常說的聯想記憶法，很靠譜，符合英語思維習慣。書中的釋義和例句也很經典，學習的時候一定要吃透例句。