英文單字(14)《fin 界線》

還記得運動飲料「fin」嗎？fin有「鰭」的意思，雖然不知道飲料包裝使用海豚是否與此有關，fin在當衍生字是被用作「界線」的意思。這個字的衍生單字雖然不多，但其衍生單字的字尾衍生字卻有不少。

fine 罰款(n.v.)、好的(adj.)

fin+ex=出界款(罰款)。「I'm fine, thank you. And you?」

He was fined for driving too fast.

finalize 訂好計畫(v.)

final(最後的)+ize(做)=做收尾
We'll finalize the meeting schedule.

finality 終結(n.)

Every person has a finality of death.

finale 結局(n.)

All the dancers come on the stage during the grand finale.

finance 金融(n.)、提供金援(v.)

We keep a tight control on our finance.
The company refused to finance this project.

financial 金融的、財務的(adj.)

Our financial department is always busy.

finite 有限的(adj.)

Human's power is finite.

confine 限制(v.n.)、禁閉(v.)

禁閉、限制即為將所有的東西限定在界線內。

Let's confine our discussion to matter in question, please!
This girl was confined for a long time. She need some time to cope outside world.

confinement 禁閉(n.)

define 定義(v.)

定義即為往下訂出界限。

definite 肯定的(adj.)

She has a very definite answer.

indefinite 不確定的(adj.)

There are indefinite members of people there.

definitely 肯定地(adv.)

He definitely said he'd be here.

definition 定義(n.)

I'll research dictionary definition when I see the word I'd never seen.

refine into 精煉、改進(v.)

精煉即是重新讓它更好(fine)。

The iron ore is refined into iron.
Engineers spent a few months to refine their software.

refined 精煉的(adj.)

You shouldn't eat the refined food such as white bread or white sugar.

refinement 精煉(n.)

refinery 精煉廠(n.)

There was a huge oil refinery on the coast.

infinite 無限的(adj.)

這邊的「in」有相反作用，finite(有限)的相反即為無限。

The universe is theoretically infinite.

infinity 無限(n.)

Zero divided by one equals infinity.

infinitive 不定詞、動詞原型(adj.n.)

尚未被限制的詞性。字尾「tive」除了變成形容詞以外，也有可能會有名詞的詞性。

 

Extra words:

cope 應付(v.)
theoretically 理論上地(adv.)
divide 除以(v.)