词根词缀:-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: a suffix; action, act, process, state, or condition; or result of doing something

【相关描述】Although there are over 1,450 word entries ending with -ation or -ization listed in this unit, there are certainly many more which exist in the English language. At any rate, this unit provides a significant number of -ation and -ization examples for you to see.

【同源单词】abarticulation, abbreviation, abdication, abdominal examination, aberration, abevacuation

词根词缀:palli-, pallio, pallit-

【来源及含义】Latin: mantle, covering; cloak

【相关描述】 To palliate, extenuate, cloak. These words, as here compared, are used in a figurative sense in reference to our treatment of wrong action. We cloak in order to conceal completely. We extenuate a crime when we endeavor to show that it is less than has been supposed; we palliate a crime when we endeavor to cover or conceal its enormity, at least in part. This naturally leads us to soften some of its features, and thus palliate approaches extenuate until they have become nearly or quite identical .

【同源单词】pallia, palliament, palliate, palliated, palliation, palliative