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1、英语里必须记得的几十个拉丁语！2013-01-0512:58Perse:（就其本身而言）Thedirecttranslationofthistermis"byitself"anditmeansjustthatwhenusedinEnglishaswell.Youcoulduseittosaythatyoudon'tfindchemistryboringperse(byitself,intrinsically),butthisprofessor'svoiceputsyoutosleep.例如：就化学本身而言我并不讨厌它，可
2、是教授上课的声音总是让我想打瞌睡。Viceversa:（反之亦然）FromtheLatinmeaning"tochange"or"turnaround,"thistermmeanstoreversetheorderofsomething.ThisquotefromSamuelButlerprovidesanexample,"Inthemidstofviceweareinvirtue,andviceversa."Almamater:（母校尤指大学）Ifyoudon'tknowthistermalready,you'llbe
3、comequitefamiliarwithitonceyougraduatefromcollege.Theliteraltranslationis"dear/bountifulmother"butyou'llfinditusedineverydaylanguagetodenotethecollegeoruniversityfromwhichonehasgraduated.Magnumopus（大师之作/绝好的艺术作品）:Whetherit'sinwriting,painting,sculptureormusic,this
4、Latintermdenotesthegreatestworkdonebyanartist--atruemasterpiece.Bonafide（在法律术语中指良好的意图/一般表示真诚的和善意的）:Whileit'sliteraltranslationmeans"goodfaith"thistermhasafewdifferentshadesofmeaninginmodernlanguage.Inlegalterms,itisusedtorepresentsomethingthatispresentedwithoutde
5、ceptionorfraud,orliterallyingoodfaith,honest,sincereandlawful.Itismorecommonlyusedtomeansomethingthat'stherealdealortrulyauthentic.Quasi（类似的，有如）:InLatin,thiswordmeansasiforasthoughandinEnglishitisusedasbothanadjectiveinitsownrightandasapartofacompoundword.Itsimpl
6、ydesignatessomethingthatresemblessomethingelsebutdoesn'tquitehaveallthesamefeatures.Alterego（密友，或者个性的另一面）:Cicerocoinedthisterm,mostlikelytakenfromtheGreek,tomean"asecondself"or"anotherI"anditsmodernmeaninghasn'tchangedmuchtoday.Manypeoplehaveanalterego,oranother,
7、perhapshiddenaspectofthemselves.OneexamplefrompopularcultureisBeyonce'salterego,SashaFierce.Verbatim（逐字逐句的/地）:Ifyourepeatsomethingverbatimyourepeatitinexactlythesamewords,wordforwordwithnochangesandnoimprovisation.Statusquo（现状）:FromtheLatinmeaning"thestateinwhich
8、"thistermisusedtodaytodesignatetheexistingstateorconditionofthings.Forexample,ifyou'remakingmoneyoffofahighpollutionindustryitistoyourintereststomaintainthesta
