精選寫作用字 (字源解析) 
 

1. pon, pound = put, 表示“放置”

    拉丁文ponere
component  n 成分，零件 a 組成的（com一起+pon+ent→放在一起→成分）

Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.

opponent  n 對手 a 對立的（op反+pon+ent→反著放→對立的）

He is a formidable opponent in debate.

propound  v 提出，提議（pro向前+pound→向前放→提出）

proponent  n 提議者，倡導者

The theory of natural selection was first propounded by Charles Darwin.

expound  v 詳細說明（ex出+pound→把[內容]說出來→詳細說明）

exponent  n 說明者

She's always expounding on the latest dogmas of feminism.

compound  n 化合物（com全部+pound 放→全部放到一起→化合物）

Sulphur dioxide is a compound of sulphur and oxygen.

postpone  v 延遲（post後+pone→向後放→延遲）

A rise in price will make people postpone expenditure.

2. scend, scent = climb, 表示“爬，攀”

    拉丁文scandere
ascend  v 登上，爬上（a 向上+scend） /  ascent  n

The road ascends steeply from the harbor.

descend  v 下降，傳下（de向下+scend→向下爬） /  descent  n 

After 1970s, a continuous descent of birth rate is evident in many developed countries.

descendant  n 子孫，後代（descend+ant人→在族譜裡往下的人→後代）

Quechua is a descendant of the Inca language.

condescend  v 屈尊降貴，故作施惠（con全部+descend→全身爬行→屈尊） 

condescending  a 高高在上的  /  condescension  n 

All the colleagues are fed up with his condescending attitude.

transcend  v 超越，勝過（trans超過+scend→爬過去→超越）

transcendence  n

The genius of Shakespeare transcends that of all other English poets.
 

3. scrib, script = write, 表示“寫”

    拉丁文scribere
describe  v 敘述，描寫（de向下+scribe→寫下→敘述）/ description  n

Words cannot describe the beauty of the scene.

inscribe  v 銘刻，刻字（in進去+scribe→刻寫進去→刻字）/ inscription  n 

His mother's words were inscribed in his mind.

prescribe  v 開藥方，規定（pre預先+scribe→預先寫好[藥方、規定]）/ prescription  n 

The law prescribes how to punish this crime.

subscribe  v 簽名，同意，訂閱，捐款（sub在下面+scribe→下面寫字→簽名）
subscriber  n 訂戶，捐助人（subscribe+er）

He subscribed 10,000 dollars to the earthquake relief fund.

transcribe  v 抄寫，謄寫（trans橫越+scribe→寫過去→謄寫）

transcript  n 副本，成績單

The minutes of their meeting were fully transcribed in the report.

ascribe  v 把…歸因於（a去+scribe→把…寫過去→歸因於）/ ascribable  a 

The report ascribes the rise in childhood asthma to the increase in air pollution.

circumscribe  v 畫界線，限制（circum周圍+scribe→畫上一圈→限定）

The President's power is circumscribed by Congress and the Supreme Court.

conscribe  v 徵募，招募（con一起+scribe→大家寫上[名字]→徵兵）/ conscription  n

All adult males will be liable for conscription.

manuscript  n 手稿，原稿（manu手+script）

Unfortunately, parts of the original manuscript have been lost.

postscript  n (信件等)後記，附註(縮寫P.S.)（post後+script→寫在後面→附註）

She mentioned in a postscript to her letter that the parcel had arrived.

scribble  v 潦草書寫，塗鴉（scrib+ble→寫→亂寫）

He hastily scribbled down a few notes in the margin.

script  n 腳本，底稿

This film script is weak in its plot but strong in characters.

scripture  n 經文（script+ure→寫出的[宗教作品]）

The great demands for Buddhist scripture from home and abroad also led to the 

invention and wide-use of printing.