dissimulate
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
-ate
simul
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
dissimulate
to hide one's feeling, motives, etc. by pretense; dissemble (to conceal under a false appearance; disguise)
掩饰, 假装, 装糊涂
dissimulate 的切分如下:
dissimulate = dis- (intensifier 强调) + simul (like; together; pretense 像； 在一起； 假装) + -ate (do; make; cause 做； 造； 导致);
dissimulate = to pretend 假装; to hide one's true feeling etc. by pretense 掩饰
现在我来再次切分一下该词试试
dissimulate = to pretend 假装; to hide one's true feeling etc. by pretense 掩饰
该词的重要词根如下:
dis-
-ate
simul
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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