peripatetic

词根词缀:

词根
pat= to walk 走

compatibility n. 和谐共处

com 共同 + pat 走 + ibility 可…性 → 可一起走 → 和谐共处

compatible adj. 和谐的,相容的

com 共同 + pat 走 + ible 可…的,能…的;具有…性质的 → 可一起走的 → 相容的

impatient adj. 不耐烦的

im 不 + pat 走 + ient …的 → 不愿走的 → 不耐烦的

patience n. 耐心;忍受

pati〔= pat〕走 + ence 性质,状态,行为 → 继续走的 → 耐心;忍受

peripatetic adj. 到处走的

peri 来回 + pat 走 + etic 有…性质的,属于…的,具有…的 → 到处走的

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相关例句:

I began my peripatetic existence, working more and more away from home.

我开始了浪迹天涯的生活,在离家越来越远的地方工作。

Some hope that Obama's mixed parentage and peripatetic childhood have made him more sympathetic to other cultures.

有人寄望奥巴马混血的出身和孩童时代的游历能让他对其他文化有更多的同情。

Most reassuring of all is that these cosmopolitan nomads hope to replicate as adults the peripatetic experience they had as children.

其中最令人宽慰的是,这些世界游民希望长大后重复儿童时代那种在世界游走的经历。

They represent a tradition initiated by the Jesuit Peripatetic Mission in the17th and18th centuries, continued and enriched by the Franciscans during the19th century and still prevailing today.

它们所代表的建筑传统,肇始于17、18世纪的耶稣会布道团,在19世纪的圣芳济会的以继续并发扬,并流行到今天。

Instead, her peripatetic childhood and adolescence steered her back to Madrid and a then-novel degree in European Community law, the final year of which took her to Germany, her country of birth.

相反,她四处旅行的童年和青少年时代将她带回了马德里,并获得了当时十分新颖的欧共体法律(european community law)学位,学业的最后一年她回到了自己的出生地德国。

But now international interest in London property is no longer the preserve of a handful of peripatetic tycoons.

但是,现在国际上对伦敦地产的兴趣,已不再局限于少数到处游走的大亨。