词根plea什么意思?例如plead

plea (n.)

early 13c., "lawsuit," from Anglo-French plai (late 12c.), Old French plait "lawsuit, decision, decree" (9c.), from Medieval Latin placitum "lawsuit," in classical Latin, "opinion, decree," literally "that which pleases, thing which is agreed upon," properly neuter past participle of placere (see please). Sense development seems to be from "something pleasant," to "something that pleases both sides," to "something that has been decided." Meaning "a pleading, an agreement in a suit" is attested from late 14c. Plea-bargaining is first attested 1963. Common pleas (early 13c.) originally were legal proceedings over which the Crown did not claim exclusive jurisdiction (as distinct from pleas of the Crown); later "actions brought by one subject against another."

词源字典的解释。不知道你能不能看懂

accuse谴责 excuse是借口

首先，ac和ex是词缀，不是词根

其次cuse才是词根，这两个词是同根词。

cuse的意思是lawsuit, cause,explain

ac前缀就是to,无实际意义。accuse的原义是to call someone to explain their actions

ex-前缀是出来的意思，out, 就是explain出来，就是借口，用借口逃脱出来。

用词根解释可以，但这其中的变化较多，不容易记

pursue是什么意思

pursue是追赶的意思。

作为动词的意思是继续；从事；追赶；纠缠；追赶；继续进行。

词根助记：

解析：

pur前面 + su跟随 - 跟随向前- pursue追逐。

联想：

pursuit n. 追赶，追求；职业，工作。

sue v. 控告；请求。

ensue v. 跟着发生，接着发生；继起。

lawsuit n. 诉讼。

purchase v. 购买 n. 购买物；购买；紧握。

purloin v. 偷。

句子：

1、I want you to pursue your dreams.

我希望你追逐自己的梦想。

2、She decided to pursue her studies after obtaining her first degree.

她决定在获得学士学位之后继续深造。

3、He kind of pursued me pretty hard.

他追我追得挺努力。

4、Mr. Menendez has aggressively pursued new business.

梅嫩德斯先生积极追求新业务。