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标 题: {MONO}
发信站: 紫 丁 香 (Mon Nov 22 14:39:45 1999), 转信
MONO}
{MONO} is Greek for "one" or "only." So a monorail is a railroad
that has only one rail, a monotonous voice seems to have only one
tone, and a monopoly puts all ownership in the hands of a single
company, eliminating any competition.
monorail: n. 单轨铁路
monogamous \mo'nog>m>s\ 一夫一妻制。
Being married to one person or having one mate at a time.
Geese, swans, and many other birds are monogamous and mate for
life.
American marriage is by law monogamous; people are permitted to
have only one spouse (husband or wife) at a time. There are
cultures with laws that permit marriage to more than one person
at a time, or polygamy. Some Islamic countries permit polygamy,
as do some African tribes. In this country the Mormons were
polygamous until 1890, when they were forced to practice monogamy
by the unsympathetic federal government.
polygamy: n. 一夫多妻制,一妻多夫制
monograph \'mo:n>gra:f\ 专题论文。
A scholarly essay written on a single small topic and published
separately.
Her paper on the slang used by southern college students was
printed as a monograph.
A monograph usually takes the form of a book, but a smallish
book. The contents discuss a single area or subject. The subjects
of monographs tend to be specialized-for example, A statistical
Study of the Graphic System of Present-Day American English.
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