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"Inflammable" is the original word, but then in the 1920s,accordi ...
speakingringo 发表于 7-2-2010 02:33 PM 
补充一下：
The Oxford English Dictionary adds this usage note: Historically, flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. However, the presence of the prefix in~ has misled many people into assuming that inflammable means "not flammable" or "noncombustible." The prefix in~ in inflammable is not, however, the Latin negative prefix in~, which is related to the English un~ and appears in such words as indecent and inglorious. Rather, this in~ is an intensive prefix derived from the Latin preposition in. This prefix also appears in the word enflame. But many people are not aware of this derivation, and for clarity's sake it is advisable to use only flammable to give warnings. | 
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发表于 7-2-2010 10:16 PM
才不会呢，虽然我很笨，不过我还是会用这方法令我的英文进步！！！如果我不明白可以向你请教吗？呵呵
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