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VER comes from Latin word versus "true"真相, 事实,常见的单词verify(核实), 就包含ver的词根, from PIE root *were-o- "true, trustworthy".常见变体形式有VERI

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词源故事:

在罗马神话中有一位真理女神, 叫Veritas(维瑞塔斯), 她是农神萨图恩的女儿, 美德女神(Virtue)的母亲, 对应于希腊神话中的真理女神Aletheia(阿莱西娅)，她常藏身于井底,很难为世人所发现。也就有了后来的真理掌握在少数人的手里。

VER相关词汇:

verify ['vɛrɪfaɪ] vt. 核实；查证

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☉拆: ver(true)+ify(v后缀 make..) -> 使...真实 -> 核实

☉拓展verification [,vɛrɪfɪ'keʃən] n. 确认，查证；核实

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verify (v.)early 14c., from Old French verifier "substantiate, find out the truth about" (14c.), from Medieval Latin verificare "make true," from Latin verus "true" (see very) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious).

veracity [və'ræsəti] n. 诚实；精确性；老实；说真实话

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☉拆: ver(true)+acity(n后缀: 表示...倾向) -> 有老实倾向 -> 说话老实; 老实

☉拓展veracious [və'reʃəs] adj. 诚实的；真实的

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veracity (n.)1620s, from French véracité (17c.), from Medieval Latin veracitatem (nominative veracitas) "truthfulness," from Latin verax (genitive veracis) "truthful," from verus "true" (see very).

verdict ['vɝdɪkt] n. 结论；裁定

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☉拆: ver(true)+dict(speak说) -> 说真实话 -> 裁决

☉拓展veridical [vɪ'rɪdɪk(ə)l] adj. 不虚伪的；诚实的

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verdict (n.)1530s, alteration of Middle English verdit (c. 1300), "a jury's decision in a case," from Anglo-French verdit (Old French voirdit) "sworn testimony, affidavit; judgment, written record of a verdict," literally "a true saying or report," from ver, veir "true" (see very) + dit, past participle of dire "to say" (see diction). Spelling influenced by Medieval Latin verdictum "a verdict."

verism ['viərizəm] n. 真实主义，写实主义

☉拆: ver(true)+ism(n后缀: 表示...主义) -> 真实主义

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verism (n.)"the theory that art and literature should strictly reproduce truth," 1892, from Italian verismo, from vero "truth," from Latin verus (see very) + -ismo, Italian form of -ism.

veritas [拉丁语] 真理; 真实; 真相

verisimilitude [,verɪsɪ'mɪlɪtjuːd] n. 逼真，貌似真实；逼真的事物

☉拆: veri(true)+simil-(same 相似)+itude(n后缀 表性质或状态) -> 和真实一样的 -> 好像真实的

☉拓展verisimilar [,vɛrə'sɪməlɚ] adj. 好像是真的 GRE

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verisimilitude (n.)"appearance of truth or reality, likelihood," c. 1600, from French verisimilitude (1540s), from Latin verisimilitudo "likeness to truth," from veri, genitive of verum, neuter of verus "true" (see very) + similis "like, similar" (see similar). Related: Verisimilar.

very ['vɛri] adj. 恰好是，正是；甚至；十足的；特有的 adv. 非常，很；完全

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☉拆: very- 真实

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very (adj.)late 13c., verray "true, real, genuine," later "actual, sheer" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French verrai, Old French verai "true, truthful, sincere; right, just, legal," from Vulgar Latin *veracus, from Latin verax (genitive veracis) "truthful," from verus "true" (source also of Italian vero), from PIE root *were-o- "true, trustworthy" (cognates: Old English wær "a compact," Old Dutch, Old High German war, Dutch waar, German wahr "true;" Welsh gwyr, Old Irish fir "true;" Old Church Slavonic vera "faith," Russian viera "faith, belief"). Meaning "greatly, extremely" is first recorded mid-15c. Used as a pure intensive since Middle English.

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The quality of a university, to some extent, is in direct proportion to that of its library.

一所大学的质量在一定程度上与其图书馆的质量成正比.

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