alpha privative
短语（英语、希腊语中）表示“没有”、“非”的前缀 α- （或在元音字母前用 an-）
词形变化
alpha privatives
复数
alpha privatives
释义与例句
n.
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1.
The prefix a- (or an- when prefixing a root which begins with a vowel) found in some English words of Greek derivation. It expresses negation or absence. The prefix has cognates in other Indo-European languages, including in- in Latin and un- in English, all traceable back to Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.
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2.
Either the aforementioned privative a or the Greek ἀ- (a-) itself (from which the English descendant derives).
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3.
A word formed using such prefixes.
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