【同义词辨析】 2020-09-03 肉体carnal-animal

carnal: may mean only this but more often carries a derogatory connotation of an action or manifestation of a person's lower nature: a woman who was victimized by her own ~ appetites.    这里的this指记忆方法二中的基础含义: having a physical orientation or origin以满足身体为目的,但实际上等于sexual or sensual,如carnal desire/pleasure/appetite肉体欲望/感官/胃口    来此词根CARN表示flesh,meat肉,如carnage大屠杀carnal肉体的incarnate化身reincarnation转世化身carnivore食肉动物carnival狂欢节原指斋戒之前的食肉节carnation康乃馨用它最初仅有的颜色命名: 肉色,CARN是英语中第[23/259]个词根      


fleshly: similar in meaning, is somewhat less derogatory than carnal: a saint who wrote at length on his ~ temptations.     "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak精神上是有意愿的,但身体是软弱的",因为flesh身体会饥渴疲劳贪图享受被诱惑,这些弱点需要由spiritual精神上的alertness警觉来temper节制


sensual: may apply to any gratification of a bodily desire or pleasure but commonly implies sexual appetite or bodily satisfaction: a place infamous for providing ~ delight.      词根SENS表示feeling,sense感觉感官,如"所以游目骋怀,足以极视听之娱,信可乐也as our eyes wander, so do our minds too. indeed, it is a pure delight for all our senses"摘自兰亭序;但sensual多表示肉体感官的享受满足,而不是艺术美感上的享受满足,如sensual desire, a sensual person,本例sensual delight贬义十分明显,为了不使用sensual这个词,诗人弥尔顿John Milton(失乐园和复乐园作者)创造了sensuous,如让人享受的微风风景绘画音乐sensuous breeze/scenery/painting/music,SENS是第[201/259]个词根,派生的两个词一个贬义/褒义)    gratification就是satisfaction,但多指心理满足


animal: stresses a relation to physical as distinguished from rational nature: led a mindless, ~ existence.    rational理性usually implies the power to make logical inferences and to draw conclusions that enable one to understand things指人能正确地推理判断理解事情,如a rational being理性的人)


carnal身体肉体: 可能仅表示满足身体,但更多暗示低级需求,fleshly身体肉体: 含义近似,但贬义轻些,sensual感官享受: 可指身体享受,但通常指性欲肉体上的满足享受,animal动物般的: 只具有身体本能,缺乏理性


记忆方法: 1)首字母CFSAfascinate吸引的首字母<==肉体

         2)肉体的意思是为了满足身体mean having a physical orientation or origin.