词根：-tain-, -ten-, -tin-

【词根含义】：握,持有

【词根来源】：来源于拉丁语动词teneo, tenere, tenui, tentus(握,持有)。

【同源单词】：abstain, attain, attainable, attainment, contain

前缀：de-

【词根含义】：去掉,取消;向下,减少;否定,相反;离开,分离;加强意义

【词根来源】：来源于拉丁语前缀de-。

【同源单词】：debate, debris, deburr, decadence, decay

词根词缀：de-

【来源及含义】Latin: from, away from, off; down; wholly, entirely, utterly, complete; reverse the action of, undo; the negation or reversal of the notion expressed in the primary or root word

【同源单词】de die in diem, de facto, De gustibus non est disputandum, de jure, De minimis non curat praetor, De mortuis nihil nisi bonum

词根词缀：ten-, tent-, tin-, -tain, -tainment, -tenance, -tinence

【来源及含义】Latin: hold, grasp, have

【同源单词】abstain, abstain, abstainer, abstaining, abstemious, abstention

词根词缀：-tion

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix forming nouns from verbs of condition and action; an act or process: resumption, absorption; state or condition, redemption, exhaustion; something resulting from or otherwise related to an act or process, assumption, friction

【相关描述】This unit is presenting a small fraction of the hundreds of words ending with the suffix of -tion; however, there is a significant number of words which may help everyone have a better understanding and appreciation of the use of this element.

【同源单词】abduction, abjection, ablution, ablution, abolition, abruption