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An elevator is a machine that carries passengers to higher and lower floors in a tall building. Even though you usually take the stairs to your apartment, when you're exhausted you might decide to take the elevator instead.
Most elevators run on electricity, although in the 19th century the first elevators used steam power to move heavy goods in coal mines. Today, elevators are legally required in tall buildings, so that people who aren't able to climb stairs have access to all floors. In the 1640's, elevator meant “muscles used to raise the body,” from the Latin elevator, “one who raises up.”
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
这两个词都可以指“电梯”。
lift是英式英语，而elevator是美式英语。
take the elevator乘电梯
hydraulic elevator液压升降机；液压卷杨机；水力提升机
service elevator（美）员工或送货人使用的电梯；服务电梯
词根词缀
词根: lev
=raise,lighten,表示”举起,变轻”
adj.
irrelevant 不相干的,离题的,与……不相干ir不+relevant[adj.有关的,中肯的,相应的,实质性的]→adj.不相干的,离题的,与……不相干
relevant 有关的,中肯的,相应的,实质性的re再+lev举起,变轻+ant……的→再举起→有关的
n.
elevator 电梯,升降机elevate[v.举起,提拔,振奋,提升……的职位]+or器→n.电梯,升降机
lever 杆,杠杆,手段,途径,工具lev举起,变轻+er表名词→举起[重东西]的东西
leverage 杠杆作用lever[n.杆,杠杆,手段,途径,工具]+age状态→n.杠杆作用
levity 轻率,轻浮lev举起,变轻+ity表名词→n.轻率,轻浮
levy 征收,征税,征兵lev举起,变轻+y→提升[税]:to raise tax
v.
alleviate 减轻,缓和,缓解[痛苦等]al一再+lev举起,变轻+iate表动词→不断轻→减轻
elevate 举起,提拔,振奋,提升……的职位e出+lev举起,变轻+ate表动词→举出→升高
levitate [使]浮于空中lev举起,变轻+it+ate表动词→使东西举起→升到空中
levy 征收,征集,征用lev举起,变轻+y→提升[税]:to raise tax
同根词
词根：elevate
adj.elevated提高的；高尚的；严肃的；欢欣的
n.elevated高架铁路
v.elevated提高；抬起；振奋；提拔（elevate的过去分词）
vt.elevate提升；举起；振奋情绪等；提升…的职位