​每日GRE单词：omnipotent

每日GRE单词：omnipotent

After the man checked out, he began to remove his mask while in the process of leaving the store. The woman, identified as Elizabeth H. Mach, 45, rammed her shopping cart into the man’s cart as he was doing this. Mach told the man to put his mask back on since he wasn’t out of the store yet. The man ignored her, but Mach continued, yelling, “I am a schoolteacher and I have COVID-19”. Then she took off her mask and spit in his face, reports said.

支持必须要戴口罩的一方，理由当然是，戴上口罩能抵御病毒的入侵，而且在公共场合戴口罩，也是对彼此负责的表现。

而反对戴口罩的一方，也有他的道理，"They believe that they are omnipotent, that nobody can touch them, that they are immune to disease, or crime, or any kind of potential frailty".

也就是说，他们相信自己是无所不能的，对一切疾病、犯罪和各种潜在的伤害都免疫。

这里面，有一个特别有意思的单词omnipotent，今天站长给大家剖析一下。

omnipotent /ɒmˈnɪpətənt/adj. 无所不能的；全能的相信大家都认识potent这个单词，表示“有效的，有能力的”。而加上前缀omni之后，就变成了“全能的”。所以呢，相信大家也都能猜出来了，omni这个前缀就表示“全”。omni来源于拉丁语，表示“全部”。所以呢，在英语里，出现omni开头的单词，大多数都跟“全”有关系。例如omnivore, omniscient, omnipresent, 分别来看一下吧。

omnivore /ˈɒmnɪvɔːr/

n. 杂食动物；不偏食的人

Pigs are omnivores, so they would be just as happy eating an apple, or the worm inside the apple.

猪是杂食性动物，所以它们既喜欢吃苹果，也喜欢吃苹果里面的虫子。

另外，食肉动物和食草动物对应的英文单词分别是carnivore和herbivore.

omniscient /ɒmˈnɪsiənt/

adj. 全知的；无所不知的

Google's omniscient data-gathering network is incredible.

谷歌无所不知的数据搜集网络真的让人难以置信。

omnipresent /ˌɒmnɪˈpreznt/

adj. 无所不在的，无处不在的

The sound of sirens is an omnipresent background noise in New York.

在纽约，警报声是无处不在的背景噪音。