Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder 词根笔记（11）CEPT
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CEPT comes from the Latin verb meaning “take, seize.” Capture, which is what a captor has done to a captive, has the same meaning. Captivate once meant literally “capture,” but now means only to capture mentally through charm or appeal.
CEPT 来自拉丁语动词，意思是“take, seize ”。Capture（captor 捕获者对captive俘虏所做的行为）意思也是“take, seize ”。 Captivate照字面理解意味着“capture”，但现在意味着只通过魅力在精神上吸引。
1.reception/rɪˈsepʃən/
(1) The act of receiving. (2) A social gathering where guests are formally welcomed. 1.接收的的行为 2.前台，服务台
• Although the reception of her plan by the board of directors was enthusiastic, it was months before anything was done about it. 虽然董事很热心地欢迎她的计划，但几个月之后才开始对计划有所行动。
Reception is the noun form of receive. So at a formal reception, guests are received or welcomed. A bad TV reception means the signal isn't being received well. When a new novel receives good reviews, we say it has met with a good critical reception（批评接受）. If it gets a poor reception, on the other hand, that's the same as saying that it wasn't well-received.
2.intercept/ˌɪntəˈsept $ -ər-/
To stop, seize, or interrupt (something or someone) before arrival.拦截;截住;截击
• The explosives had been intercepted by police just before being loaded onto the jet. 爆炸物在被装上飞机之前已被警察截获。
Since the prefix（前缀） inter means “between”, it's not hard to see how intercept was created. Arms shipments（运输的货物） coming to a country are sometimes intercepted, but such interceptions can sometimes be understood as acts of war. In football, soccer, and basketball, players try to intercept the ball as it's being passed by the other team. Today, when these communications are generally electronic, an intercepted e-mail isn't actually stopped, but simply read secretly by a third party（第三方）.
3.perceptible/pəˈseptəbəl, pəˈseptɪbəl $ pər-/
Noticeable or able to be felt by the senses.看得见的；察觉得到的
• Her change in attitude toward him was barely perceptible. 她对他的态度变化几乎察觉不到。
Perceptible includes the prefix per-, meaning “through,” so the word refers to whatever can be taken in through the senses. A perceptive（观察敏锐的） person picks up（发现） minor changes, small clues, or hints and shades of meaning（意义的细微差别） that others can't perceive（意识到）, so one person's perception（感知）—a tiny sound, a slight change in the weather, a different tone of voice—often won't be perceptible to another.
4.susceptible/səˈseptəbəl, səˈseptɪbəl/
(1) Open to some influence; responsive. (2) Able to be submitted to an action or process. 1.易受…影响的;易为…左右的 2.可以被接受或允许的
• She impressed everyone immediately with her intelligence, so they're now highly susceptible to her influence and usually go along with anything she proposes. 她立即用自己的聪明才智给每个人留下深刻印象，所以他们现在非常容易受到她的影响，并且通常会与她所提出的任何事情一致。
With its prefix sus-, “up,” susceptible refers to something or someone that “takes up” or absorbs like a sponge（海绵）.A sickly child may be susceptible to colds, and an unlucky adult may be susceptible to back problems（背部问题）. A lonely elderly person may be susceptible to what a con（诈骗） man tells him or her on the phone. And students are usually susceptible to the teaching of an imaginative（富于想象力的） professor—that is, likely to enjoy and learn from it.
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