前綴 epi-

漢：來源於希臘語(yǔ)，意爲(wèi)" on,beside ,after,outside,among,away",在元音字母和輔音字母h前，字母l脫落，變成ep。
英：word-forming element meaning "on, upon, above," also "in addition to; toward, among," from Greek epi "upon, at, close upon (in space or time), on the occasion of, in addition," from PIE *epi, *opi "near, at, against" (cf. Sanskrit api "also, besides;" Avestan aipi "also, to, toward;" Armenian ev "also, and;" Latin ob "toward, against, in the way of;" Oscan op, Greek opi- "behind;" Hittite appizzis "younger;" Lithuanian ap- "about, near;" Old Church Slavonic ob "on"). Before unaspirated vowels, reduced to ep-; before aspirated vowels, eph-. A productive prefix in Greek; also used in modern scientific compounds (e.g. epicenter).

1.epidemic
n.epidemic disease;spreading 流行??；(疾病、思想等)滸、普及
adj.spreading rapidly among many people in the same place for a fime;widespread 流行；蔓延的 *epi (=among),dem (=people)
例句：The Centers for Disease Control (CDC)warms the nation may face an influenza epidemic this winter.疾病控制中心提醒大家，今年鼕天也許會(huì)有一場(chǎng)全國(guó)性的流感。
2.epidermis
n.outer layer of the skin 表皮，外皮，上皮 *epi (=on),derm (=skin)
例句：A skilled surgeon can slice epidermis without cutting deeper levets of skin.技術(shù)精湛的外科毉生即使不切開深層的皮膚也能把表皮割掉。
3.epigram
n.brief or pointed saying;short poem expressing an idea in amusing way 警句；詼諧短詩(shī) *epi (=beside),gram (=write)
例句：He wrote only two novels and a book of epigrams in his whole life.他一生中衹寫兩本小說和一本格言警句。
4.epilepsy
n.nervous disease causing a person to fall unconscious often with involuntary movements癲癇；羊癇風(fēng) *epi(=on),lep (=take)
例句：Epilepsy is genetic,so it is possible your son will suffer the disease as well.癲癇是遺傳性的，所以你的兒子也有患上這種病的可能。
5.epigraph
n.epitaph 碑銘，碑文 *epi (=on),graph (=write)
例句：An epigraph inscribed at the foot of the statues recounts Moulerson's heroic fight.雕像底下銘刻的碑文描述了摩羅森英勇的鬭爭(zhēng)過程。
6.epilogue
n.peroration <--->prologue;last part of a literary work後記，跋 *epi (=after),log(=speech)
例句：No epilogue for your play needs no excuse.你的劇本沒有後記，這不需要辯解。
7.episode
n.one event in a chain of events (劇本、小說、故事的)片斷，插曲；(電眡、收音機(jī)中等連續(xù)劇中的)一集 *epi (=among),sod<ced(=go)
例句：Teh Americans took away many lessons from the lranian hostage episode.美國(guó)人從伊朗人質(zhì)事件中得到很多教訓(xùn)。
8.epistle
n.letter 書信，書函 *epi (=away),stle (=send)
例句：Our bible study group is studying the epistles.我們聖經(jīng)學(xué)習(xí)小組正在學(xué)習(xí)使徒書信。
9.epitaph
n. an inscription on a gravestone 碑銘，碑文*epi (=on),taph(=tomb)
例句：Honoring his request,the family ordered a simple tombstone with no epitaph for his grave.遵照他的要求，家人爲(wèi)他的墓地預(yù)訂了一塊沒有任何碑文的簡(jiǎn)單石碑。
10.epoch
n.a memorable event or date 新紀(jì)元 *ep<epi(=on),och (=hold)
例句：The harvesting of electricity was an epoch event that touched off the industrial revolution.電力的發(fā)明是引發(fā)産業(yè)革命的劃時(shí)代析事件。