入门字
location (n.) 地点
loc/ ation
place/ 名词字尾
进阶字
1. locale (n.) 地点
loc/ ale
place/ 名词字尾
The King and I is more than a stock romance set in an exotic locale.
《国王与我》不只是一个以异国地点为背景的老式文艺故事。
2. locate (v.) 地点
loc/ ate
place/ 动词字尾
The bat uses a sonar system to locate its food.
蝙蝠用声呐找到食物。
3. locomotive (n.) 火车头；推动者 (a.) 移动的
loco/ mot/ ive
place/ move/名词字尾
形容词字尾
Germany has served as a locomotive, with Helmut Kohl as engineer, pulling the rest of Europe toward economic and political union.
德国扮演了火车头的角色，柯尔总理就是司机，带动欧洲走向经济与政治统一。
4. locus (n.) 场所，主要地点
loc/ us
place/ 名词字尾
The Presidential Hall has traditionally been the locus of political power in Taiwan.
总统府一向是台湾政治权力的重镇。
5. allocation (n.) 分配
al (ad) / loc/ ation
to/ place/ 名词字尾
A chief merit of the capitalist system is that it ensures efficient allocation of resources.
资本主义的一大优点是能确保资源最To be efficient的分配。
6. collocate (v.) 并列，对照，校对
col (com)/ loc/ ate
together/ place/ 动词字尾
The difference in handwriting is noticeable when one collocates the two signatures.
把两个签名并列就可看出笔迹不同。
7. dislocate (v.) 脱臼，偏离，错乱
dis/ loc/ ate
away/ place/ 动词字尾
The boxer decided to quit the fight because of a dislocated shoulder.
这位拳击手因为肩关节脱臼而决定放弃比赛。
8. relocate (v.) 迁移，改至其他地点
re/ loc/ ate
again/ place/ 动词字尾
After the devastiating earthquake, all the surviving inhabitants of Tungluo Village were relocated to a safer spot.
大地震过后，铜锣村幸存的居民全部迁移到比较安全的地点。
