11.Melancholy

　　忧郁

　　For a word that is used so often in English, it has a somewhat bizarre etymology. It comes from theGreek words melas (μέλας, "black") and khole (χολή, bile), as it was once believed that when you are feeling gloomy and melancholic, your spleen produces an excess of black bile.

　　作为英语中常用的一个单词，它的起源却稍微有一点奇怪。它源于希腊词melas(“黑色”)以及khole(“愤怒”)。据说当你感到难过或者忧伤的时候，你的心里就会产生过多的黑色的愤怒。

　　12.Music

　　音乐

　　Music means art of the Muses, the Muses being nine goddesses who presided over the arts and the sciences. A museum was originally a shrine for the Muses.

　　音乐意为缪斯的艺术，缪斯是九位主持科学与艺术的女神的通称。博物馆最开始就是缪斯女神的神殿。

　　13.Narcissism

　　自恋

　　Narcissism comes from the Ancient Greek mythological figure of Narcissus, a young man who fell in love with himself when he saw his reflection in a lake. A nymph, who fell passionately in love with him, withered away into nothingness when he ignored her and the only thing that was left of her was her voice. Her name was Echo.

　　自恋这个词由古希腊神话人物——年轻的那耳喀索斯演化而来，当他在湖中看到自己的倒影时，他爱上了自己。由于他的不理不睬，一个深爱他的仙女化为虚无，只留下了声音。她的名字就是回音。

　　14.Panic

　　恐慌

　　The word panic comes from the name of Ancient Greek goat-god Pan, who spread terror among the nymphs.

　　Panic这个词来自于古希腊山羊之神Pan, 他为仙女们驱走恐惧。

　　15.Phobia

　　恐惧症

　　Another word that means terror, a phobia is an irrational fear and there are many strange phobias today which derive from Greek.

　　这个词也意味害怕，phobia是一种非理性恐惧，现今有许多奇怪的恐惧都起源于希腊。

　　16.Planet

　　行星

　　Planet comes from the Greek verb planomai (πλανώμαι) which means to wander. To the Ancient Greeks, planets were wandering stars.

　　Planet这个词起源于古希腊动词plaomai，意为闲逛，于古希腊人而言，行星就是正在移动的星星。

　　17.Sarcasm

　　讽刺

　　Sarcasm comes from the word sarx (σάρξ) and it describes the act of stripping off someone’s flesh, metaphorically at least, with a sneering comment.

　　Sarcasm起源于单词sarx, 用来描述割下某人的肉的行为，至少比喻意义上意为一种讥笑的评论。

　　18. Schizophrenia

　　精神分裂症

　　From the Greek words schizein (σχίζειν, "to split") and phren (φρην, "mind"), it is pretty self-explanatory.

　　Schizophrenia 起源于希腊词schizein(“劈开”)和phren(“大脑”)，其意义就不言而喻。

　　19.Tele + word

　　Tele+单词

　　Words that start with tele denote distance. A telephone is a voice from afar, a telescope gives you the ability to see in the distance, a telegraph enables you to write from a distance.

　　以tele开头的单词用来说明距离。电话传达的是来自于远方的声音，望远镜赋予你可以看清楚远方的能力，电报可以让你在远处打字。

　　20.Thespian

　　演员

　　Thespian is a fancy word for actor, especially a theater actor, but the name comes after Thespis himself, a 6th century B.C. Ancient Greek poet who was said to be the first person to ever appear on a stage as an actor.

　　对于单词actor而言，thespian是一个华丽的辞藻，尤指戏剧演员，该词以Thespis自己命名，他是一位公元前6世纪古希腊的哲学家。据说，他是第一个以演员身份登上舞台的人。