1.beverage n.飲料(any type of drink except water)
詞根記憶:bever(喝)+age --喝的東西一飲料
例:food and beverages食品和飲料
2.biats n.偏見(prejudice);偏心(preference);v.使有偏見(to give a settled and often prejudiced outlook to)
詞根記憶:bi(兩)+as --兩者只取其--偏見
例:A political bias was evident in the newspaper article.
派生詞:biased(a.結果有偏倚的)
3.bicker v.爭吵,爭論(to quarrel)
聯想記憶:bick(看作brick磚頭)+er--互相扔磚頭--爭吵
例:The services bickered unceasingly over their respective roles and missions.
4.bid n.出價,投標(an offer of a price);投標的價格(the price offered)
例:They revise their procedure for making bids for federal contracts and subcontracts.//They lost the contract because their bid was too high.
派生詞:bidder(n.投標人)
5.bifurcation n.分歧(difference )
例:The Geminid data between 1970 and 1979 show just such a bifurcation.
6.bilateral a.雙邊的(affecting two nations or parties)
詞根記憶:bi(兩)+later(邊的)+al--雙邊的
例:The bilateraltalks between Russia and the U.S. produced an important agreement.
7.billing n.營業額(total amount of business within a given period);廣告(advertising)
例:billing cycle結賬周期
8.bind v.捆綁(to tie or to fasten);結合(to combine or be taken up especially by chemical action);約束(to restrain as if with bonds)
發音記憶:“綁的”--綁著的東西是受約束的--約束
例:Western women were free from the constraints binding their eastern sisters.
9.biodegradable a.可由生物降解的(can be made to rot by bactena)
詞根記憶:bio(生物)+degradable(能降解的)--可由生物降解的
例:Since most paper is entirely biod舯Idable, paper goods are environmentally preferable.
10.bioengineer v.生物工程制成(to modify or produce by bioengineering);生物工程師
詞根記憶:bio(生物)+engineer(工程師)一生物工程師
例:Plantings of cotton bioengineered to produce its own insecticide against bollworms,a major cause of crop failure, sustained little bollworm damage until this year.