1.caseload n.辦案量(the number of cases handled usually in a particular period)

例:There isn't sufficient funding to process the increased caseload of arrests and convictions that new officers usually generate.

2.cashew n．腰果(the nuts of a tropical American tree)；腰果樹(a tropical American tree)

例:If the tariff were lifted and unprocessed cashews were sold at world market prices, more farmers could profit by growing cashews.

3.caste n.社會等級制度(hereditary social class system)；社會團體(any exclusive social class)

發音記憶：“卡死他”--在一個等級上卡死他，不讓他上來--社會等級制度

例:a rigid caste system嚴格的社會等級制度//The black smiths belong to a special caste.

4.casualty n．傷亡（人）（person who is killed or injured in war or an accident）；[pl.]傷亡人數( total of the killed and injured persons)

聯想記憶：casual(隨便的)+ty--因為隨隨便便造成的--傷亡

例:They resulted in extremely high overall casuatty rates in Black combat units.

5.cataclysm n．大災難（catastrophe）；（社會政治的）大變動(a momentous and violent event)

例:A little under a million years ago, the briny waters of the Baltic Sea began flooding into the cold North Atlantic: geologists are still debating whether the flood was gradual or created by a cataclysm.

派生詞：cataclysmic(a．大變動的：洪水的)

同根詞：catastrophe(n．大災難)

6.cataclysmic a.大變動的( of a sudden violent change or a disaster)

詞根記憶：來自cataclysm(n．巨變;災難)

例:Elements heavier ihan helium would remain there if it were not for the cataclysmic supemova explosions.

7.catalog(ue) n.商品目錄(complete list of items)；v.為…編目錄(to make a catalog of)

例:Kim purchased some items from acatalog for $8 each.//Such artifacts are already cataloguedin museum collections.

8.catalyst n．催化劑(a substance th-at eabes achemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate)；促使事物發展的因素(a person or a thing that causes a change)

詞根記憶：cata(下面)+lyst(=lysis溶解)--促進溶解--催化劑

例:The new taxes imposed by the government were a catalyst for revolution.

同根詞：analyst(n.分析家)

9.catalytic a.催化的，起催化作用的(causing, involving, or relating to catalysis)

例:Many people who own cars made before 1993 have had catalytic converters installed in their cars.

派生詞：catalytically(ad.催化地)

10.catastrophe n．災難，災禍(disaster)

詞根記憶：cata(下面)+strophe(轄)--天轉地覆--災難

例:The perceived threat of nuclear catastrophe decreases the willingness of people to postpone consumption.

派生詞：catastrophic(a．災難性的；巨大的)

同根詞：apostrophe(n.省略符號)