1.censure n.指責,譴責(a judgment involving condemnation);v.指責,譴責(to find fault with and criticize as blameworthy)
例:Although recent censure of corporate boards of directors as "passive" and "supine" may be excessive, those who criticize board performance have plenty of substantive ammunition.
派生詞:censurable(a.該責備的;可非難的)
2.census n.人口調(diào)查,人口普查(a usually complete enumeration of a population)
詞根記憶:cens(審查,判斷)+us--官方評價--人口普查
例:The census information was inadequate and did not reflect certain economic changes in the United States.
3.centrality n.中心性(the quality or state of being central);向心性(tendency to remain in or at the center)
詞根記憶:centr(中心)+ality--中心性
例:the centrality in the United States economy美國經(jīng)濟的集中性
4.ceramic a.陶的,制陶的(of or relating to pottery)
詞根記憶:來自ceram(n.陶土)
詞根記憶:Samples from a ceramic vase found at a tomb in Sicily(西西里)prove that the vase was manufactured in Greece.
5.cereal n.谷類(grain);谷類食品(food made of grain)
聯(lián)想記憶:ce+real(真正的)--真正的好東西--谷類食品
詞根記憶:Many breakfast cereals are fortified with vitamin supplements.
6.certificate n.證券(a document evidencing ownership or debt);證明書(official written or printed statement used as proof of certain facts)
詞根記憶:cert(確定)+i+fic(做)+ate--用來確定的東西--證明書
例:savings certificates儲蓄券
7.certify v.保證(to assure);證明(to attest as being true)
詞根記憶:cert(確定)+ify(使…)--使確定--證明
例:The physician must certify the need for hospitalization, and determine what procedures will be performed.
派生詞:certification(n.證明)
8.certitude n.確定無疑(certainty)
詞根記憶:cert(確定)+itude(狀態(tài))一確定無疑
例:They can no longer be used with certitude to explain many major economic developments.
9.cessation n.停止( stop)
詞根記憶:cess(停止)+ation--停止
例:The cessation of armed conflict was a relief to the people of the nation.
10.chaise n.兩輪(或四輪)輕便馬車(a two or four-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse)
聯(lián)想記憶:chase(追趕)加上i就成了輕便馬車(chaise),我(l)坐上馬車(chaise)好追趕
例:the chaise lounge躺椅