1.compassion n．同情．憐憫(pity)

詞根記憶：com+pass(感情)+ion--共同的感情--同情

例:The nurse had compassion for the sick patient.

派生詞:compassionate(a.富于同情心的)

2.compatible a．協調的(capable of existing together in harmony)；兼容的(designed to work with another device or system without modification)

詞根記憶：com(一起)+ pat( =path感情)+ible--有共同感受的--協調的

例:Price-fixing and the operation of the free market are not compatible.//Equipment used in the electronic network for transferring funds will be compatible with equipment used in other such networks.

派生詞:compatibility(n.和諧共處)

3.compel v.(to)強迫(to force)

詞根記憶：com+pel(驅使)--驅使去做--強迫

例:This compelled the prisoner to establish a value without much distortion.

派生詞:compelling(a．必頑接受的，強迫的)

同根詞：repel(v.打退)：expel(v.驅逐；開除)

4.compelling a．引起興趣的(keenly interesting；captivating)

聯想記憶：compel(強迫)+ling--事物太優秀迫使人們引起興趣和注意一引起興趣的

例:Women therefore have more compelling common interest with men of their own economic class than with women outsidet.

5.compensate v.補償(to equalize）；償還(to repay）；付報酬(to pay）

詞根記憶：com+pens(花費)+ate--花費都還回來--補償

例:A small business is able to cut back sharply on spending and thereby compensate for a loss of revenue.

派生詞:compensation(n.補償)；compensative(a．償還的，補充的)

同根詞：expense(n．支出)；dispense(v.分發，分配)

6.compensation n..補償(the act of compensating)；賠償金(payment to unemployed or injured workers or their dependents)；報酬(payment)

詞根記憶：來自compensate(v.補償)

例:Most corporate boards' compensation committees focus primarily on peer-group comparisons.

同根詞：expenditure(n.消耗，花費)

7.comper, atoily ad.補償性地

例:An authority can call things to a halt, and begin things again from compensatorily staggered“starting lines".

8.competence n.能力( the state or quality of being well qualified)

詞根記憶：com+pet(力爭)+ence--能夠力爭的--能力

例:The most important quality in an employee is not specific knowledge or technical competence.

派生詞:competent(a．能干的)；competency(n.能力，資格)

9.competitive a.有競爭性的：比賽的(relating to, characterized by, or based on com-petition)

詞根記憶：來自compete(v.競爭；比賽；對抗)
例:At high density levels, however, competitive effects outweigh legitimation effects, discouraging foundings.

派生詞:competitively(ad.有競爭力地;好競爭地)

同根詞：competent(a．有能力的)

10.compile v.編輯，編撰( to collect and edit into a volume)

詞根記憶：com( -起)+ pile(堆)--堆積在一起加工--編輯

例:Lists of hospitals have been compiled showing which hospitals have patient death rates exceeding the national average.