1.complacency n.自滿,自得(self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawa-reness of actual dangers or deficiencies)
聯想記憶:com(共同,所有)+place(地方)+ncy--對自己各個地方都滿意一自滿,自得
例:They may truly have to struggle against complacency arising from their current success.
2.complainant n.控訴者(one who complains);原告(plaintiff)
詞根記憶:來自complain(v.控訴)
例:The organization acted unfairly toward the complainant in its investigation.
3.complaint n.抱怨,訴苦(expression of grief, pair' or dIssatisfaction);疾病(a bodily ailment or disease)
詞根記憶:來自complain(v.抱怨)
例:On average,9 0ut of every l,000 passengers who traveled on Avia Airlines last year filed a complaint about our baggage-handling procedures.
4.complementv.補充(to reinforce)n.補足物(something that fills up, completes, or makes perfect);【生】(血清中的)補體
詞根記憶:com(加強)+ple(裝滿,填滿)+ment--補充
注意:compliment(v.恭維)
例:John's work complements Larson's theory.// All of the cells in a particular plant start out with the same complement of genes.
派生詞:complementary(a.補充的);complemented(a.有補助物的)
5.complex a.復雜的(complicated)
詞根記憶:com(一起)+ plex(重疊,多)--重疊在一起的--復雜的
例:The most effective leaders are those who can solve complex problems by finding simple, immediate solutions.
派生詞:complexity(n.復雜;復雜的事物)
6.complication n.并發癥(a secondary disease or condition developing in the course of a primary disease or condition);復雜,復雜化(complexity)
詞根記憶:來自complicate(v.使復雜化)
例:They have been used primarily by older adults, who are at risk for complications from influenza.
7.comply v.(with)遵循(to conform, submit, or adapt as required)
詞根記憶:com( -起)+pIy(用)--大家一起都要用的--遵循
例:A good citizen complies with the laws of the country.
派生詞:compliance(n.依從,順從)
8.component n.成分(ingredient);要素(element)
詞根記憶:com(一起)+pon(放置)+ ent--放置在一起的東西一成分
例:The most effective way for managers to assign work is to divide complex tasks into their simpler component parts.
9.compose v.(of)組成(to form by putting together);使安定(to calm)
詞根記憶:com(一起)+ pose(放)--放到一起--組成
例:The stars in the Milky Way galaxy are composed of several different types of gas.
派生詞:composer(n.作家,設計者);composition(n.組成,合成物;作文)
10.composition n.作文;作曲;構成(the manner in which sth. is composed)
詞根記憶:來自compose(v.組成,構成;作曲)
例:Geochemist John Gurney showed that garnets with this composition were formed only in the diamond-stability field.
同根詞:composite(n.復合材料;a.復合的)