1.denote v.表示,意味著(indicate)
詞根記憶:de(下面)+note(做記號)--在下面做記號--表示
例:In astronomy the term "red shift" denotes the extent to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted toward red.
2.denounce v.公然抨擊( to accuse publicly);告發(to tell the police, the authorities, etc.about sb's illegal political activities)
詞根記憶:de+nounce(講,說)一打小報告--告發
例:They denounce big government, saying government is doing too much and has become too powerful.
派生詞:denouncement(n.告發:痛罵)
同根詞:announce(v.宣布);renounce(v.宣布放棄)
3.dense a.密集的(crowded closely together, compact);濃厚的(not easily seen through( of liquids or vapour))
詞根記憶:和tense(a.緊張的)一起記
例:Over time the distribution of dust in a meteor stream(流星群)will usually become denser at the outside edges of the stream than at the center.
派生詞:densely(ad.密度大地,濃厚地);density(n.濃度,密度)
4.density n.濃度,密度(the quality or state of being dense)
詞根記憶:來自dense(a.稠密的;濃厚的)
例:There are changes in the population density of both Meadowbrook and Parkdale over the past four years.
同根詞:condense(v.使濃縮)
5.denunciatory a.譴責的(condemning pubI.cIy)
詞根記憶:來自denunciate(v.譴責)
例:The author.s attitude toward the affair can best be described as scornful and denunciatory.
同根詞:denuncjation(n.譴責)
6.depan v.背離,違反(to vary,as from a regular course);出發(to leave)
詞根記憶:de(離開)+pan(分開)--離開
例:Minen jn the middIe part of the 1 9th century departed radically in tone and style from earlier textbooks.//Did the train depart for Chicago?
派生詞:departure(n.變更;開始)
7.depanure n.離開(the act or an.nStance of depaning);出發(sening out)
詞根記憶:來自depan(v.離開;出發)
例:The labor activists'position represented a departure from the voluntarist view held until 935 by leaders of the American Federation of labor,a leading affiliation of labor unions.
同根詞:depaned(a.去世的)
8.dependence n.依賴,依靠(the quality or state of bejng dependent)
詞根記憶:來自depend(v.依靠,依賴)
例:While several studies have found a significant correspondence between the density dependence model and actual pattems of foundings, other studies have found patterns not consistent with the model.
同根詞:dependent(a.依靠的;從屬的)
9.depict v.刻畫,描述(to describe)
詞根記憶:de(起強調作用)+pict(畫)--刻畫,描述
例:A careful review of how school textbooks depict Native Americans is certainly warranted.
派生詞:depiction(n.描寫,敘述)
10.depiction n.描寫(description);敘述(a graphic or vivid verbal description)
詞根記憶:來自depict(讓描述)
例:The failing of the book Iies not in a lack of attention to scienfific detail but in the depiction of scenes of life and death in the marine world with emotional overtones that reduce the credibility of the work.
同根詞:pictorial(a.繪畫的)