1.detection n．察覺：發(fā)現(xiàn)(the act or process of detecting；discovery)

詞根記憶：來自detect(礦察覺：發(fā)現(xiàn))，de(去除)+tect(遮蓋)--去掉遮蓋一發(fā)現(xiàn)

例:Virtually everything astronomers know about objects outside the solar system is based on the detection of photons.

2.deter v.威懾(to overawe)；阻止(to discourage, or prevent from acting)

詞根記憶：de(起強(qiáng)調(diào)作用)+ter( =terr嚇唬)--威懾

例:The legislature enacts severe laws to deter motorists from picking fruit off the trees.

派生詞：deterrence(n．妨礙物)；deterrent(n.威懾)

3.deteriorate v.（使）惡化(to impair, to degenerate)

詞根記憶：來自deterior(拉丁文:糟糕的)

例:Compared with conditions before the war, sanitary conditions had deteriorated.

派生詞：deterioration(n.變壞；退化)

4.deterioration n.惡化;退化;墮睹(the action or process of deteriorating)

詞根記憶：來自deteriorate(v.惡化；變壞)

例:To reverse the deteriioration of the postal service, the government should raise the price of postage stamps.

同根詞：deteriorator(n.墮落者)

5.determination n．決心；果斷(the quality that makes you continue trying to do sth. even when this is difficult)

詞根記憶：來自determine(v.決定)

例:It reinforced the religious elite's determination to resist cultural change.

同根詞：interminable(a．無窮無盡的)

6.determinism n．決定論(a theory or doctrine that acts of the will, occurrences jn nature, or social or psychological phenomena are causally determined by preceding events or natural laws)

詞根記憶：來自determine(v.決定)

例:Jon Clark's study is a solid contribution to a debate that encompasses two lively issues in the history and sociology of technology: technological determinism and social constructivism.

同根詞：determinist(n.決定論者)

7.detrimental a．損害的，造成傷害的(causing detriment, harmful)

詞根記憶：來自detriment（n.傷害），de(變壞)+trim(修剪)+ent一剪壞了--傷害

例:The detrimentaleffects were attributed to an amino acid that is one of the sweetener's principal constituents.

派生詞：detrimentally(ad.有害地；不利地)

8.devastate v.毀壞(to bring to ruin by violent action)

聯(lián)想記憶：de(去除)+vast(大量)+ate-+大量去除--毀壞；vast本身為詞根：廣闊的、大量的

例:Agriculture experts announced that the disease has devastated some of the corn crops.

派生詞：devastating(a．毀滅性的)

9.deviate v.越軌，脫離(to diverge; to digress)

詞根記憶：de(離開)+vi(路)+ate--離開道路一脫離

例:Why firms adhere to or deviate from their strategic plans is poorly understood. However, theory and limited research suggest that the process through which such plans emerge may play a part.

派生詞：deviation(n.偏差,誤差)

10.deviation n.背離(noticeable or marked departure from accepted norms of behavior)

詞根記憶：來自deviate(v.脫離，偏軌)

例:The Chinese used a gravity meter to correct for local deviations in sea level.

同根詞：deviant(n．不正常者：變異物；a.不正常的；離經(jīng)叛道的)