1.discordn.不和,紛爭(strife, conflict)
詞根記憶:dis(不)+cord(一致)葉不和,紛爭
例:international discord國際爭端
2.discount v.忽視(to disregard);打折(to sell or offer for sale at a reduced price)n.折扣 (a reduction from the full or standard amount of a price or debt)
詞根記憶:dis(不)+count(計算)一不計算在內(nèi)--折扣
例:Many scholars discount the role of public policy when explaining employers' maternity leave policies.//discount stores折扣店
3.discrepancy n.差異(difference);矛盾(the quality or state of being discrepant)
詞根記憶:dis(分開)+crep(破裂)+ancy--裂開--差異;矛盾
例:There was a discrepancy in the two reports of the accident.
4.discrete a.個別的(individually distinct);不連續(xù)的(noncontinuous)
詞根記憶:注意:discreet(a.小心的,謹(jǐn)慎的)
例:The American classical virtue stressed civic duty and made the whole community greater than its discrete parts. ll Digital recordings reduce the original sound to a series of discrete numbers.
5.discretion n.謹(jǐn)慎(the quality of being discreet);審慎(prudence)
例:Ten years ago physicians were allowed more discretion.
6.discretionary a.自由決定的(exercised at one's own discretion);可隨意使用的(available for use as needed or desired)
詞根記憶:來自discretion(n.自行處理)
例:discretionary powers自主行事的權(quán)力//You may be eligible for a discretionary grant for your university course.
7.discriminate v.(against)歧視(to look down upon sb./sth.);辨別(to distinguish)
詞根記憶:dis+crimin(罪行)+ate--種罪行一歧視
例:lt's totally wrong to discriminate against women.//We must learn to discnminate right from wrong.
派生詞:discrimination(n.歧視):discriminatory(a.歧視的,不公平的)
8.disdainful a.輕蔑的,鄙視的(scomful and contemptuous)
詞根記憶:來自disdain( v./n.鄙視,蔑視)
例:He's disdainful of anyone who is from America.
9.disenchanted a.不再著迷的,不抱有幻想的(disappointed, dissatisfied)
詞根記憶:來自disenchant(v.使清醒)
例:Little Tom quickly became disenchanted with his new toy.
10.disenfranchise v.剝奪…的公民權(quán)(to deprive of a franchise)
詞根記憶:disenfranchise=disfranchise, dis(剝奪)+franchise(選舉權(quán))--剝奪選取權(quán)--剝奪…的公民權(quán)
例:White supremacists devised new methods to disenfranchise Negroes.