1.figurine n.小塑像，小雕像(a small sculptured or molded figure; statuette)

詞根記憶：來自figure(n.雕像)

例：Twenty-one ceramic dog figurines were discovered during the excavation of a l,OOO-year-old Hohokam village in Tempe.

同根詞：transfigure(v.使變形；使改觀)

2.filament n.燈絲(thin wire ln a light bulb that glows when electricity passed through)；纖維(fiber)

詞根記憶：fila(絲)+ment--燈絲

例：The underground fllaments of chanterelles(雞油菌)provide nutrients and water for their hosts.

3.file n.文件(paper, document)；檔案(record)；v.提出申請(to place among official records as prescribed by law)

例：Employees should not have full access to their own personnel flles// file patents申請專利權

4.filibuster n.阻撓議案通過；妨礙議事(the use of extreme dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action especially in a legislative assembly)

聯想記憶：fili+ buster(破壞者)--破壞者阻撓別人發展一陰撓議案通過

例：There were not enough votes to stop the senator's fikbuster.

5.filter n.濾紙(a porous article (as of paper) through which a gas or liquid is passed to separate out matter in suspension);v.過濾(to remove by means of a filter)

發音記憶：“非要它”--香煙的過濾嘴是非要它不可的--過濾

例：Filter out all the dirt before using the water.

6.financier n.金融家(a person skilled in large scale financial transactions);v.對…提供資金(to conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner)

聯想記憶：來自finance(n.財政，金融)

例：It is argued that financiers will expect the deficit to cause inflation and will raise interest rates.

同根詞：financial(a.金融的，財政的)

7.finite a．有限的(limited)：【數】有窮的

詞根記憶：fin(范圍)+ite--有范圍的--有限的

例：The number of possible radio stations in an area is finite.

派生詞：infinite(a．無窮的;n.無限)；infinitely(ad.無限地)

8.fiscal a．國庫的，財政的(of or relating to taxation, public revenues, or public debt)

詞根記憶：fisc(國庫)+al一國庫的，財政的

例：A project scheduled to be carried out over a single fiscal year has a budget of $12,600.

同根詞：confiscate(v.充公，沒收)