1.foresight n.遠見,深謀遠慮(prescience)
詞根記憶:fore(預先)+sight(眼光)--有預見的眼光--遠見
例:The treasurer had the foresight to sell the company stocks right before the market crashed.
2.forestall v.預防,阻止(to prevent)
詞根記憶:fore(預先)+stall(停止)--預先停止--預防
例:Treatment for hypertension forestalls certain medical expenses by preventing strokes and heart disease.
3.forfeit n.罰金(penalty);v.喪失(to abandon, give up)
聯想記憶:for(因為)+feit(看作fect“做”)--因為做了錯事所以被罰--喪失
例:Increasing commercial activity would cause some people to forfeit their liberty and virtue.
4.forge v.鍛造(to form metal etc. by heating and hammering);達成,使形成(to form or bring into being, especially by an expenditure of effort);n.鐵匠鋪
聯想記憶:forge和forget就差一個字母,忘了(forget)鐵(t)就開始鍛造(forge)
例:The blacksmith forged horseshoes from iron.//forged in battle
派生詞:forger(n.偽造者):forgery(n.偽造;贗品)
5.format n.格式,版式(the shape, size, and general makeup of something printed);v.(使)格式化(to prepare, usu. as a computer disk, for storing data in a particular format)
詞根記憶:form(形式)+at--固定的形式--格式,版式
例:Mannis Corporation has stored its archival(關于檔案的)records in a computerized format.
6.formation n.組織,形成(thing that is formed);(軍隊)編隊(an arrangement of a group of persons in some prescribed manner or for a particular purpose)
詞根記憶:form(形式)+at+ion--固定的形式--形成
例:It misrepresented how horizontal displacements cause the formation of mountain chains.
同根詞:formula(n.公式;信條)
7.formidable a.可怕的(causing fear, dread, or apprehension);困難的(having qualities that discourage approach or attack)
聯想記憶:for+mid(中間)+able。處在中間,左右為難--困難的
例:In the speaking contest Randolph faced formidable obstacles.
8.formula n.公式(a statement, especially an equation, of a fact, rule, principle, or other logical relation)
詞根記憶:form(形成,形狀)+ula--結構式--公式
例:In the formula, integers(整數) ’’p" and "t" are positive constants.
派生詞:formulaic(a.公式的)
9.forthcoming a.將來的(approaching);現成的,隨要隨到的(being about to appear or to be produced or made available)
例:Bill and Anne eagerly awaited their forthcoming wedding.//No answer was forthcoming.