1.inefficient a.效率低的(not efficient);無能的,不稱職的(incapable, incompetent)
詞根記憶:in(不)+efficient(有效率的;有能力的)--效率低的
例:They are inefficient in their locomotion.
派生詞:inefficiently( ad.無效率地:缺乏能力地)
同根詞:efficient(a.有效率的)
2.inequality n.不平等,不平均(the quality of being unequal or uneven);不同(the condition of being variable)
詞根記憶:in(不)+equality(平等)--不平等
例: A government supports research that analyzes the connection between wage inequality and poverty among single-parent families headed by women.
3.inertia n.惰性(resistance or disinclination to motion, action or change);慣性(a property of matter by which it remains at rest or in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force)
詞根記憶:來自inert(a.惰性的),in(不)+ert(動)--靜止的--惰性的
例:This might help you overcome inertia.
4.inescapable a.不可避免的:逃脫不了的(incapable of being avoided, ignored, or denied)
詞根記憶:in(不)+escap(逃避)+abIe(…的)--不可避免的
例:Since there are very few signed works of hers, the conclusion seems inescapable that part of Rodin's enormous production of that period was conceived and executed by Claudet.
5.inevitable a.不可避免的(incapable of being avoided)
詞根記憶:in(不)+evitable(可以避免的)--不可避免的
例:Death is the inevitable thing of life.
派生詞:inevitably(ad.不可避免地)
6.inextricably ad.無法分開地(incapable of being disentangled)
詞根記憶:來自inextricable, extricable(能逃脫的),inextricable(逃脫不掉的,解不開的)+ly--無法分開地
例:Theory is inextricably tied to action.
7.infancy n.嬰兒期(early childhood);初期(a beginning or early period of existence)
詞根記憶:來自infant(n.嬰兒)
例:Infection had occurred during infancy.//The modeling of accretion disks iS still in its infancy.
8.infect v.感染(to contaminate);使惡化(to corrupt)
例:Animals infected with the virus take more than a year to develop symptoms.//Business relations are infected through and through with the disease of short-sighted motives.
派生詞:infected(a.被感染的):infection(n.傳染,感染);infectious(a.傳染的)
9.infectious a.傳染性的,易傳染的(capable of causing infection, communicable by infection)
詞根記憶:來自infect(v.感染,傳染)
例:Typhus cannot be transmitted by ingesting bread or beer contaminated with the infectious agents of this disease.
同根詞:infective(a.有傳染性的)