1.institute v.制定,創立(社團、規章)(to set up; establish);n.學院,協會(an association organized to promote art or science or education)
詞根記憶:in+stitut(建立)+e--創立
例:Gandania cannot afford to institute the proposed laws.
派生詞:institution(n.制度:建立)
同根詞:constitute(v.組成,構建)
2.institution n.(教育、慈善等)社會公共機構(an established organization or foundation, especially one dedicated to education, public service, or culture);制度,習俗 (a significant practice, relationship, or organization in a society or culture)
例:The financial institutions owe their success to their unique formal organization.
派生詞:institutionalize(v.制度化,習俗化)
3.instruct v.指示(to command);教育,指導(to teach.to direct)
詞根記憶:in+struct(建造)--指示人如何建造--指示
例:How many years of education were sufficient to instruct young citizens in civic virtue?
派生詞:instruction(n.命令;教導)
4.instrument n.儀器(device);手段(means);工具(tool implement)
例:optical instrument光學儀器//financial instrument金融手段
派生詞:instrumental(a.起作用的)
5. insulate v.(from, against)使絕緣(尤指熱量、電流等) (to prevent the passage of heat, electricity ,or sound into or out of especially by surrounding with a nonconducting material.
詞根記憶:insul(島)+ate--成為島一樣--絕緣
例:How do they manage to insulate against loss off body heat in such a cold condition?
6.insulin n.胰島索
例:Diabetes(糖尿病)can result from an insulin deficiency.
Activity is the only road to knowledge.
行動是通往知識的唯一道路。
--英國劇作家肖伯納(George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist)