1.minimum n.最小值the least of a set of numbers）；a．最低值（the lowest）

詞根記憶：mini(小)+mum--最小值

例：minimum wage最低工資

2.minivan n.小型貨車(a small passenger van)

詞根記憶：mini(小)+Van（廂式貨車）--小型貨車

例：Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.

3.minority n．少數(shù)民族，少數(shù)(the smaller in number of two groups constituting a whole)

詞根記憶：來自minor(a．較小的)

例：Minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing in socioeconomically deprived areas.

4.mint v.鑄造(to make out of metal)

例：The government mints coins from silver, nickel, copper and zinc.

5.minus prep.減去(reduced by)；a．減的；負的(negative)

詞根記憶：min（?。?us--減小--減法

注意：plus(v.加)：multiply(v.乘)；divide(v.除)

例：Seven minus four is three.

6.minute a．微小的，極小的very small)

詞根記憶：minu(小)+te--微小的，極小的

例：Oceans' water warmed by the Sun rises high into the atmosphere and condenses in tiny droplets on minute particles of dust.

7.miraculous a．不可思議的，奇跡的(of the nature of a miracle)

詞根記憶：mirac(奇跡)+uI+ous(…的)--奇跡的

例：For many people, household labor remains demanding although they could afford household appliances their grandparents would find miraculous.

派生詞:miraculously( ad.奇跡般地)

8.miscarriage n．流產(spontaneous expulsion of a human fetus before it is viable and especially between the 12th and 28th weeks of gestation)；失?。赫`送 ( corrupt or incompetent management)

例：The herbicide Oryzalin was still being produced in 1979, three years after the wives of workers producing the chemical in Rensselaer, New York, were found either to have had miscarriages or to have borne children with heart defects; none of the pregnancies was normal.

9.mishap n.不幸，壞運氣（bad luck, an unfortunate accident）

詞根記憶：mis(壞)+hap（運氣）--運氣不好--不幸，壞運氣

例：The journey went off without mishap.