1.preserve v.保持,維持(to protect, maintain);野生動物保護(hù)區(qū)(an area restricted for the protection and preservation of natural animals)
聯(lián)想記憶:pre(前)+serve(服務(wù))——提前提供服務(wù)——維持
例:The local residents determined to preserve their religion and way of life.//A wildlife preserve is being planned for 3,000 rhinoceroses(犀牛).
派生詞:preservative(n.防腐劑)
2.preside v.(over)擔(dān)任主席,主持(會議等)(to act as chairman at a conference, meeting, etc.)
聯(lián)想記憶:pre(前)+side(坐)——坐在前面——擔(dān)任主席
例:The council president presided over the meeting.
派生詞:presidential(a.總統(tǒng)的)
3.pressboard n.壓制板(a strong highly glazed composition board resembling vulcanized fiber)
分拆記憶:press(壓)+board(板)——壓出的板——壓制板
4.prestige n.威信,聲望(fame)
聯(lián)想記憶:pres(看作president總統(tǒng))+tige(看作tiger老虎)——總統(tǒng)和老虎兩者都是有威信、威望的——威信,威望
例:Inventions bring more prestige to universities than do books and articles.
派生詞:prestigious(a.有威信的,有影響力的)
5.prestigious n.有名望的,有威信的(having prestige; honored)
詞根記憶:來自prestige(n.威信;魅力)
例:Kitchen is one of the most prestigious cooking-related magazines.
6.presume v.假定,推測(to assume)
例:The underlying economic forces of industrialism were presumed to be gender-blind.
派生詞:presumably( ad.據(jù)推測,大概)
7.presuppose v.以……為先決條件(to require as a condition)
詞根記憶:pre(預(yù)先)+suppose(假定)——預(yù)先假定——以…為先決條件
例:Effective prevention presupposes early diagnosis.
派生詞:presupposition(n.預(yù)想:先決條件)
8.pretax a.(納)稅前的(before tax has been deducted)
詞根記憶:pre(前)+tax(稅)——稅前的
例:pretax income稅前收入
9.prevail v.戰(zhàn)勝;盛行(to predominate)
聯(lián)想記憶:pre(前)+vail(=val力量)——力量在別人之前——戰(zhàn)勝
例:This activism and the views underlying it came to prevail in the United States labor movement.
派生詞:prevailing(a.流行的;一般的)
同根詞:prevalence(n.流行;普遍)