1.reinforce v.加強(to strengthen);補充(to strengthen by additional assistance, material)
詞根記憶:re(再)+inforce(強化)——加強
例:In birds, these hollow bones are reinforced more massively by internal struts.
2.reinvest v.再授給(to invest in additional securities);再投資(to invest again or anew)
詞根記憶:re(再)+invest(投資)——再投資
例:The profits may be reinvested to increase economic growth through eco efficiency.
3.reject v.拒絕,抵制(to refuse)
詞根記憶:re(反)+ject(扔)——被扔回來——拒絕
例:Recently a court ruled that current law allows companies to reject a job applicant if working in the job would entail a 90 percent chance that the applicant would suffer a heart attack.
同根詞:object(v.反對;n.目標)
4.rejection v.拋棄:拒絕(the action of rejecting);被拋棄的東西(sth.rejected)
詞根記憶:來自rejecl(v.拒絕)
例:The first presents a goal that the argument rejects as ill-conceived ;the second is evidence that is presented as grounds for that rejection.
同根詞:ejection(n.噴出;排出物)
5.rekindle v.重新激起(to cause Sth.to light again)
詞根記憶:re(重新)+kindle(點燃)——重燃——重新激起
例:He is trying to rekindle pride in his compatriots.
6.rolative n.親戚(a person connected with another by blood or affinity);a.相對的:相關的(not absolute or independent)
詞根記憶:來自relate(v.相關,關系)
例:Once introduced into southern Europe ,maize became popular with landowners because of b high yields relative to other Cereal Crops.
派生詞:relatively(ad.相對地)
同根詞:relation(n.關系)
7.relativity n.相對論(Einstein's theory of the universe which shows that all motion is relative and treats time as a fourth dimension related to space)
例:general relativity廣義相對論
8.relay v.中繼轉(zhuǎn)發(fā),轉(zhuǎn)播(to broadcast sth. by passing signals through a transmitting station)
例:Robot satellites relay important communications and identify weather patterns.
9.release v./n.排放(to send out);發(fā)表(布)(to make available to the public);解放,釋放(to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude)
詞根記憶:re(一再)+lease(松弛,放松)——解放,釋放
例:The release of the iron compounds did not increase the supply of nitrogen compounds in the area.