1.representation n.代表(one that represents)
詞根記憶:來自represent(v.代表;標志)
例:All of the animal figures in the Sepphoris mosaics are readily identifiable as representations of known species.
同根詞:representative(a.典型的;n.代表)
2.representative n.代表(one that represents another or others delegate);a.(of)有代表性的,典型的(serving as a typical or characteristic example)
例:House of Representatives眾議院,//The students who didn't protest are more representative of the state's college students.
3.reproduce v.繁殖(to have offspring or young);復制(to make a copy or equivalent of)
詞根記憶:re(再)+produce(生產)--不斷生產--繁殖;復制
例:They can reproduce several times each year and produce large numbers of offspring.
派生詞:reproducer(n.復制程序;再生器)
同根詞:productive(a.多產的)
4.reproduction n.再生產(the act or process of reproducing)
詞根記憶:re(再)+production(生產)--再生產
例:Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould has argued that many biological traits are not the products of natural selection, favored because they enhance reproduction or survival, but are simply random by-products of other evolutionary developments.
5.reptile n.爬行動物(any of a class of cold-blooded egg-laying animals including crocodiles, lizards snakes, turtles, etc. with relatively short legs or no legs at all)
詞根記憶:rept(爬)+ile--爬行動物
例:Although scales typically cover rept17es, the pterosaurs(翼龍)probably had hairy coats.
派生詞:reptilian(a.爬蟲類的;卑下的)
6.republican n.共和主義者(one that favors or supports a republican form of government);a.共和國的(of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a republic)
詞根記憶:republic(共和政體,共和國)+an(表…的)--共和國的
例:Introduction of the republican motherhood thesis dramatically changed historiography.
派生詞:republicanism(n.共和主義)
7.repudiate v.拒絕(to decline);拒付(to refuse to pay)
聯想記憶:re(反)+pudi(感到羞恥)+ate--反過來讓對方羞恥--拒絕(別人)
例:The innocent man repudiated the charge of murder.//repudiate a debt 賴債
派生詞:repudiation(n.拒付)
8.rescind v.廢除(法律等)(to repeal)
詞根記憶:re(反)+scind(=cut)砍--砍掉--廢除
例:The outdated law was rescinded by the federal government.
9.resemble v.類似于,像(to be like or similar to)
詞根記憶:re+semble(類似)---類似于
例:The pterosaurs resembled both birds and bats in their overall structure and proportions.
派生詞:resemblance(n.相似;相似處)
n. (rescission) adj. 退還,取消 v