1.spoilage n.損壞(the act or process of spoiling);損壞物(sth. spoiled or wasted)
詞根記憶:來自spoil(v.損壞)
例:The irradiation of food kills bacteria and thus retards spoilage.
同根詞:spoilt(a.寵壞的:損壞的)
2.sponsor v.贊助(to pay for a project or activity);n.贊助人(a person or an organization that pays for or plans and carries out a project or activity)
詞根記憶:spons(允諾)+or--答應給錢--贊助
例:government-sponsored由政府贊助的 //The sponsors of the offensive program were arrested.
派生詞:sponsorship(n.資助,贊助)
3.sporadically ad.偶發地(infrequently);零星地
詞根記憶:來自sporadical(a.零星的)
例:Lyme disease(萊姆關節炎)is not a common disease and occurs only sporadically.//The rebels fired sporadically towards police in their shelters.
4.spot n.地點(a particular area or place);斑點(an area marred or marked);現場(the place of action)
例:After one year at the new spot, it is doing about the same volume of business as before.
派生詞:spotter(n.監視人;測位儀)
5.spouse n.配偶,夫妻(husband or wife)
聯想記憶:sp(看作spend度過)+ouse(看作house房子)--在一間房子里共度人生--配偶,夫妻
例:My spouse and I have been married for four years.
6.spray n.噴霧(劑)(water flying in small drops or particles);小花枝(a usually flowering branch or shoot);y.噴灑(to project spray or something resembling spray on or into)
聯想記憶:sp+ray(光線)--像光線一樣散出--噴灑
例:nasal spray鼻用噴霧劑//A rare New Zealand species of mistletoe produces spectacular sprays of scarlet flowers.//Various pesticides have been sprayed in the past 25 years in efforts to control the spruce budworm.
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
只有有耐心圓滿完成簡單工作的人,才能夠輕而易舉地完成困難的事。
(Friedrich Schiller, German dramatist and poet)
-----德國劇作家、詩人席勒
adj. 稀罕的,稀薄的,罕見的,珍貴的
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