1.stun v.(使)昏厥(daze);(使)震驚(astonish)
聯想記憶:太陽(sun)里面多了一個t,使人震驚(stun)
例:Dolphins used loud clicks to stun their prey at close range.//The president's assassination stunned the entire nation.
派生詞:stunning(a.足以使人暈厥的,極好的)
2.stunning a.極富魅力的(strikingly impressive in beauty or excellence)
詞根記憶:來自stun(v.使震驚;n.令人驚嘆的事物)
例:Researchers in Germany have unearthed those wooden spears from what appears to be an ancient lakeshore hunting ground, stunning evidence that human ancestors systematically hunted big game much earlier than believed.
派生詞:stunningly( ad.絕妙地;令人震驚地)
同根詞:stunner(n.絕妙的東西;出色的人)
3.stunt n.噱頭(one performed or undertaken chiefly to gain attention or publicity);v.阻礙,妨礙(發育)(to hinder the normal growth, development, or progress of)
例:Smokers complained that their prospects for being hired and promoted are being stunted by their habit.
4.sturdy a.結實的;堅固的(firmly built or constituted)
記:和study(v.學習)一起記,身體強健(sturdy)才能學習(study)好
例:a worker's sturdy frame工人強健的體格//sturdy construction堅固的結構
5.subgroup n.小群;隸屬的小組織(a subset of a mathematical group that is itself group)
詞根記憶:sub(副、次)+group(組織)--隸屬的小組織
例:It would help researchers to identify subgroups of patients with secondary conditions that might also be treatable.
6.subject a.(to)受制于…的( under the authority of sth./sb.);n.國民(citizen);主題(something represented or indicated in a work of art);科目(a department of knowledge)
詞根記憶:sub(在下面)+ject(扔)--被扔在下面--受制于
例:Any flying vertebrate is subject to aerodynamic constraints.//The queen is supported by her subjects' tax money.
派生詞:subjective(a.主觀的;個人的)
7.sublanguage n.[計]子語言
詞根記憶:sub(次;下級)+language(語言)--子語言
例:Nobody knows exactly how many languages there are in the world, partly because of the difficulty of distinguishing between a language and the sublanguages or dialects within it, but those who have tried to count-typically have found about five thousand.
adj. 強健的,健全的