1.substrate n.底土層,底土(subsoil)
詞根記憶:sub(下面)+strate(層)--下面一層--底土層
例:a substrate of clay粘土層
2.subtle a.細微的(delicate)
例:Coral reefs are sensitive to subtle changes in nutrient input to their waters.
派生詞:subtly( ad.敏銳地:精巧地)
3.subtract v.(from)減,減去(to deduct)
詞根記憶:sub(下面)+tract(拉)--拉到下面--減去
例:Tom subtracted the smaller number from the larger number.
派生詞:subtraction(n.減法)
4.subtraction n.減法:減少(an act, operation, or instance of subtracting)
詞根記憶:來自subtract(v.減去,扣掉)
例:subtraction formula 減法公式
同根詞:subtract(v.減去,扣掉)
5.succession n.連續(sequence);繼位(the right of a person or line to succeed);【生】自然演替(unidirectional change in the composition of an ecosystem as the available competing organisms and especially the plants respond to and modify the environment)
詞根記憶:success(接替)+ion--接替發生--連續
例:in succession連續//plant succession植物的自然演替
同根詞:successive(a.連續的);successor(n.繼任者;繼承人)
6.sue v.向…起訴,提起訴訟(to seek justice or right from a person, etc., by legal process)
發音記憶:“訴”--起訴
例:In 1979, the parents of a three year old sued in New York for accidental-death damages and won an award of $750,000.
7.sufficiency n.足量,充足(the quality or state of being sufficient)
詞根記憶:來自sufficient(a.足夠的,充分的)
例:Participation in the workplace and economic self-sufficiency, they, believed, would make women socially useful and therefore deserving of equality with men.
8.sufficient a.足夠的(enough to meet the needs)
詞根記憶:來自suffice(v.使滿足:有能力)
例:Some areas of ocean in the Southern Hemisphere do not contain sufficient nutrients to support large seaweed farms.
派生詞:sufficiency(n.足夠,充足);sufficiently( ad.充分地)
9.suffrage n.選舉權,投票權(the right of voting)
詞根記憶:suf+frage(裹示擁護的喧鬧聲)--投票權
例:It was stronger than their commitment to the suffrage struggle.
派生詞:suffragist(n.婦女政權論者)
adj. 法律的,合法的,法定的