1.tenant n.房客:佃戶dweller, occupant)
例:This apartment building has fifty tenants.//tenant farmers佃農(nóng)
2.tenet n.信條,原則(a principle, belief, or doctrine)
聯(lián)想記憶:ten(握住)+et--握住的理念--信條
例:the basic tenets of Western democracy西方民主的基本理念
3.tentative a.試驗(性)的,試探(性)的(not fully worked out or developed);猶豫的(hesitant)
詞根記憶:tent(伸)+ative--伸出手的--試探(性)的
例:The company made a tentative proposal trying to cut the cost.
4.tenure n.任期(term);(土地)保有權(quán)(the act right, manner, or term of holding something, as a landed property, a position, or an office)
聯(lián)想記憶:ten(拿住)+ure--拿住職位--任期
例:life-long tenure終身職務(wù)制//land tenure土地所有權(quán)
5.terminate v.(使)停止,終止(to come to an end, close);解雇(to fire, to dismiss)
詞根記憶:termin(界限,期限)+ate--到了期限--停止
例:terminating decimal有盡小數(shù)//terminate workers解雇工人
6.terminology n.術(shù)語(學(xué))(the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject)
詞根記憶:term(術(shù)語)+in+ology--術(shù)語(學(xué))
例:medical terminology醫(yī)學(xué)術(shù)語
7.termite n.【昆】白蟻
聯(lián)想記憶:term(期間)+ite(看作bite咬)--短時間內(nèi)啃光木頭的昆蟲--白蟻
例:The fallen tree was infested with termites.