1.truce n.休戰(協定),停戰(協定)(cease-fire)
聯想記憶:休戰協定(truce)確認了戰敗是真的(true)
例:The two rival states proclaimed a sacred truce.
2.trunk n.樹干(the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots);軀干(the human or animal body apart from the head and appendages);主干(the central part of anything)
聯想記憶:喝醉( drunk)了酒,倒在樹干(trunk)土酣睡
例:The tree trunks will be used for lumber and the branches will be converted into wood chips to make fiberboard.
3.tuition n.學費(the price of or payment for instruction)
詞根記憶:tuit(監護,看管)+ion--在學校的監護費用--學費
例:full tuition全額學費
4.turbulence n.騷亂,動蕩(the quality or state of being turbulent)
詞根記憶:來自turb(v.攪動)
例:Small firms generate market turbulence that creates additional dimensions of competition.
同根詞:disturb(v.打擾:弄亂);turbid(a.混亂的;渾濁的)
5.turbulent a.騷亂的,狂暴的(violently disturbed)
詞根記憶:turb(攪動)+ulent--攪得厲害--狂暴的
例:Its role in the explanation of turbulent friction has been significant.
派生詞:turbulence(n.動蕩;震動)
6.typhoid n.傷寒(a disease of domestic animals resembling human typhus or typhoid);a.傷寒的,斑疹傷寒癥的(of, relating to, or suggestive of typhus)
例:At an orientation meeting, the travelers were told that they would each need a visa, a landing card, and evidence of inoculation against typhoid fever.
7.ultimate a.最終的,結果的(final and conclusive, eventual)
詞根記憶:ultim(最遠,落后)+ate--最終的
例:Both economic factors and governmental policies strongly influence the ultimate success of any innovation.
派生詞:ultimately( ad.最后;根本)
同根詞:ultimatum(n.最后通牒)
8.ultrasound n.超聲(波)( vibrations of the same physical nature as sound but with frequencies above the range of human hearing)
例:Physicians can use a Doppler ultrasound device to detect fetal heartbeats.
9.unaccompanied a.無伴奏的(being without instrumental accompaniment);無伴隨的(not companied)
詞根記憶:un(無)+accompan(陪伴)+ied(…的)--無陪伴的--無伴隨的
例:Euripides' Medea never appears in medieval manuscripts unaccompanied by ancient commentary.
同根詞:accompanist(n.伴奏者;伴隨者)
adj. 國內的,家庭的,馴養的
n. 家仆,