1.underscore v.強調(to emphasize, to stress)
詞根記憶:under(在…下)+score(劃線)--在…之下劃線--強調
例:The mayor underscored the need for more police officers.
2.undertake v.采取(to attempt, to set about);接受(to accept as responsibility)
例:The study urged states to undertake remedies to reverse a decline in the shark population.//Owners of farms will probably not undertake the expense of cutting down the trees.
派生詞:undertaking(n.事業(yè))
3.underwrite v.承諾支付(to agree to pay);給…保險(to guarantee financial support of)
例:They are not granted governmental subsidies to assist in underwriting the cost of economic development.
4.underwriter n.保險公司,保險業(yè)者(insurer);擔保人(guarantor)
詞根記憶:來自underwrite(v.給…保險)
例:Life insurance in England remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients.
5.undesirable a.令人不悅的,討厭的(not desirable; unwanted)
詞根記憶:un(不)+desirable(合意的)--不合意的--令人不悅的
例:The second is presented by the argument as one likely consequence that is undesirable.
6.undeterred a.未受阻的( not deterred or discouraged)
例:The new airboat traveled at high speeds undeterred by sandbars.
7.undue a.過度的,不適當?shù)?excessive)
詞根記憶:un(表否定)+due(適當?shù)?--不適當?shù)?br />例:undue concern過度關心
8.unearth v.出土(to dig up out of the earth)
詞根記憶:un(打開)+earth(土地)--從地下弄出來--發(fā)掘或挖出某物
例:Archaeologists unearthed some 4.500 year-old stone agricultural implements in the historical site.
9.unequalled a.無與倫比的(radically distinctive and without equal);不等同的(not equalled)
詞根記憶:un(否)+equalled{相同的)--無與倫比的
例:Even without the aid of telephoto lenses, the visitor to Tanzania's Lake Manyara Park has an unequalled opportunity to photograph lions playing in trees.
adj. 獨特的