Word List 9-2

1.basis n．基础，根据
【记】词根记忆：bas(基础)+is--基础
【例】Seminars and tutorials are on the whole much smaller than lecture classes and in some departments can be on a one-to-one basis( that is，one member of staff to one student).
研讨会和个别辅导总体来说都比课堂小得多，在有些系，它们还可以是一对一的形式，即一个教员对一个学生。( 1997)
on the basis of How then does the employer make a choice? Usually on the basis of an interview.
那么雇主如何作出决定？通常都是根据面试。(2004)

2.domestic adj.家庭的，家用的；（动物）非野生的，驯养的；国内的：国产的；自制的
【记】词根记忆：dom(房屋)+estic（…的）--家庭的
【例】In Mexico, houses are organized around a patio, or courtyard. Rooms open onto the patio, where all kinds of domestic activities take place.
在墨西哥，房子围绕着院子或庭院建造。房屋通向这个用作家庭活动场所的院子。(2003)
More and more foreign-made pro-ducts are sweeping into the domestic market.
正有越来越多的国外产品大举进入国内市场。

3.arbitrary adj.随意的：武断的；霸道的，专横的
【记】词根记忆：arbitr(判断)+ary(…的)--总是独自判断--霸道的
【例】Green finally submitted to an arbitrary order from the girl.
格林最终服从了女孩霸道的命令。

4.conducive adj.有助于…的，促成…的
【记】词根记忆：con+duc(引导)“ve（…的）--引导到好的一面的--有助于…的
【例】Jogging is wonderfully conducive to health.
慢跑对健康大有益处。
【用】conducive后一般接to，表示“对…有益”：

5.revolve v．（使）旋转．（使）绕转：考虑，深思
【记】词根记忆：re(一再)+volv(卷)+e--不断滚动--旋转，绕转
【例】The Earth revolves both round the Sun and on its own axis.
地球既绕日公转又自转。
The manager revolved the financial problem in his mind.
经理反复思考这个财政问题。
【派】revolution(n．旋转；革命，改革)；revolutionary（adj.革命的，带来变革的）；revolver(n．左轮手枪)

6.lever n．杠杆；手段 vt.用杠杆撬动
【记】词根记忆：lev(举起)+er--将物品举起--杠杆
【例】The workers are levering at the rock.
工人们正在用杠杆移动岩石。

7.recede v．后退，退去
【记】词根记忆：re(回)+ced（走）+e--走回去--后退
【例】As the threat of attack receded, the village returned to normal.
进攻的威胁退去了，村子恢复了正常。

8.satisfactory adj.令人满意的，良好的，圆满的
【记】词根记忆：satis(足够)+fact(做)+ory--做得足够好--令人满意的
【例】Some parents, if allowed, might let their children stay at home because they don't find conventional education satisfactory.
如果可以的话，一些家长会让孩子待在家里，因为他们发现传统的教育无法令人满意．(2001)
【派】satisfied( adj.满意的，满足的)