(单词翻译:单击)
1.apparent a.显然的,明显的(evident);表面上的(seeming)
联想记忆:ap+parent(父母)--父母对儿女的爱显而易见--明显的
例:There were some apparent exceptions to the general correlation observed between adenosine-receptor binding and stimulation.
2.appeal n.呼吁( earnest plea);吸引力(attraction);v.吸引;上诉(accuse)
词根记忆:ap+peal( =pull拉)--拉过去--吸引
例:The state legislature need not heed(留意)the appeals of the protesting students.//The case of sex discrimination has been appealed from a lower court.
3.appendicitis n.阑尾炎盲肠炎(inflammation of the vermiform appendix )
例:Patients with symptoms strongly suggesting appendicitis almost always have their appendix removed.
4.appetite n.食欲(desire to eat);欲望(any of the instinctive desires)
词根记忆:来自拉丁语appetere,ap+peter(寻找,尝试)+e--寻找、尝试是因为欲望
例:stimulate/inhibit the appetite刺激/抑制食欲
派生词:appetizing(a.美味可口的,促进食欲的)
5.appliance n.用具,用品(implement)
词根记忆:来自apply(v.运用,使用)
例:The original retail price of an appliance was 60 percent more than its wholesale cost.
6.applicable a.(to)适用的,适宜的( appropriate, fitting)
联想记忆:appli(看作apply运用)+cable(…的)--能运用的--适用的
例:The findings are applicaLAb to other industrial areas.
派生词:applicability(n.适用性)
7.appoint v.任命,指派(to name officially)
词根记忆:ap(加强)+point(指向,指出)--指定某人做某事--任命
例:Most were already known to the chairs of the board to which they were appointed.
派生词:appointment(n.指定)
8.apportion v.(按比例或计划)分配(to divide and share out according to a plan)
词根记忆:ap( =ad做)+portion( 一部分,一份)--分配
例:The city council apportions all the tax money to the different departments.
9.apprentice n.学徒;初学者(a young person who works for an employer for a fixed period of time in order to learn)
例:Some Tame Gazelle was Barbara Pym's first novel, but it does not read like an apprentice work.
派生词:apprenticeship(n.学徒的身份)
10.apprenticeship n.学徒期:学徒身份(the position of apprentice)
词根记忆:ap+prentice(徒弟)+ship--学徒身份
例:The average length of apprenticeship for carpenters has declined significantly since 1930.
同根词:apprentice(n.学徒:v.当学徒)