(单词翻译:单击)
1.customs n.关税(duties, tolls, or imposts imposed by the sovereign law of a country on imports or exports);海关(the agency, establishment, or procedure for collecting such customs)
例:customs agent报关代理人
2.cutback n.减少,削减(reduction)
词根记忆:来自词组cut back(减少,削减)
例:Soaring rates of liability insurance have risen to force cutbacks in the operations of everything.
3.cyclic a.循环的(of, relating to, or being a cycle)
例:cyclic system循环系统
4.cylinder n.圆柱体(solid or hollow cuNed body with circular ends and straight sides)
例:Two oil cans are right circular qdinders.
5.cylindrical a.圆柱体的;圆筒形的(relating to or having the form or properties of a cylinder)
词根记忆:来自cylinder(n.圆柱体,圆筒)
例:A right cylindrical container with a radius of 2 meters and a height of l meter is filled to capacity with oil.
6.cynical a.愤世嫉俗的(distrustful)
词根记忆:来自古希腊哲学流派“cynicism(犬儒主义)”;cyn原意为“犬”
例:The tone of the passage is persuasive and cynical.
派生词:cynicism(n.愤世嫉俗,犬儒主义)
7.dealership n.代理商,经销商(an authorized sales agency)
分拆记忆:dealer(经销商)+ship--经销商
例:an automobile dealership汽车经销商
8.debase v.降低(to lower in status, esteem, quality or character);降低(硬币)的成色(to reduce the intrinsic value by increasing the base-metal content)
词根记忆:de+base(低)--低下去--降低
例:The coinage had been sharply debasexi
派生词:debasement(n.成色降低)
同根词:basement(n.地下室):basis(n.基础)
9.debate n./v.辩论,讨论( discuss)
词根记忆:de(加强)+bate(打,击)--互相打击--辩论
例:The debate was about the social values.
同根词:rebate(n.回扣):abate(v.减轻)
10.debilitate v.使衰弱( to make weak or feeble, weaken)
例:Secretions of these millipedes have been shown to contain two chemicals that are potent mosquito repellents, and mosquitoes carry parasites that debilitate the capuchins.
派生词:debilitation(n.衰弱;乏力)