(单词翻译:单击)
1.derive v.(from)得到,得自(to take, receive, or obtain especially from a specified source);推论出(to infer, to deduce)
词根记忆:de+rive( =river河流)一支流一得到
例:Most geologists believe that crude oil is derived from organisms buried under ancient seas.//The set of objective criteria is derived from these analyses.
派生词:derivative(a.引出的)
2.descend v.下降(to come or go down);遗传(to derive)
词根记忆:de+scend(爬)--往下爬--下降:遗传
例:A plane descended 2,000 feet from an altitude of 10,000 feet.
派生词:descendant(n.子孙,后裔)
3.description n.描写,描述(an act of describing)
词根记亿:de+script(写)+ion--描写,描述
例:vivid description生动的描述
4.desegregation n.取消种族隔离(the action or an instance of desegregating)
词根记亿:desegregate(v.取消种族隔离),de(解除)+segregate(隔离)一解除隔离,取消种族隔离
例:School desegregation has worked well in Buffalo and New York.
5.detierve v.应受,值涞享(to be worthy of)
联想记忆:de+serve(服务)--充分享受服务一应受,值得
例:American Indian poems have not yet attracted the scholarly attention they deserve.
6.designate v.指派(to appoint);指明,指定(to specify)
词根记忆:de(起强调作用)+sign(标出)+ate --标出来--指明,指定
例:Each prisoner was made to designate the amount of ransom(黩金)to be paid for his return.
词根记忆:designated(a.指定的,指派的)
7.desire v.渴望(to long or hope for);要求(to request);n.愿望(longing)
词根记忆:The politician desired power and would stop at nothing to get it.// Seeing or hearing an advertisement for a product tends to increase people's desire for that product.
派生词:desirable(a.值得要的;令人满意的)
8.despisev.轻视,轻蔑(to look down on)
词根记忆:de(不)+spise( =spic看)一不值得看一轻视
例:Mary despised her rude neighbors.
9.detach v.分开,分离(to separate)
词根记忆:de(去掉)+tach(接触)一去掉接触一分开
例:He had to detach himself from social activities in order to concentrate on his studies.
同根词:attachment(n.附件;依恋)
10.detached a.不含个人偏见的(free from prejudice or self interest)
例:The tone of the passage can best be described as detached.