(单词翻译:单击)
1.detection n.察觉:发现(the act or process of detecting;discovery)
词根记忆:来自detect(矿察觉:发现),de(去除)+tect(遮盖)--去掉遮盖一发现
例:Virtually everything astronomers know about objects outside the solar system is based on the detection of photons.
2.deter v.威慑(to overawe);阻止(to discourage, or prevent from acting)
词根记忆:de(起强调作用)+ter( =terr吓唬)--威慑
例:The legislature enacts severe laws to deter motorists from picking fruit off the trees.
派生词:deterrence(n.妨碍物);deterrent(n.威慑)
3.deteriorate v.(使)恶化(to impair, to degenerate)
词根记忆:来自deterior(拉丁文:糟糕的)
例:Compared with conditions before the war, sanitary conditions had deteriorated.
派生词:deterioration(n.变坏;退化)
4.deterioration n.恶化;退化;堕睹(the action or process of deteriorating)
词根记忆:来自deteriorate(v.恶化;变坏)
例:To reverse the deteriioration of the postal service, the government should raise the price of postage stamps.
同根词:deteriorator(n.堕落者)
5.determination n.决心;果断(the quality that makes you continue trying to do sth. even when this is difficult)
词根记忆:来自determine(v.决定)
例:It reinforced the religious elite's determination to resist cultural change.
同根词:interminable(a.无穷无尽的)
6.determinism n.决定论(a theory or doctrine that acts of the will, occurrences jn nature, or social or psychological phenomena are causally determined by preceding events or natural laws)
词根记忆:来自determine(v.决定)
例:Jon Clark's study is a solid contribution to a debate that encompasses two lively issues in the history and sociology of technology: technological determinism and social constructivism.
同根词:determinist(n.决定论者)
7.detrimental a.损害的,造成伤害的(causing detriment, harmful)
词根记忆:来自detriment(n.伤害),de(变坏)+trim(修剪)+ent一剪坏了--伤害
例:The detrimentaleffects were attributed to an amino acid that is one of the sweetener's principal constituents.
派生词:detrimentally(ad.有害地;不利地)
8.devastate v.毁坏(to bring to ruin by violent action)
联想记忆:de(去除)+vast(大量)+ate-+大量去除--毁坏;vast本身为词根:广阔的、大量的
例:Agriculture experts announced that the disease has devastated some of the corn crops.
派生词:devastating(a.毁灭性的)
9.deviate v.越轨,脱离(to diverge; to digress)
词根记忆:de(离开)+vi(路)+ate--离开道路一脱离
例:Why firms adhere to or deviate from their strategic plans is poorly understood. However, theory and limited research suggest that the process through which such plans emerge may play a part.
派生词:deviation(n.偏差,误差)
10.deviation n.背离(noticeable or marked departure from accepted norms of behavior)
词根记忆:来自deviate(v.脱离,偏轨)
例:The Chinese used a gravity meter to correct for local deviations in sea level.
同根词:deviant(n.不正常者:变异物;a.不正常的;离经叛道的)