(单词翻译:单击)
1.eliminate v.排除,消除(to remove,to eradicate)
联想记忆:e+limin(门槛)+ate--扔出门槛--消除,排除
例:Corporations should try to eliminate the many ranks and salary grades that classify employees.
派生词:elimination(n.排除,消除)
2.elite n.精英(the best of a class);a.卓越的,精锐的(prominent)
联想记忆:e+lite(=lig选择)--选出来的都是精英--精英
例:They hated political privilege and wanted freedom from an elite dominated state.
派生词:elitist(n.优秀人才,杰出者)
3.elliptical a.椭圆形的(oval)
联想记忆:el+lip(嘴唇)+tical--嘴唇看起来像椭圆*-椭圆形的
例:Scientists calculated that the asteroid is on an elliptical path that.orbits the Sun once a year.
4.elongate v.延长,伸长(to lengthen, to extend)
词根记忆:e(出)+long(长)+ate--长出去--伸长
例:The elephant elongated its trunk to reach the peanut.
派生词:elongation(n.伸长)
同根词:longevity(n.长寿);longitude(n.经度)
5.eloquent a.雄辩的(marked by forceful and fluent expression)
词根记忆:e(出)+loqu(说)+ent--滔滔不绝地说出来--雄辩的
例:He is the most eloquent spokesman of our government.
6.elude v.逃避(追捕等)(to escape)
联想记忆:e(出)+lude(玩)--玩出花样--逃避
例:The robber's immediate goal was to elude capture.
7.emancipation n.解放,释放(the act or process of emancipating)
联想记忆:e(出)+man(手)+cip(抓住)+ation--把被抓的手放出来--解放,释放
例:They hoped to reassure merchants that despite the emancipation of the slaves, planters would produce crops and pay debts.
8.embalm v.保存:铭记(to preserve);以香油(或药料)涂尸防腐(to protect from decay)
词根记忆:em+balm(香油,香膏)--把香油涂在…上--以香油涂尸防腐
例:Egyptians are credited for having pioneered embalming methods as long ago as 2650 B.C.
9.embargo n.禁运(令)(an order of a government prohibiting the departure of com-mercial ships from its ports)
词根记忆:em(拿)+bar(阻挡)+ go--阻拦,不让拿--禁运