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conceive v.想象(devise,visualize);懷孕(to be pregnant)

【例】 The inventor conceived a new gadget.

【派】 conception(n.觀念;設想;懷孕)

pregnant adj.懷孕的,孕育的

【派】 pregnancy(n.懷孕)

proliferate v.繁衍(multiply,increase)

【記】 pro(前) + lifer(後代) + ate → 有了後代 → 繁衍

【例】 Autumn is the best season for crab to proliferate.

reproduce v.繁殖,再生

【例】 Birds reproduce by laying eggs.

【派】 reproduction(n.複製;繁殖)

breeding n.飼養(feeding);教養(upbringing,nurture,cultivation)

foster v.養育(to uprear,bring up);培養,促進(to cultivate,promote)

【例】 Fostering a teenager is obviously different from fostering a small child. foster-child foster-parents

rear vt.撫養,飼養(raise,look after);栽種

【例】 It's a good place to rear young children.

hatch v.孵出,孵(卵)(incubate,breed,emerge from the egg)

【例】 Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

incubation n.孵卵,孵化;(傳染病的)潛伏期

livelihood n.生計,謀生(the way you earn money in order to live)

【例】 Fishing is the main source of livelihood for many people in the area.

sojourn vi.逗留(stay);寄居

【例】 The explorers sojourned at the old castle expecting for a new find.

subsist vi.生存(live,survive)

【例】 The poor farmer's family subsisted on potatoes.

【派】 subsistence(n.生存)

survive vt.幸免於…vi.活下來(outlive,remain)

【例】 Those who survived rebuilt the city.

【派】 survival(n.幸存)

sterile adj.消過毒的(sanitary);不孕的(infertile)

【例】 Rinse the eye with sterile water.

【派】 sterility(n.不孕)

unviable adj.不能生存的;行不通的(impractical,unworkable)

【例】 form an unviable opinion

wither v.枯萎,凋零

【例】 The flower withered.

【派】 withered(adj.枯萎的)

練習題

連線題

amenable有延展性的

compromise易彎的

conform妥協

deferential遵守

ductile給予投票權

obedience充滿敬意的

sturdy劃界限

tenacious服從

pliant限製

enfranchise不屈的

provenance起源

circumscribe抓住不放的

constraint順從的

incarcerate監禁

intervene補償

compensate繁衍

countervail命令

liquidation枯萎

imperative抵消

injunction幹涉