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