1.inoculate v.接种;给…预防注射(to introduce a serum ,a vaccine, or an antigenic substance into, especially to produce or boost immunity to a specific disease)
词根记忆:in(不)+ ocul(萌芽)+ate--不让萌芽成长--给…预防注射
派生词:inoculation(n.接种,接木)
2.inquisitive a.好奇的(curious)
词根记忆:in+quisit(询问)+ive--不断询问的--好奇的
例:The tone of the passage is inquisitive.
同根词:prerequisite(n.先决条件):inquisition(n.调查)
3.inscribe v.刻(to engrave);【数】使(图形)内接(切)(to draw within another figure so that every vertex of the enclosed figure touches the outer figure)
词根记忆:in+scribe(写,刻)--刻
例:Bill gave Susan a ring inscribed with the words "To my best girl".
派生词:inscription(n.铭刻;题字)
4.inscription n.题词(the dedication of a book or work of art);铭文(sth. that is inscribed)
词根记忆:来自inscript (v.碑铭:题字)
例:Stone inscriptions in a form of the Greek alphabet that was definitely used in Cyprus after A.D. 365 were found in Kourion.
同根词:description(n.描绘)
5.insecticide n.杀虫剂(a chemical substance used to kill insects)
词根记忆:insect(昆虫)+i+cide(杀)--杀昆虫的东西--杀虫剂
例:a powerful insecticide一种强效杀虫剂
同根词:pesticide(n.杀虫剂)
6.insert v.插入(to put or thrust in)
词根记忆:in(进入)+sert(插,放)--插进去--插入
例:Please insert your credit card into the slot.
同根词:exsert (v.突出,伸出);assert(v.断言)
7.insight n.洞察力,见识(penetration, discernment)
联想记忆:in+sight(眼光)--眼光深入--洞察力
例:Life stories provide incidental information as well as significant insights into a way of life.
8.insignificant a.无价值的,无意义的,无用的(lacking meaning or importance, unimportant)
词根记忆:in(无)+signifi(意味着)+cant--无意义的
例:The scrapping of automobiles causes insignificant amounts of air pollution.
派生词:insignificantly( ad.无关紧要地)
同根词:significant(a.有意义的)
9.insofar as 到…程度;在…范围内(to the degree or extent that)
例:This is the truth insofar as I know it.