1.substrate n.底土层,底土(subsoil)
词根记忆:sub(下面)+strate(层)--下面一层--底土层
例:a substrate of clay粘土层
2.subtle a.细微的(delicate)
例:Coral reefs are sensitive to subtle changes in nutrient input to their waters.
派生词:subtly( ad.敏锐地:精巧地)
3.subtract v.(from)减,减去(to deduct)
词根记忆:sub(下面)+tract(拉)--拉到下面--减去
例:Tom subtracted the smaller number from the larger number.
派生词:subtraction(n.减法)
4.subtraction n.减法:减少(an act, operation, or instance of subtracting)
词根记忆:来自subtract(v.减去,扣掉)
例:subtraction formula 减法公式
同根词:subtract(v.减去,扣掉)
5.succession n.连续(sequence);继位(the right of a person or line to succeed);【生】自然演替(unidirectional change in the composition of an ecosystem as the available competing organisms and especially the plants respond to and modify the environment)
词根记忆:success(接替)+ion--接替发生--连续
例:in succession连续//plant succession植物的自然演替
同根词:successive(a.连续的);successor(n.继任者;继承人)
6.sue v.向…起诉,提起诉讼(to seek justice or right from a person, etc., by legal process)
发音记忆:“诉”--起诉
例:In 1979, the parents of a three year old sued in New York for accidental-death damages and won an award of $750,000.
7.sufficiency n.足量,充足(the quality or state of being sufficient)
词根记忆:来自sufficient(a.足够的,充分的)
例:Participation in the workplace and economic self-sufficiency, they, believed, would make women socially useful and therefore deserving of equality with men.
8.sufficient a.足够的(enough to meet the needs)
词根记忆:来自suffice(v.使满足:有能力)
例:Some areas of ocean in the Southern Hemisphere do not contain sufficient nutrients to support large seaweed farms.
派生词:sufficiency(n.足够,充足);sufficiently( ad.充分地)
9.suffrage n.选举权,投票权(the right of voting)
词根记忆:suf+frage(裹示拥护的喧闹声)--投票权
例:It was stronger than their commitment to the suffrage struggle.
派生词:suffragist(n.妇女政权论者)
adj. 法律的,合法的,法定的