1.wield v.支配,掌:握(to have at one's command or disposal)
记:和yield(V.生产;屈服)一起记
例:The power that the skilled machinists wielded in the industry was intolerable to management.
2.wig n.假发(a manufactured covering of natural or synthetic hair for the head);v.激动.发狂(to go crazy)
记:是periwig的简写。
注意:wag(n.幽默的人)
3.wilderness n.荒地(a tract or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings);茫茫一片(a confusing multitude or mass)
词根记忆:wild(荒野)+er+ness--荒地;茫茫一片
例:Many people in Boravia are committed to preserving the country's wilderness areas.
同根词:wilder(v.迷失)
4.withdraw v.收回(to take back, retract);退出(to remove oneself from participation)
例:The land has been formally withdraw from federal public lands.//The proposal would enable a prospective nominee to withdraw from competition.
5.withdrawal n.撤退(an operation by which a military force disengages from the enemy);提款(removal from a place of deposit or investment);取消(the act of taking back or away sth. that has been granted or possessed)
词根记忆:with(向后)+draw(拉)+al--往后拉--撤退
例:Withdrawals from these accounts prior to age sixty-five would result in the investor's having to pay taxes on all the accumulated interest at the time of withdrawal.
同根词:withhold(V.阻挡):withstand(V.抵抗,反抗)
6.withstand V.经受住(to resist or endure successfully);抵挡,反抗(to resist, to oppose)
例:In order to withstand tidal currents, juvenile horseshoe crabs frequently burrow in the sand.//Our army was strong enough to withstand the attack.
7.womb n.子宫;孕育处(uterus (in women and other female mammals),the organ in which offspring is carried and nourished while it develops before birth)
联想记忆:wom(看作women)+b(看作box)--女人的盒子--子宫
例:Babies emerge from the darkness of the womb.
8.woven n.织物(a woven fabric)
词根记忆:来自weave(v.编织)
例:Quantities of woven mantles, loincloths, blouses, and skirts were paid as tribute to local lords and to imperial tax stewards.
9.wrap v.包,裹(to cover especially by winding or folding)
联想记忆:w+rap(说唱)--说唱,绕舌--包,裹
例:The figure shows the dimensions of a rectangular box that is completely wrapped with paper.
n. 贡品,颂词,称赞,(表示敬意的)礼物