结合真题实例详解职称英语单词记忆方法(2)

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  构词法记忆法
  通过掌握构词法来记忆单词。英语主要有三种构词法:
  1)转化,即由一个词类转化为另一个词类。例如:
  picture (n)画-picture (v)描绘
  water (n)水-water (v)浇水
  例题1: He has trouble understanding that other people judge him by his social skills and conduct. (2003年职称英语卫生类C级)
  A. behavior
  B. style
  C. mode
  D. attitude
  答案:A
  解释:
  Conduct (v.)引导,管理,为人,传导
  Conduct (n.)操守,行为
  Conductor (n.)列车员,售票员,指挥者,导体等
Semi-conductor 半导体
  例题2:The ice is not thick enough to bear the weight of a tank.(2004年职称英语卫生类C级)
  A. suffer
  B. accept
  C. receive
  D. endure
  答案:D
  解释:
  bear (n.)熊
  bear (v.)负担, 忍受, 带给, 具有, 挤
  2)派生,即通过加前缀或后缀构成另一个词,例如:
  happy→ unhappy(加前缀) happiness(加后缀)
  例题1: The workers in that factory manufacture furniture. (2003年职称英语卫生类C级)
  A. promote
  B. paint
  C. polish
  D. produce
  答案:D
  例题2: Even in a highly modernized country, manual work is a still needed. (2003年职称英语卫生类C级)
  A. mental
  B. physical
  C. natural
  D. hard
  答案:B
  man-, manu- =hand
  manage(管理), manual(体力的,手册), manuscript(手写稿), manufacture(生产), manumit(释放)
  例题3:About one million Americans are diagnosed,annually with skin cancer. (2004年职称英语卫生类C级)
  A. every year
  B. severely
  C. actively
  D. every month
  答案:A
  Ann= year
  Anniversaire (French)
  Anniversary, annals(编年史), annuity(年金)
  3)合成,即由两个或更多的词合成一个词。例如:
  wood(木)+cut(刻)→ woodcut(木刻)
  pea(豌豆)+nuts(坚果)→ peanut(花生)
  例题1: In the latter case the outcome can be serious indeed. (2003年职称英语卫生类C级)
  A. judgement
  B. result
  C. decision
  D. event
  答案:B