1.misinterpret v.误解(to understand wrongly)
词根记忆:mis(错误)+interpret(解释)--误解
例:They have misinterpreted descriptions of womens involvement in party politics.
2.misrepresent v.歪曲,不如实地叙述(或说明)(to distort)
词根记忆:mis(错误)+represent(表示)--表示错误--歪曲
例:The constructivists gain acceptance by misrepresenting technological determinism.
3.missile n.导弹(esp. an explosive weapon directed at a target by remote control or automatically)
词根记忆:miss(发送)+ile(物体)--发送出去的物体--导弹
例:nuclear-missile defense system核子导弹防御系统
同根词:dismiss(v.开除,解散);emissary(n.使者,间谍)
4.mitigate v.减轻(to relieve)
词根记忆:miti(小,轻)+gate(=ag做)--减轻
例:Improved social welfare protection has unquestionably mitigated the consequences of joblessness.
派生词:mitigation(n.缓解,减轻)
5.modem n.调制解调器(a device that converts data from one form into another, as from one form usable in data processing to another form usable in telephonic transmission)
例:Computers are becoming faster, more powerful, and more reliable, and so are modems.
6.moderate v.减轻:节制(to lessen the intensity or extremeness of) ;a.温和的(temperate);适度的(having average or less than average quality)
联想记忆:mod(方式)+erate--有方式的,不过分的--适度的
例:In Patton City, days are categorized as having heavy rainfall, moderate rainfall, light rainfall, or no rainfall.
派生词:moderately( ad.适度地;中庸地:有节制地)
7.modest a.适度的(temperate);朴实的(earthy);谦逊的(neither bold nor self- assertive)
联想记忆:mode(方式;时尚)+(e)st(表最高级)--最时尚的也许也是最“朴实的”--朴实的
例:The owners of the Good Earth Caf6, an old vegetarian restaurant, are still making a modest living.
8.modification n.修正,修改(the making of a limited change in sth.)
词根记忆:来自modify(v.修改)
例:Many prehistoric microbes evolved without significant modification of their sheaths.
9.modify v.修改,更改(to make minor changes in)
词根记忆:mod(方式)+ify--使改变方式--修改
例:The government plans to modify the income-tax.
modification(n.修改,改变)
同根词:mode(n.方式,样式)