1.figurine n.小塑像，小雕像(a small sculptured or molded figure; statuette)

词根记忆：来自figure(n.雕像)

例：Twenty-one ceramic dog figurines were discovered during the excavation of a l,OOO-year-old Hohokam village in Tempe.

同根词：transfigure(v.使变形；使改观)

2.filament n.灯丝(thin wire ln a light bulb that glows when electricity passed through)；纤维(fiber)

词根记忆：fila(丝)+ment--灯丝

例：The underground fllaments of chanterelles(鸡油菌)provide nutrients and water for their hosts.

3.file n.文件(paper, document)；档案(record)；v.提出申请(to place among official records as prescribed by law)

例：Employees should not have full access to their own personnel flles// file patents申请专利权

4.filibuster n.阻挠议案通过；妨碍议事(the use of extreme dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action especially in a legislative assembly)

联想记忆：fili+ buster(破坏者)--破坏者阻挠别人发展一阴挠议案通过

例：There were not enough votes to stop the senator's fikbuster.

5.filter n.滤纸(a porous article (as of paper) through which a gas or liquid is passed to separate out matter in suspension);v.过滤(to remove by means of a filter)

发音记忆：“非要它”--香烟的过滤嘴是非要它不可的--过滤

例：Filter out all the dirt before using the water.

6.financier n.金融家(a person skilled in large scale financial transactions);v.对…提供资金(to conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner)

联想记忆：来自finance(n.财政，金融)

例：It is argued that financiers will expect the deficit to cause inflation and will raise interest rates.

同根词：financial(a.金融的，财政的)

7.finite a．有限的(limited)：【数】有穷的

词根记忆：fin(范围)+ite--有范围的--有限的

例：The number of possible radio stations in an area is finite.

派生词：infinite(a．无穷的;n.无限)；infinitely(ad.无限地)

8.fiscal a．国库的，财政的(of or relating to taxation, public revenues, or public debt)

词根记忆：fisc(国库)+al一国库的，财政的

例：A project scheduled to be carried out over a single fiscal year has a budget of $12,600.

同根词：confiscate(v.充公，没收)