1.representation n.代表(one that represents)
词根记忆:来自represent(v.代表;标志)
例:All of the animal figures in the Sepphoris mosaics are readily identifiable as representations of known species.
同根词:representative(a.典型的;n.代表)
2.representative n.代表(one that represents another or others delegate);a.(of)有代表性的,典型的(serving as a typical or characteristic example)
例:House of Representatives众议院,//The students who didn't protest are more representative of the state's college students.
3.reproduce v.繁殖(to have offspring or young);复制(to make a copy or equivalent of)
词根记忆:re(再)+produce(生产)--不断生产--繁殖;复制
例:They can reproduce several times each year and produce large numbers of offspring.
派生词:reproducer(n.复制程序;再生器)
同根词:productive(a.多产的)
4.reproduction n.再生产(the act or process of reproducing)
词根记忆:re(再)+production(生产)--再生产
例:Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould has argued that many biological traits are not the products of natural selection, favored because they enhance reproduction or survival, but are simply random by-products of other evolutionary developments.
5.reptile n.爬行动物(any of a class of cold-blooded egg-laying animals including crocodiles, lizards snakes, turtles, etc. with relatively short legs or no legs at all)
词根记忆:rept(爬)+ile--爬行动物
例:Although scales typically cover rept17es, the pterosaurs(翼龙)probably had hairy coats.
派生词:reptilian(a.爬虫类的;卑下的)
6.republican n.共和主义者(one that favors or supports a republican form of government);a.共和国的(of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a republic)
词根记忆:republic(共和政体,共和国)+an(表…的)--共和国的
例:Introduction of the republican motherhood thesis dramatically changed historiography.
派生词:republicanism(n.共和主义)
7.repudiate v.拒绝(to decline);拒付(to refuse to pay)
联想记忆:re(反)+pudi(感到羞耻)+ate--反过来让对方羞耻--拒绝(别人)
例:The innocent man repudiated the charge of murder.//repudiate a debt 赖债
派生词:repudiation(n.拒付)
8.rescind v.废除(法律等)(to repeal)
词根记忆:re(反)+scind(=cut)砍--砍掉--废除
例:The outdated law was rescinded by the federal government.
9.resemble v.类似于,像(to be like or similar to)
词根记忆:re+semble(类似)---类似于
例:The pterosaurs resembled both birds and bats in their overall structure and proportions.
派生词:resemblance(n.相似;相似处)
n. (rescission) adj. 退还,取消 v