1.preserve v.保持,维持(to protect, maintain);野生动物保护区(an area restricted for the protection and preservation of natural animals)
联想记忆:pre(前)+serve(服务)——提前提供服务——维持
例:The local residents determined to preserve their religion and way of life.//A wildlife preserve is being planned for 3,000 rhinoceroses(犀牛).
派生词:preservative(n.防腐剂)
2.preside v.(over)担任主席,主持(会议等)(to act as chairman at a conference, meeting, etc.)
联想记忆:pre(前)+side(坐)——坐在前面——担任主席
例:The council president presided over the meeting.
派生词:presidential(a.总统的)
3.pressboard n.压制板(a strong highly glazed composition board resembling vulcanized fiber)
分拆记忆:press(压)+board(板)——压出的板——压制板
4.prestige n.威信,声望(fame)
联想记忆:pres(看作president总统)+tige(看作tiger老虎)——总统和老虎两者都是有威信、威望的——威信,威望
例:Inventions bring more prestige to universities than do books and articles.
派生词:prestigious(a.有威信的,有影响力的)
5.prestigious n.有名望的,有威信的(having prestige; honored)
词根记忆:来自prestige(n.威信;魅力)
例:Kitchen is one of the most prestigious cooking-related magazines.
6.presume v.假定,推测(to assume)
例:The underlying economic forces of industrialism were presumed to be gender-blind.
派生词:presumably( ad.据推测,大概)
7.presuppose v.以……为先决条件(to require as a condition)
词根记忆:pre(预先)+suppose(假定)——预先假定——以…为先决条件
例:Effective prevention presupposes early diagnosis.
派生词:presupposition(n.预想:先决条件)
8.pretax a.(纳)税前的(before tax has been deducted)
词根记忆:pre(前)+tax(税)——税前的
例:pretax income税前收入
9.prevail v.战胜;盛行(to predominate)
联想记忆:pre(前)+vail(=val力量)——力量在别人之前——战胜
例:This activism and the views underlying it came to prevail in the United States labor movement.
派生词:prevailing(a.流行的;一般的)
同根词:prevalence(n.流行;普遍)