1.underscore v.强调(to emphasize, to stress)
词根记忆:under(在…下)+score(划线)--在…之下划线--强调
例:The mayor underscored the need for more police officers.
2.undertake v.采取(to attempt, to set about);接受(to accept as responsibility)
例:The study urged states to undertake remedies to reverse a decline in the shark population.//Owners of farms will probably not undertake the expense of cutting down the trees.
派生词:undertaking(n.事业)
3.underwrite v.承诺支付(to agree to pay);给…保险(to guarantee financial support of)
例:They are not granted governmental subsidies to assist in underwriting the cost of economic development.
4.underwriter n.保险公司,保险业者(insurer);担保人(guarantor)
词根记忆:来自underwrite(v.给…保险)
例:Life insurance in England remained until the end of the seventeenth century a specialized contract between individual underwriters and their clients.
5.undesirable a.令人不悦的,讨厌的(not desirable; unwanted)
词根记忆:un(不)+desirable(合意的)--不合意的--令人不悦的
例:The second is presented by the argument as one likely consequence that is undesirable.
6.undeterred a.未受阻的( not deterred or discouraged)
例:The new airboat traveled at high speeds undeterred by sandbars.
7.undue a.过度的,不适当的(excessive)
词根记忆:un(表否定)+due(适当的)--不适当的
例:undue concern过度关心
8.unearth v.出土(to dig up out of the earth)
词根记忆:un(打开)+earth(土地)--从地下弄出来--发掘或挖出某物
例:Archaeologists unearthed some 4.500 year-old stone agricultural implements in the historical site.
9.unequalled a.无与伦比的(radically distinctive and without equal);不等同的(not equalled)
词根记忆:un(否)+equalled{相同的)--无与伦比的
例:Even without the aid of telephoto lenses, the visitor to Tanzania's Lake Manyara Park has an unequalled opportunity to photograph lions playing in trees.
adj. 独特的