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inquire［inˈkwaiə］v. 询问；查究，调查
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【记】词根记忆：in + quir（寻求） + e→询问；调查
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【例】①inquire about 打听 Clarissa kept inquiring about prices of the bargains.
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②inquire into 调查 The police inquired into the extent of the employee’s corruption of the company.
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【派】inquiring（adj. 好问的，爱打听的）；inquiry（n. 询问；调查；探究）
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provident［ˈprɔvidənt］adj. 有先见之明的；节俭的
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【记】词根记忆：pro（向前） + vid（看） + ent→向前看的→有先见之明的
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【例】This provident forecast has been verified by time.
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snub［snʌb］n. / vt. 冷落，怠慢
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【例】I know the way we were snubbed still rankles, but it’s got to be put behind us now. We must cooperate with these people.
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drench［drentʃ］vt. 使湿透，浸湿 n. 浸透
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【例】We were caught in the storm and drenched ourselves.
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confide［kənˈfaid］vt. 吐露（秘密等）；信托，委托
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【记】词根记忆：con + fid（相信） + e→值得信赖→吐露
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【例】①Some people like to confide the troubles to friends.
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②Tom confided his property to the bank.
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【用】词组confide in是“信任；向…透露秘密”的意思，confide sth. to sb. 的意思是“向某人吐露某事；把某事交托于某人（照管）”。
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covert［ˈkʌvət］adj. 秘密的，隐秘的，暗地的
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【记】联想记忆：cover（遮盖） + t→盖住的→秘密的
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【例】We should develop our national defense system to cope with any covert foreign threats.
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brunt［brʌnt］n. 首当其冲
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【例】bear the brunt of sth. 承受某事的主要压力Retailers are in the immediate line of fire and were first to bear the brunt of cost cutting.
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occur［əˈkəː］vi. 发生，出现
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【记】联想记忆：oc + cur（跑）→跑出来→发生，出现
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【例】Social change is more likely to occur in heterogeneous societies than in homogeneous ones, simply because there are more diverse points of view available in the former.
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