入门字
course (n.) 河道，课程
cour/ se
run/ 名词字尾
进阶字
1. currency (n.) 货币，通货
cur/ renc/ y
run/ 名词字尾
The euro may replace the currencies of the various nations in the European Union.
欧元可能会取代欧盟各国的货币。
2. current (n.) (水、电、气）流
cur/ rent
run/ 名词字尾
When the temperature nears absolute zero, electric currents meet with little or no resisitance.
温度接近零度时，电流的阻力趋近于零。
3. cursor (n.) 游标
curs/ or
run/ 名词字尾
To click on an icon, you must first move the cursor on top of it.
要选取图像，得先把游标移到它上面。
4. cursory (a.) 匆忙的，草率的
curs/ ory
run/ 形容词字尾
Most doctors today are too busy to have anything more than a cursory chat with outpatient.
现在的医生都太忙了，顶多只能跟门诊病人匆忙地聊聊。
5. concur (v.) 看法一致，同意
con/ cur
together/ run
Experts at the World Economic Conference concur that technology will continue to be the driving force behind economic growth.
世界经济会议的与会导师看法一致，认为 科技会持续作为经济成长的动力。
6. discursive (a.) 漫谈式的
dis/ curs/ ive
apart/ run/ 形容词字尾
Montaigne's essays were written in a discursive style.
蒙田的散文风格是漫谈式的。
7. excursion (n.) 出游
ex/ curs/ ion
out/ run/ 名词字尾
Buses wait at hotel gates to take people on gambling excursions to Atlantic City.
巴士在旅馆门口等，要代客到大西洋城出游赌博。
8. incur (v.) 招致
in/ cur
in/ run
Should the president decide to run for reelection, he might incur the wrath of the people.
总统若决定竞选连任，可能招致民众的愤怒。
9. occur (v.) 产生
oc(ob)/ cur
toward/ run
Full eclipses of the sun do not occur very often.
日全食并不常常发生。
10. precursor (n.) 先导，前身
pre/ curs/ or
before/ run/ 名词字尾
Some political leaders regard European monetary union as a precursor to political union.
有些政治认为欧洲币制统一是政治统一的先导。
11. recur (v.) 反复发生
re/ cur
again/ run
Having fought in Vietnam, the veteran is afflicted with recurring nightmares.
这名老兵在越南打过仗，现在饱受反复发生的噩梦折磨。
12. courier (n.) 信差
cour/ ier
run/ 名词字尾
Nowadays diplomatic couriers serve more symbolic functions than carrying messages.
如今外交信差的功能是象征性的，并不是主要在传信。
13. concourse (n.)（机场、车站）大厅，广场
con/ cour/ se
together/ run/ 名词字尾
With the flight delayed for 24 hours, many frustrated passengers are planning to camp out in the airport concourse.
因为班机延误二十四小时，许多倍感挫折的游客都计划在机场大厅过夜。
14. intercourse (n.) 交往
inter/ cour/ se
between/ run/ 名词字尾
A recluse lives without any social intercourse.
隐士的生活中没有社交。
15. recourse (n.) 退路，后援
re/ cour/ se
back/ run/ 名词字尾
One recourse for financially strapped museums is to sell off part of their collections.
财务拮据的博物馆有条退路是卖掉些馆藏。
16. corridor (n.) 长廊
cor/ ridor
run/ 名词字尾
Rooms line either side of the long corridor.
长廊的两边都是房间。