2015考研复习：英语高分必备高频词根（3）

  词根：gress = go, walk
  1. progressive
  助记：pro（向前）＋gress（行走）+ ive（…的）→向前走的→前进的
  释义：a. 前进的，进步的
  举例：
  That famous progressive thinker was asked to deliver a speech at the meeting.
  那位著名的进步思想家被邀请在会议上发表演讲。
  
  2.retrogress
  助记：retro（向后）+ gress（行走）→向后走→倒退
  释义：v. 退步，倒退
  举例：
  At present the moral belief crisis is the co-existence of expansibility crisis and the retrogress crisis.
  当前道德信仰危机是发展性危机与倒退性危机并存。
  
  3. aggress
  助记：ag（加强）+ gress（行走）→走过界→侵犯
  释义：v. 攻击，侵犯
  举例：
  Come here, I never aggress others.
  来吧，我从不侵犯他人。
  
  4. egress
  助记：e（出）+ gress（行走）→走出去→外出
  释义：n. 出口，外出
  举例：
  The secured area should meet all life safety code egress requirements.
  受保护区域要满足所有的生命安全法规对出口的要求。
  
  5. ingress
  助记：in（向内）+ gress（行走）→走进去→进入
  释义：n. 入口处，进入
  举例：
  There are several gates providing ingress to the meadow in this picture.
  在这张画上有几个进入草地的篱笆门。
  
  6. transgress
  助记：trans（横）+ gress（行走）→横着走→侵犯
  释义：v. 违反，犯罪，侵犯，越界
  举例：
  It seemed to me that he had transgressed the boundaries of good taste.
  对我来说，他的行为不上档次。
  
  7. digress
  助记：di（分开）+ gress（行走）→分开走→走开→离题
  释义：v. 离题
  举例：
  I've digressed a little to explain the situation so far, so let me now recap.
  我刚才稍微离题说明了迄今的情况，现在让我重述一下要点。
  
  8. regress
  助记：re（重新）+ gress（行走）→重新走→回归
  释义：n. 退回，回归；v. 复原，使倒退
  举例：
  If your child regresses to babyish behavior, all you know for certain is that the child is under stress.
  如果你的孩子退步到幼稚的行为，你可以肯定的是孩子正处在压力之下。 

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