■ under-

这是一个很有用的前缀，用了它，往往可以行文更为简短。

• The FDA has long been underfunded and understaffed. (US News & World Report, Sept. 15-22, 2008, p.27)药物食品管理局长期以来一直经费短缺，人手不足。

• originate
• or 与 and
• other
• other than
• otherwise
• otherwise than
• out
• out-
• out East
• outlive
• outlive 与 survive
• out of
• outside
• outskirts
• out West
• over
• over-
• overemphasize
• overestimate
• overstate
• overwhelming majority
• own
• ox
• package
• pain