■ 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。

• marry
• marry 与 wed
• marshal
• masterful
• masterful 与 masterly
• masterly
• match
• material
• material
• material 与 materiel
• materiel
• matter
• mature
• mature 与 expire
• may
• may
• may not
• may 与 can
• may 与 might
• mean
• mean
• means
• meant
• measure
• meat