利用根义代替记忆多义，可以解决“没有生词”却老读不懂的问题。
比如要问immediate(ly)是否已记住，回答当然是肯定的。那么就请看下面三个“没有生词”的片段：
a)the woman walks immediately behind the car.
b)she is my immediate neighbor.
c)the immediate cause
若没有读懂，那么就请看immediate(ly)根义
中间没有间隔(地)
1)(时间)立刻;
2)(空间)紧挨，通接，紧跟，
3)(关系)直接
例题1：He will leave immediately.(2005职称英语用书)
a.far away
b.right away
c.right here
d.soon
答案：b
例题2：Can you follow the plot? (2003年职称英语卫生类c级)
a.change
b.investigate
c.understand
d.write
答案：c
请看下面几句中的follow 分别都是什么意思?
She went into the building,followed by a group of students.
The teacher says that everybody should follow the rule here.