be used for；

[例句] 这种植物被用作治疗神经痛时的镇静药。 The plant acts as a sedative in treating neuralgia.

[例句] 底下的空间可用作储藏区。 The space underneath could be used as a storage area.

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[例句] 编织紧密的布最适合作画。 Fabrics with a close weave are ideal for painting.

[例句] 我来这里作画。 I had come here to paint.

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[例句] 这幅画作在条理分明和出人意表之间取得了平衡。 A balance is achieved in the painting between orderliness and unpredictability.

[例句] 我们的画作和照片仅有纪念价值。 Our paintings and photographs are of sentimental value only.

publicity stunt；

[例句] 它只是一种作秀而已。 It was just a piece of play-acting.

[例句] 他们靠作秀出名的日子早已过去。 The days when they needed to pull publicity stunts to get noticed are long gone.

bogus ；

[例句] 我先佯作向左然后再向右。 I feinted to the left, then to the right.

[例句] 我佯作不知道他们的奸情. I pretend not to know about their affair.

make (a decision, etc.)，devise，make with，turn in，work out ；

[例句] 对于现况的不满，不能只是抱怨，要有勇气作出改变。 If you're not satisfied with the life you're living, don't just complain. Do something about it.

[例句] 海关官员们对这种设备作出了一系列互相矛盾的陈述。 Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment.

auctorial ；

[例句] 皮兰德娄把他的戏剧命名为《六个寻找作者的剧中人》。 Pirandello titled his play "Six Characters in Search of an Author"

[例句] 不同作者的准备程度也会各不相同。 Different writers will prepare to varying degrees.

functionary，[机] acting ；

[例句] 他对一些毒药的性质和作用的描述惊人地准确。 Her description of the nature and action of poisons is amazingly accurate.

[例句] 腿筋是位于大腿后侧起支撑作用的肌肉。 Hamstrings are supporting muscles at the back of the thigh.

cogged，rigged ；

[例句] 我不喜欢这种作弊的跑马. I don't like this crooked racing!

[例句] 在这所学校你会看到很多作弊的现象. You'll see a lot of cheating in this school.

composer，musician，songsmith ；

[例句] 学业结束后，戈尔德施米特成了作曲家弗朗兹·施雷克尔的学生。 After his education, Goldschmidt became a pupil of the composer Franz Schreker.

[例句] 刘易斯作为一位悟性很高的优秀作曲家崭露头角。 Lewis emerges as a composer of distinction and sensitivity.

factitive ；

[例句] 他要有挑战性,能有一番作为的事业. He wants a career that offers a challenge.

[例句] 不过,近来一些事件也提醒人们注意不作为的风险. Yet there have also been recent reminders of the dangers of inaction.

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[例句] 她明白自己强作欢颜是瞒不了谁的. She knew that her efforts to feign cheerfulness weren't convincing.

[例句] 她感到一阵恐慌，但还是强作镇定地离开了房间。 She felt a wave of panic, but forced herself to leave the room calmly.

[机] mark ；

[例句] 只要我们能作记号,找到回来的路,我就跟你去. ” I will if it's where we can blaze our way to it and not get lost. "

[例句] 他用粉笔在地板上作记号. He marked the floor with chalk.

bring into service ；

[例句] 要使工作卓有成效,必须保证工作时得心应手. Job satisfaction is essential if we are to work efficiently.

[例句] 员工应使工作轮换成为其职业规划的一部分. You should build job rotation into your career planning.

[计] B，at work ；

[例句] 要尽量客观地分析情况，尤其是在工作上。 Try to view situations more objectively, especially with regard to work.

[例句] 很多人觉得自己在工作上被迫大材小用。 Many find themselves having to take jobs far beneath them.

remake，[计] redouble，refashionment ；

[例句] 任何改变都要等找到赞助商之后再作决定。 Any changes will have to wait until sponsors can be found.

[例句] 先试解释一下问题再作回答。 Try to paraphrase the question before you answer it.

nauseating，nauseated ；

[例句] 赫尔·施密特无疑是我见过的最让人作呕的人。 Herr Schmidt is certainly the most odious man I have ever met.

[例句] 使他作呕的是, 他在花园里见到一只死狗. To his disgust, he saw a dead dog in his garden.

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[例句] 反堕胎者所作的加强法规的尝试失败了。 An attempt by anti-abortionists to tighten the rules was defeated.

[例句] 他把这起事件向沙特外长作了说明。 He put the case to the Saudi Foreign Minister.

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[例句] “我以后会作解释的。”——“那好吧。” "I'll explain later."— 'All right then.'

[例句] 对你的可耻行为请作解释. Please account for your disgraceful conduct.

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[例句] 他常常派他们出去作调查. He often sent them out to make investigations.

[例句] 你的意见已被记载并将对此作调查. Your complaint has been recorded and will be investigated.