expropriation ；

[例句] 我们不收用这种东西封的挂号邮包. We can't accept registered packages sealed with Scotch tape.

uncollected ；

foster，adoptive ；

[例句] 这是条曾被收养的流浪狗。 The dog was a stray which had been adopted.

[例句] 有关收养的文件在1974年5月就已归档. Adoption papers were duly filed in May 1974.

epilogue ；

[例句] 这出戏以幽默的收场白结束。 The play ended with a humorous epilogue.

[例句] 在莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》中,由福丁布拉斯念收场白. Fortinbras speaks the epilogue in Shakespeare's ` Hamlet '.

[经] forfeit ；

[例句] 他们的土地在战后被没收。 Their land was confiscated after the war.

[例句] 即便是最小的金属物品，不管是指甲锉刀还是打火机，都会马上被没收。 Even the smallest metallic object, whether a nail file or cigarette lighter, is immediately confiscated.

favorite ；

[例句] 我会把它放在收藏夹里。 I will put it in my favorite.

[例句] 为了查找方便, 您可以将搜索出的食物组合加入收藏夹. To check the information convenient, please add the collocation to your favorites.

[法] collector ；

[例句] 英国最珍贵的种鸟正因为那些狂热而自私的鸟蛋收集者而面临着威胁。 Britain's rarest breeding birds are under threat from fanatical and selfish egg collectors.

[例句] 煤矿给(化石)收集者提供了很好的样品. Coal mines have given collectors good samples.

reaper，reaping machine，cropper ；

[例句] 联合收割机把庄稼绕田边割了一长条。 The combine had cut a swathe around the edge of the field.

[例句] 他就是发明联合收割机的人. He was the man who invented the combine harvester.

reaper，harvestman ；

[例句] “好一件神奇的雕刻！”挨饿的穿着背心的收割者说。 "What a marvelous carving!" the starving harvester in vest said.

[例句] 收割者工作了一整天, 回来后狼吞虎咽地大吃了一顿. The harvesters worked into the evening , and then came in and ate like horses.

[医]rechargeable ；

[例句] 水管工人的工作是以小时收费的. Plumbers charge by the hour for their work.

[例句] 让驾驶员深感不满的是驾驶执照收费的提高。 The main grievance of the drivers is the imposition of higher fees for driving licences.

receiver，[经] collection clerk，receiving teller ；

[例句] 他是个收款员. He is a ticket collector.

[例句] 甲: 是的,我们满意,账付给您还是给收款员? A: Yes we did. Do I pay you or the cashier?

profitability，[经] rentability ；

[例句] 片面强调 短期 收益而忽略 长期 收益性. ROI tends to emphasize short - run profit rather than long - run profitability.

[例句] 风险投资最大的特点在于其高收益性和高风险性. The biggest characteristic of venture capital investment lies in its high profit and high risk.

audience rating ；

[例句] 与前一年相比，哥伦比亚广播公司的收视率再次大幅提高。 CBS's ratings again showed huge improvement over the previous year.

[例句] 在第4频道的收视率调查中《欧洲警察》被《凯特和阿莉》、《希尔街的布鲁斯》和《何方神圣》打败。 Eurocops was beaten in the ratings on Channel 4 by Kate and Allie, Hill Street Blues and St Elsewhere.

tariff，[经] rate sheet ；

[例句] 在您写字台的抽屉里有一张收费表. There is a rate chart in the drawer of the writing table.

[例句] 现在,我们甚至不可以用停车收费表. Now we weren't allowed to even feed the parking meter.

contractive，retractile，[医] contractile，systolic ；

[例句] 类固醇用于消除可能导致气道肌肉收缩的炎症。 Steroids are used to reduce the inflammation, which makes the muscles of the airways liable to constriction.

[例句] 这种肌肉舒张和收缩的有节律波动称为蠕动. These rhythmic waves of muscular relaxation and contraction are called peristalsis.

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[例句] 收割后, 农民就开始整地以便播种. After the harvest, the peasants began to prepare the soil for seed.

[例句] 一块收割后的田地看上去光秃秃的. A mown field looks bare.

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[例句] 您正在收听的是《科学在行动》，由BBC全球广播频道制作播出。 You're listening to Science in Action, brought to you by the BBC World Service.

[例句] 你正在收听的内容来自2039航班上的飞行记录器,也就是人们叫做“黑盒子 ” 的那个东西. This is what you'd call the flight recorder of Flight 2039.

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[例句] 她的床收拾得很整洁，衣服也收起来了。 Her bed was crisply made, her clothes put away.

[例句] 我宁可你把那玩意收起来。 I'd just as soon you put that thing away.

collector (of books, antiques, etc.) ；

[例句] 简·波洛克古董店经营银器和小收藏品。 Jane Pollock Antiques deals in silver and small collectables.

[例句] 他将收藏品无偿捐献出来。 He was giving his collection away for nothing.

rate of audience；名 audience rate ；

[例句] 这家电台的收听率处于最低档. This broadcasting station was in the ratings cellar.

[例句] 这要归功于它的流行力,能热卖唱片,有高收视率和高收听率. This is thanks to pop's ability to sell lots of records get high ratings.