building，edifice，structure，shelter，bldg. ；

[例句] 任一处的建筑物正面都布满了弹洞。 Everywhere building facades are pitted with shell and bullet holes.

[例句] 这里的噪音、建筑物和人都令人出乎意料。 The noise, the buildings, the people, came as a revelation.

toxic，toxicant，poison，poisonous substance ；

[例句] 这种药可抵消毒物的作用. The drug counteracts the effects of the poison.

[例句] 越来越多的废物和毒物倾泻〔散发〕到水 、 土和空气里去. More and more waste and poison are poured into the water, the soil and the air.

matter，materials and supplies，materiel ；

[例句] 他们认为腐植物料是从腐烂的植物体浸沥而来. They believe that the humic materials are leached from decaying plant materials.

[例句] 从料箱的底部吹入空气使物料流化. Aeration from the bottom of the bin fluidizes the charge.

pollutant，contaminant，fomite，fomes，contamination ；

[例句] 加利福尼亚川流不息的车流使空气中充斥着污染物。 A steady stream of California traffic clogs the air with pollutants.

[例句] 家禽身上发现的污染物，在禽蛋里也会有。 Contaminants found in poultry will also be found in their eggs.

[物] objective，objective lens，object glass，field lens，object lens ；

[例句] 望远镜的物镜必须精确置于中心上. The object glass of a telescope must be accurately centred.

[例句] 此物镜仅产生很小的散射光. This objective produces only very little scattered light.

carbide，carbonization ；

[例句] 这种重要的碳化物向晶体内和晶体间沉淀. This important carbide precipitates both inter and intragranularly.

[例句] Fe -Cr-C 耐磨堆焊合金中初生碳化物生长方向的控制. Orientation control of primary carbide in Fe - Cr - C hardfacing alloys.

[地质] sediment(ary)，deposit sediment，settlings ；

[例句] 泥质沉积物沉积后, 体积的70-80%是水. When deposited , 70 - 80 % of the volume of muddy sediments may be water.

[例句] 河床沉积物一般比邻近的泛滥平原沉积物粗些. Channels generally contain coarser sediment than do the adjacent flood plains.

article，goods，res ；

[例句] 人群为了被视为最值得拥有的物品涌入屋里。 The crowd moved indoors for what were deemed the most desirable items.

[例句] 他拿起一把铁锨，挖了个坑，将自己曾经珍爱的物品埋了起来。 He took a shovel, dug a hole, and buried his once-prized possessions.

mixture，compound，mix，varia，admixture；

[例句] 将混合物打成泥状，然后用滤网滤一下。 Liquidize the mixture and then pass it through a sieve.

[例句] 如果提前几个小时就准备好了，混合物可能会分离开。 If prepared many hours ahead, the mixture may separate out.

crops，crop，cropper ；

[例句] 他种农作物主要是为了家庭自用。 He raises crops mainly for the use of his family.

[例句] 也许可以将这种技术应用于其他农作物。 It might be possible to extend the technique to other crop plants.

[化] polymer，polymerizate，polymeric compound，polymeric substance ；

[例句] 这一聚合物的性质目前是个商业机密。 The nature of the polymer is currently a trade secret.

[例句] 聚合物及类似材料的价格会下降。 The prices of polymers and suchlike materials will decrease.

parasite ；

[例句] 可以用许多方法破坏寄生和寄生物之间的相互关系. The relationship between host and parasite can be disarranged in many ways.

[例句] 致病性这一术语是指寄生物引起疾病的能力. The term pathogenicity denotes the ability of a parasite to cause disease.

stolen goods，booty，spoils，bribes，melon ；

[例句] 因藏有赃物使他涉有偷盗的嫌疑. Having the stolen goods in his possession implicated him in the robbery.

[例句] 我指控此人接受赃物. I charge this man with receiving stolen goods.

chemical compound，compound，cpd. ；

[例句] 碳化合物氧化后必然会产生二氧化碳。 Carbon dioxide is a necessary result of the oxidation of carbon compounds.

[例句] 食物由碳水化合物、蛋白质和脂肪构成。 Food is made up of carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

figure，personage，person in literature，character，dramatis personae ；

[例句] 我最喜欢迈克尔·菲什。他滑稽逗趣，是个实实在在的人物。 Michael Fish is my favourite. He's a hoot, a real character.

[例句] 凯西·施滕格尔可能是棒球界最有趣的人物。 Casey Stengel was probably the most colorful character in baseball.

materialization ；

[例句] 在小平底锅里将黄油混合物化软。 Soften the butter mixture in a small saucepan.

[例句] 他将植物化分为两个较大的类群: 细胞类植物和维管类植物. He divided plants into major groups: Cellulares and Vasculares.

thing，object，arrangement，alternative，business ；

[例句] 如此新鲜的事物刚开始必然会有些问题。 There are bound to be teething problems with something so new.

[例句] 我往往不相信自己的情感，倾向于把一切事物都理智化。 I tended to mistrust my emotions and intellectualize everything.

look for，seek out，choose，look out for，window-shop ；

[例句] 该协会在物色一位有能力的研究人员。 The society was looking for a capable research worker.

[例句] 我被一家销售代理公司物色上了。 I was headhunted by a marketing agency.

ancient objects，antiquities，archaeology，archeology，antique ；

[例句] 温莎城堡确实是名副其实的古物宝藏。 Windsor Castle is quite literally an antique treasure trove.

[例句] 像这样一件精美古物的发现确实少有. Such a finding as this exquisite antique is rare indeed.

lost article，lost property ；

[例句] 我当时正在德比的失物招领处打听。 I was enquiring in Lost Property at Derby.

[例句] 请将失物交给司机。 Lost property should be handed to the driver.