anguine，colubrine，ophidic，serpentine ；

[例句] 蛇的毒腺 a snake's poison glands

[例句] 这条蛇的背部有杂色斑点. The back of this snake is mottled.

acerbate，angry，exasperate，furious，het-up ；

[例句] 让我恼怒的是这么多人都是这样的态度。 What gets me is the attitude of so many of the people.

[例句] 最让她恼怒的是他们的平静。 It was their serenity which galled her most.

economic，functional，[机] actual，practical，applied ；

[例句] 这个实用的基础模型较为简略地解释了人类的行为。 This basic utilitarian model gives a relatively unsophisticated account of human behaviour.

[例句] 这家旅游办事处提供十分实用的住宿查询服务。 The tourist office operates a useful room-finding service.

aqueous，water，watery，enhydrous ；

[例句] 不缴水费引起的断水的比率正在上升。 The rate of disconnections following non-payment of water charges is rising.

[例句] 流入湖中的泉水和河水携带了溶于水的硝酸盐和磷酸盐。 Springs and rivers that drain into lakes carry dissolved nitrates and phosphates.

optional，unbending，[医] voluntary ；

[例句] 用友好随意的方式跟他谈谈这一关系吧。 Talk to him in a friendly, light way about the relationship.

[例句] 埃莉诺喜欢岛上相对轻松随意的生活。 Eleanor enjoyed the relative informality of island life.

classified，systematic，[计] sorted，taxonomic，assoeted ；

[例句] 它们是按品种分类的. They are classified in sorts.

[例句] ( 运输者也要接受做记录和分类的要求. ) ( Transporters are also subject to record - keeping and labeling requirements. )

hemostatic，styptic，[医] anthemorrhagic，hematischetic，astrictive ；

[例句] 她准备解开缠在他胳臂上止血的布带. She prepared to undo the band of cloth around his arm which had served as tourniquet.

[例句] 这个有止血的作用。 It has an astringent effect.

exiguous，fine，[机] thin，tiny，scrappy ；

[例句] 他感到细小的沙砾不断打在膝盖上。 He felt tiny bits of grit and sand peppering his knees.

[例句] 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静. The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement.

autogenous，self-engendered，[医] autogenetic，spontaneous，self-born ；

[例句] 大自然是自生的. The nature is autogenetic.

[例句] 这些制约因素之一是在模数转换器内自生的噪声. One of these constraining factors is self generated noise within the analog to digital converter.

vicinal，[计] local，[医] native，nostras，autochthonic ；

[例句] 他们在走回家吃饭之前喝了本地的苹果酒. They imbibed the local cider before walking home to dinner.

[例句] 裁判对本地的球队有偏袒. The judge was biased in favor of the local team.

antiseptic，bactericidal，[医] antimicrophyte，bacteriocidal，disinfectant ；

[例句] 这是杀菌的特效药，能将其全部消灭。 It is an effective treatment for the bacteria and does kill it off.

[例句] 一些阳离子蛋白质是能杀菌的. Some of the cationic proteins are bactericidal.

bourgeois，commonplace，indifferent，mediocre，third-class ；

[例句] 他们鄙视平庸的生活。 They distain the commonplace life.

[例句] 她话锋一转,锐利地指向那对平庸的夫妇. She aimed her voice very pointedly at the colourless couple.

elementary，basic，[计] low level，low，base ；

[例句] 算命是一种非常低级的把戏，充满了迷信色彩。 Fortune-telling is a very much debased art surrounded by superstition.

[例句] 教会中的精神生活肯定被我那种低级的渴望污染了. The church's spiritual life must have been polluted by my base yearnings.

bloodguilty，cutthroat，[法] bloodguility，internecine，homicidal ；

[例句] 她因受到挑衅而过失杀人的有罪答辩被驳回。 Her plea of guilty to manslaughter through provocation was rejected.

[例句] 那些司机必然会受到过失杀人的指控。 Those drivers should face an automatic charge of manslaughter.

intumescent，swollen，tumescent，tumid ；

[例句] 她那双纤手因肿大的指关节而变了形. Her thin hands were twisted by swollen knuckles.

[例句] 腺体慢性肿大的起因是肿瘤. Chronic enlargement of the gland occurs with tumors.

straightforward，frank，candid，downright ；

[例句] 他喜欢裘, 因为她那奇特率直的作风跟他很合拍. He liked Jo, for her odd, blunt way suited him.

[例句] 他以一种圆滑、率直的口气说着,并把一叠订好了的稿纸从他办公桌那边递过来. He said with smooth bluntness and shoved a stack of stapled sheets across his desk.

immaterial，lively，[医] mental，phrenic，psychic ；

[例句] 现在是拿出更多政治务实精神的时候了。 It was time now to show more political realism.

[例句] 维珍公司富有冒险精神的创始人理查德∙布兰森 Virgin's buccaneering founder, Richard Branson

branching，divaricate，[计] bifurcational，divergent，forky ；

[例句] 分歧的缘起在于专门用语使用的不同。 The disagreement arose over a different use of terminology.

[例句] 他们短暂的访问恰恰凸显了两国间分歧的严重程度。 Their brief visit has served to underline the deep differences between the two countries.

buccal，oscular，[医] actinal，oral，stomatic ；

[例句] 细细品尝每一口的味道，充分咀嚼。 Savour the flavour of each mouthful, and chew your food well.

[例句] 他们用豁了口的杯子喝酒。 They drank out of chipped mugs.

brawny，burly，sturdy，thick，thickset ；

[例句] 他沿原路返回树林,爬上一棵粗壮的大树. He backtracked into the wood and climbed a tall tree.

[例句] 那两个粗壮的警卫俯身抓住他的胳膊才制服他. The two sturdy guards had stooped to take him by the arms.