generic terms，floorboard ；

[例句] 它是防止生育的各种措施的总称. It is the general name for methods of preventing conception.

[例句] 作为色素广泛分布于动植物中的几种有机化合物的总称. Carotene Any of several organic compounds widely distributed in plants and animals.

vulgo ；

[例句] 含淀粉的细胞可能也含有无定形的蛋白质即谷蛋白--俗称面筋. The starch - containing cells may also contain amorphous protein known as gluten.

[例句] 外科大夫用塑料管 ( 俗称套管 ) 把心肺机与患者连接起来. The surgeon connects the plastic tubes ( known as cannulae ) from the heart - lung machine to the patient.

plead illness ；

[例句] 布劳顿星期一称病请了一天假来粉刷栅栏。 Broughton took a sickie on Monday to paint his fence.

[例句] 学生时不时会称病缺课. Students occasionally allege illness as the reason for absence.

unbecoming，ill-matched，unsuited，out of proportion，disproportional ；

[例句] 他们强烈感受到他们的宗教信仰与政治体制不相称。 They feel strongly that their religion is incompatible with the political system.

[例句] 这样大发脾气与他所树立的个人形象不相称。 The outburst was inconsistent with the image he has cultivated.

[法] holding out ；

[例句] 那家企业冒称有权开发这一地区. That firm arrogated itself the right to develop this area.

[例句] 他想冒称这首诗是他写的. He tried to work off the poem as his own.

be alluded to as，go by the name of，be called；

[例句] 我们认为被称作“保守分子”是对我们的一种赞赏。 We consider it a compliment to be called "conservative"

[例句] 有些人会把这些奇怪的铁片与木块称作“古董”。 Some would call these odd pieces of iron and wood "antiques"

designate ；

[例句] 常用的修辞手段主要有:代称、对偶 、 夸饰 、 譬喻和迁嫁. The typical rhetoric techniques are substituting, matching , exaggeration , metaphor and moving.

[例句] 蓬莱,古代称“登州”. In ancient times, this region was named Dengzhou.

claim，insist，state insistently ；

[例句] 一位发言人坚称这两起事件“绝无关联”。 A spokesman insisted the two events were "in no way related"

[例句] 然而，心理学家坚称他们并非一味灌输。 The psychologists insist, however, that they are not being prescriptive.

nickname，pet name ；

[例句] 她喜爱这个昵称——“铁娘子”。 She delighted in the nickname, the "iron lady".

[例句] 约翰∙亨特，朋友昵称他为杰克 John Hunt, familiarly known to his friends as Jack

intitule，[经] term ；

[例句] 那些牺牲者被称为波兰男子中的精英。 Those killed have been described as the flower of Polish manhood.

[例句] 她将这一判决称为真理对谬误的胜利。 She called the verdict a victory of truth over falsehood.

purportedly ；

[例句] 据称正式会谈仍有可能，但可能性不大。 Formal talks are still said to be a possibility, not a probability.

[例句] 他得到了一封据称有首相签名的信。 He was given a letter purportedly signed by the Prime Minister.

unshapeliness，lopsidedness ；

[例句] 别人总说小吉姆长得不匀称. The other men used to say that little Jim was not made right.

[例句] 盐制的不合理和粮食分布的不匀称的状况构成了闽粤赣边区的盐粮流通. But the people of Ding and Can liked to eat sea salt.

holohedral symmetry，holosymmetry，holohedry，pantomorphism ；

complimentary ；

[例句] 布拉特巴克比媒体称赞的要有才华。 Bratbakk had more ability than the media gave him credit for.

[例句] 艾丽斯从不缺席的记录真是值得称赞的. Alice's record of perfect attendance is very creditable to her.

competent，employable ；

[例句] 任何称职的教练都会采取和我一模一样的行动。 Any coach worth his salt would do exactly as I did.

[例句] 我是个不称职的秘书。 I was a lousy secretary.

dissymmetry，[化] antisymmetry，[医] inverse symmetry ；

[例句] 这类张量叫做反对称张量或斜对称张量. Tensors of this kind are called antimetric or skew - symmetric.

[例句] 要求反对称波函数的粒子, 如电子, 叫做费米子. Particles, such as electrons, requiring antisymmetric wave functions are called fermions.

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[例句] 亦称这些组织是基本的首页抵押 、 银行家或者受益人. They are also known as basic home mortgage, bankers or beneficiaries.

[例句] 维生素C ( 亦称抗坏血酸 ):类似六碳醣类的 水溶性 有机化合物,在动物代谢作用中具有重要功能. Vitamin C ( ascorbic acid ) Water - soluble organic compound important in animal metabolism.

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[例句] 官方印发的材料将皇帝描述为“尤以学识渊博而著称”。 Official handouts describe the Emperor as "particularly noted as a scholar".

[例句] 他以其带有历史感和神话色彩的作品而著称. He is remembered for his historical and mythological works.

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[例句] 商店一般都不愿收回顾客不称心的货物. Shops are often reluctant to take back unsatisfactory goods.

[例句] 他很可能采取立刻就能令人称心的方针. More likely he would choose the most immediately comfortable course of action.

hemihedrism ；

[例句] 给出了半对称度量循环联络在射影变换下的不变张量. The invariant tensor under projective transformations of semi - symmetric metric - recurrent connections is obtained.