rear，a rear area，backside，home front ；
[例句] 他们慢慢地从舞台后方的左侧移至正中。 They slowly moved from upstage left into the centre.
[例句] 为安全起见，千万别站在马的正后方。 For safety'ssake, never stand directly behind a horse.
名 shop，store，inn ；
[例句] 花式咖啡可在美食店和咖啡店买到。 Flavored coffee is sold at gourmet food stores and coffee shops.
[例句] 有些店我们人手不足，对顾客照顾不周。 In some stores we were undermanned and customer service was suffering.
tide，tidal current，trend，tidal wave，swim ；
[例句] 约翰尼已经改变了他的形象以迎合时代潮流。 Johnny has changed his image to fit the times.
[例句] 我们步入20世纪90年代时，这些潮流变得更糟了。 These trends only got worse as we moved into the nineties.
go bankrupt，go broke，go bankruptcy，fall through，bankruptcy ；
[例句] 我破产了，莉薇，而且我欠了几百万美元的债。 I'm broke, Livy, and I owe a couple of million dollars.
[例句] 我们是否会破产还很难说。 It was touch and go whether we'd go bankrupt.
strike，attack，crack down，hit，beat ；
[例句] 我觉得每天都在遭受失望的打击。 I felt like I was being kicked in the teeth every day.
[例句] 他们的话是对我自信心的一次重大打击。 What they said was a real knock to my self-confidence.
origin，origination，parentage，germ，incept ；
[例句] 问题不仅仅是起始阶段的小麻烦那么简单。 The problems went deeper than mere teething difficulties.
[例句] 这些是奏鸣曲的起始和弦. These are the opening chords of a sonata.
black (colour)，blackness，[电影]Black；
[例句] 我慢慢地把那些沉重的黑色尼龙袋的拉链拉上并锁好。 I slowly zipped and locked the heavy black nylon bags.
[例句] 她穿了一身黑色羊毛套装，显得很庄重。 She was demurely dressed in a black woollen suit.
telephone，phone，phone call，telephone system，telephony ；
[例句] 我拿起了电话，她知趣地进了客厅。 I took the phone, and she went discreetly into the living room.
[例句] 我拿起电话，就听到这个声音：“喂？是艾利森吗？” I answered the phone and this voice went, "Hello? Is that Alison?"
of short duration，momentary，transient，brief，brevity ；
[例句] 这些公司需要短暂休整才能恢复元气。 Firms need a breathing space if they are to recover.
[例句] 国王说现在有寻求和平的短暂机会。 The king said there was now a window of opportunity for peace.
solution，liquor，scald，aqua ；
[例句] 溶液里的维生素比固体食物里的维生素受到的影响更大。 Vitamins in solution are more affected than those in solid foods.
[例句] 将硫酸盐加入该溶液会产生沉淀. Adding sulphate to the solution will give a precipitate.
tattered，broken，smash [break] sth. to pieces，crush，break up ；
obliquity，bevel，bezel，angular surface，cant ；
[例句] 屋顶的两面斜面都有破瓦片. On both slopes of the roof there are broken tiles.
[例句] 伽利略让小金属球从斜面滚下. Galileo rolled small metal balls down the incline.
transmit，deliver，pass on，hand down [round，impress ；
[例句] 她拍的每一张照片中都传递出一种临场感，使人有如亲临现场。 In every one of her pictures she conveys a sense of immediacy.
[例句] 我的主人命令我务必私下里传递消息。 My master ordered me not to deliver the message except in private.
gyration，rotation，swing，turn，circumgyrate ；
[例句] 风吹得枯叶在四处回转. The wind whirled the dead leaves about.
[例句] 它可以用于回转式机器,也可以在水下应用. It can be used on rotating machinery and under water.
（空隙） interval，gap，freedom，space，clearance ；
[例句] 那时，他们已经利用巡演的间隙轻松炮制了多张专辑。 Up to then, they'd merrily bashed out albums in between tours.
[例句] 在行与行之间要留出间隙,以便作必要的修改. Please leave a space between the lines for the necessary corrections.
finality，final，end，final stage，end-all ；
[例句] 这几乎肯定会导致北大西洋公约组织的终结。 It would almost certainly mean the end of NATO.
[例句] 这实际上已是该学说的终结，只是未被道明罢了。 It's the end of the doctrine in all but name.
advantageous，beneficial，favourable，avail，favorableness ；
[例句] 这些数字往往是用错误的方法计算出来的，所用的都是特别挑选出来的对自己有利的样本组。 These figures were often spuriously computed by selecting particularly favorable sample groups.
[例句] 他放弃了对环境保护最有利的选择方案。 He veered away from the most environmentally sound option.
[物][气] convection，convection current ；
[例句] 这些火焰造成了对流漏斗，把许多微粒抛向上层大气。 These fires create convection funnels, and throw a lot of particles into the upper atmosphere.
[例句] 对流可分为两类, 即 自然对流和强制对流. Convection can be of two types: natural convection and forced convection.
[物] coupling，interconnection，catena，linkage ；
[例句] 高次项是由外线性和轴间耦合灵敏度所产生的. The higher - order terms arise from nonlinearities and cross - axis sensitivity.
[例句] 这种明显的天线 - 弹体耦合能使制导回路不稳定 吗 ? Can this apparent dish - body coupling unstabilize the guidance loop?
be accustomed to，be used to，habit，custom，practice ；