harmonious，[电] tune，resonate，tuning ；
[例句] 薰香可以使有限调谐至无限。 Incense can attune the finite to the Infinite .
[例句] 研究人员意识到，可调谐激光束也许可以用在外科手术中。 Researchers realised that a tunable laser beam might be useful in surgery.
drive，pilot，steer，aviate，astrogate ；
[例句] 库克船长驾驶的船安全出航100次无事故。 Captain Cook safely navigated his ship without accident for 100 voyages.
[例句] 长途驾驶时，腰部的支撑十分重要。 Lumbar support is very important if you're driving a long way.
见“压轴子”[yā zhòu zi]；
[例句] 一种棘齿装置把线从线轴转到梭心上。 A ratchet mechanism transfers the thread from spool to bobbin.
[例句] 操作杆进一步弯曲，线轴发出刺耳的吱吱声。 The rod bent double, the reel shrieked and ratcheted.
hill-creep，landslide，go steadily downhill，slide downhill，coast ；
[例句] 道路或被淹没，或被山体滑坡阻塞。 Roads were flooded or blocked by landslips.
[例句] 航空业目前的滑坡状况 the current downswing in the airline industry
balloon，airballoon，air balloon，ballute，[电影]The Balloonatic；
[例句] 那不是气球，这点我敢肯定。 It wasn't a balloon — I'm certain of that.
[例句] 一只气球爆裂了，听着像是枪响。 A balloon popped, sounding like a gunshot.
动 store up，save up，grow，entertain，harbour ；
[例句] 洛维特是个威严的高个男人，蓄着灰白的八字胡。 Lovett was a tall, commanding man with a waxed gray mustache.
[例句] 他们呼吁当局将蓄奴定为一种应该受到惩罚的罪行。 They called on the authorities to make slavery a punishable offence.
fruit，fructification，gains，fruits，fruitage ；
[例句] 毛虫钻入果实，并在其中生长为成虫。 The caterpillars tunnel into the fruit to grow and mature.
[例句] 这种果实颇似甜栗子。 The fruit is rather like a sweet chestnut.
form，take shape，shape，formation，come into being ；
[例句] 重金属音乐真正形成于60年代后期。 Heavy Metal music really arose in the late 60s.
[例句] 年轻人正在形成毒品有好坏之分的观念。 Young people are picking up ideas about good drugs and bad drugs.
dressing by screening，screen，preparation by screening，preparation，filter ；
[例句] 那些不合格的候选人被筛选掉了. Unsuitable candidates were screened out.
[例句] 经过反复筛选,选出近一百篇可能入选的小说. The repeated siftings have brought the number of possible stories to the neighbourhood of one hundred.
material benefits，well-being，welfare，boon，weal；
[例句] 展位获得了470万美元2008年, 包括奖金和其他福利. Booth took home $ 4.7 million in 2008, including bonuses and other perks.
[例句] 我认为,国会议员每月支付35美元就可以享受无限的医疗保健福利. I think that people in Congress pay $ 35 a month for unlimited health care.
border，frontier ；
[例句] 匈牙利开放边境对难民来说是个转机。 Hungary's opening of the border was a turning point for the refugees.
[例句] 有报告说，新近有军队越过边境。 There are reports of fresh troop movements across the border.
main body，main part，[哲] subject，principal part ；
[例句] 大楼主体的斜墙给人造成一种视错觉。 Sloping walls on the bulk of the building create an optical illusion.
[例句] 为了实现优良的耐用性，主体部分90％采用钛金属制造。 The body is 90% titanium for ruggedness.
动 （查阅） consult，refer to，read sth. for reference；名 （用于帮助了解情况） reference，re. ；
[例句] 书面智商测试仅供参考。 A written IQ test is merely a guideline.
[例句] 爱尔兰新诗网络参考目录 a selected webliography on new Irish poetry
canal，canalage，cutoff，klong，waterway ；
[例句] 凸凹不平的石墙就像一条很深的运河的河岸。 The rough rock walls were like the sides of a deep canal.
[例句] 这些修葺一新的房屋俯视着静静流淌的运河河网。 These restored houses overhang a system of quiet canals.
形 （不干净） dirty，filthy，foul；
[例句] 他会把自己的脏衣服扔进洗衣篮里。 He'd put his dirty laundry in the clothes basket.
[例句] 进浴室前，他把脏衣服全都放进洗衣筐里。 Before entering the bathroom, he emptied his dirty laundry into the hamper.
名 China，the People's Republic of China，Sino-，PRC；
[例句] 他动过去中国的念头，但并没当真。 He toyed with the idea of going to China.
[例句] 这家公司看来很有把握在中国取得重大突破。 The company looks poised to make a significant breakthrough in China.
highway，driveway，trafficway，road，calzada ；
[例句] 公路系统沿线有大型商场和快餐店。 Megamalls and fast food restaurants line the highway system.
[例句] 那些地区通过完善的公路系统相互连接。 The regions are interconnected by an excellent highway system.
fine，good，praise ；
[例句] 最高骑士勋位是嘉德勋位。 The highest Order of Knighthood is the Order of the Garter.
[例句] 葛丽泰·嘉宝想方设法躲开记者和摄影师。 Greta Garbo went to great lengths to hide from reporters and photographers.
communication，communicate by letter，correspond，communicate，communications ；
[例句] 将不会和任何人建立通信联系。 No correspondence will be entered into.
[例句] 交通困难，通信时断时续。 Transport is difficult, communications are patchy.
[生] embryo，embryon ；
[例句] 8星期大的胚胎只有一英寸长。 An eight-week-old embryo is only an inch long.
[例句] 胚胎研究是个容易引起激烈争论的问题。 Embryo research is an emotive issue.