contrast，comparison，balance，ratio，parallel ；
[例句] 约翰逊的亲和力和他老板易怒的性格形成了鲜明的对比。 Johnson's easy charm contrasted sharply with the prickliness of his boss.
[例句] 与花哨的打扮形成鲜明对比的是这件小黑裙子。 The little black dress is the anithesis of fussy dressing.
sound，voice，vocality，vox，[人名]DTS Dolby Digital；
[例句] 批评的声音不会阻止人们涌到影院观看这部电影。 The criticisms will not stop people flocking to see the film.
[例句] 马克走在前面，听不见他们的声音。 Mark was out of earshot, walking ahead of them.
customhouse，customs，CIQ，custom，haikwan ；
[例句] 海关官员们对这种设备作出了一系列互相矛盾的陈述。 Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment.
[例句] 海关官员可能会对那种东西极度吹毛求疵。 Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that.
mail，post，postal matter，dak，mailing ；
[例句] 在新闻部员工中已经在转发一封电子邮件,呼吁大家自愿裁汰. An e-mail is already circulating amongst news staff calling for voluntary redundancies.
[例句] 彼得一关上门就开始逐一查看起邮件来。 Peter starts looking through the mail as soon as the door shuts.
inlay，set，mount，fill in，beset ；
[例句] 项链镶嵌着海蓝宝石。 A necklace set with aquamarines.
[例句] 盒盖上镶嵌着银饰。 The lid of the box had been inlaid with silver.
形 （安宁； 平安） peaceful，tranquil；名 another name for Nanjing，short for the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region，a surname；
[例句] 勃朗宁的预测不过是妄加猜测而已。 Browning's prediction is no better than a wild guess.
[例句] 无人能比的彼得·亨宁格尔自然是主要的票房吸引力所在。 The major box office attraction was, of course, the inimitable Peter Hunningale.
data，record，information ；
[例句] 他们要是看重这些数据，就让他们出钱买。 If they value these data, let them pay for them.
[例句] 我们得到了通常难以获取的大量数据。 We gained a rich supply of data which would normally be inaccessible.
[核] atomic fission，fission，nuclear fission，[电影]Raspad；
[例句] 细胞的裂变可以通过某些化学药品加以抑制. The fission of the cell could be inhibited with certain chemicals.
[例句] 在反应堆里,大分子裂变为小分子. Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.
[固物] impurity，foreign substance，impurity substance，inclusion ；
[例句] 原先苹果酒里的任何杂质在蒸馏后都会凸现出来。 Any faults in the original cider stood out sharply after distillation.
[例句] 一旦杂质沉淀下去，油就可以分级了。 Once its impurities had settled, the oil could be graded.
figure，digit，number，amount；
[例句] 他不明白为什么他的计算器上面的数字向右倾斜。 He wonders why the digits on his calculator slope to the right.
[例句] 艾滋病病毒携带者的官方数字并不高。 The official number of people carrying the AIDS virus is low.
dismantle，disassemble，dismount，tear down，disassembly ；
[例句] 该设备被拆卸成几部分送下了井。 The equipment was taken down the shaft in pieces.
[例句] 有可拆卸风帽的夹克 a jacket with a detachable hood
semiconductor ；
[例句] 半导体器件在电子设备中能起各式各样的控制作用. Semiconductor devices can perform a variety of control functions in electronic equipment.
[例句] 在半导体收音机中晶体管代替了真空管. In semiconductor receivers transistors take the place of vacuum tubes.
trawl，trawlnet，dragnet，townet，dredge ；
[例句] 拖网渔船已经驶离了泽布吕赫港。 The trawler had sailed from the port of Zeebrugge.
[例句] 他们曾见过他用拖网捕鱼，因此知道那里有鱼。 They had seen him trawling and therefore knew that there were fish.
fertilizer，manure，muck，plant food ；
[例句] 肥料的长远影响 the long-term effects of fertilizers
[例句] 农夫们把蔬菜叶犁入土中作肥料. The farmers ploughed the vegetable leaves back to enrich the soil.
an exemplary person or thing，model，fine example，exemplar，norm ；
[例句] 他是个模范的专业人士，是年轻人的榜样。 He is a model professional and an example to the younger lads.
[例句] 上司们形容他是个模范官员。 He was described by his seniors as a model officer.
characters，script，written language，writing，character ；
[例句] 查看正在讨论的这段文字前面的信息。 Look at the information that precedes the paragraph in question.
[例句] 这本书写得很好，插图生动形象，说明文字简练精辟。 The book is well written, properly illustrated and excellently captioned.
[物] （使光或电子束等聚集于一点） focus，focusing，concentrate，focalize ；
[例句] 你的便携式摄像机应该具备以下基本功能：自动聚焦、回放功能、变焦镜头。 Your camcorder should have these basic features: autofocus, playback facility, zoom lens.
[例句] 这时所有的目光都聚焦在警方。 The eyes of the world were now on the police.
sex，sexual distinction，gender，sexuality；
[例句] 这一新技术已经被用来鉴别胎儿的性别。 The new technique has been used to identify the sex of foetuses.
[例句] 达拉对我们老一套的性别和女性特质观念提出了异议。 Dara challenges our stereotypical ideas about gender and femininity.
inherent，intrinsic，inward，inherence，immanence ；
[例句] 不过，缺乏的是一种内在的艺术凝聚力。 What is missing, however, is an internal, artistic cohesion.
[例句] 性格是内在的. The character is intrinsic.
industry ；
[例句] 氢气在工业上广泛用于制氨。 Hydrogen is used extensively in industry for the production of ammonia.
[例句] 工业部长将此事件形容为“绝对的丑闻”。 The industry minister described the affair as "an absolute scandal".