function (of a machine, etc.)，performance，property，nature，capability ；
[例句] 这款相机既坚固耐用，又有超凡的光学性能和快门速度。 The camera combines rugged reliability with unequalled optical performance and speed.
[例句] 上校命令道：“尽快给我找两台性能好的发动机来。” The colonel ordered, "I want two good engines down here asap."
名 [动] （爬行动物的一科） tortoise，turtle ；
[例句] 龟蛇二山隔江相望. Tortoise and Snake Hills face each other across the river.
[例句] 敌人龟缩在几个孤立的据点里. The enemy was holed up in a few isolated strongholds.
correct，rectify，set [put] right，make corrections，rectification ；
[例句] 只有国会法案才能矫正这种形势。 Only an act of Congress could rectify the situation.
[例句] 眼科医生现在采用激光手术来矫正近视。 Ophthalmic surgeons are now performing laser surgery to correct myopia.
claim indemnity，demand compensation，claimant，claim settlement，claim for compensation ；
[例句] 她正在索赔医药费和其他花费。 She is demanding reimbursement for medical and other expenses.
[例句] 法律基于追溯效力的相关规定认定索赔证据不足。 The Law recognises the weakness of claims based on retrospective knowledge.
colour，hue，tint，colouration，color ；
[例句] 他是新内阁中鹰派色彩最浓的成员之一。 He is one of the most hawkish members of the new cabinet.
[例句] 设置这门课程是为了指导学生如何运用色彩和构图。 The course is designed to help students with colour and composition.
instruct，order，instructions，directive，dictate ；
[例句] 不容置疑的事实是，电脑执行逻辑操作指令。 The indisputable fact is that computers carry out logical operations.
[例句] 有些海滩未能遵守欧洲有关浴场的指令。 Some beaches had failed to comply with European directives on bathing water.
public，common，communal，commonality ；
[例句] 我不开车，公共汽车条件又太糟糕。 I don't drive and the buses are quite hopeless.
[例句] 我从不坐公共汽车去城里。 I never go on the bus into the town.
quiet，still，silent，quiescence，quietness；
[例句] 这个森林黑暗寂静，经常有幽灵和看不见的鬼怪出没。 The forest was dark and silent, haunted by shadows and unseen presences.
[例句] 夜晚的寂静被隆隆的炮声打破。 The stillness of night was broken by the boom of a cannon.
definition，delimiting，define，circumscription，definiens ；
[例句] “这全视乎你对朋克摇滚乐的定义，不是吗？” It all depends on your definition of punk, doesn'tit?
[例句] “知晓”的法律定义通常假定存在思维控制能力。 The legal definition of "know" often presumes mental control.
deflection，diversion，excursion，dogleg，deflexion ；
[例句] 随着风力加强，风向也向南偏转。 As it strengthened the wind was veering southerly.
[例句] 为了避免压着松鼠,汽车司机偏转了车子. The driver of the car sheered to avoid hitting the squirrel.
名 cave，cavern，den，hole，aperture；
[例句] 但是在某些方面穴居人要比我们聪明得多。 But in some respects cave dwellers were far cleverer than us.
[例句] 他们一直梦想着能一杆入穴。 All they ever dream about is getting a hole in one.
sand dune，dune，downsand，tibba，dene；
[例句] 那男孩光着脚在沙丘间飞跑. The boy galloped over the dunes barefoot.
[例句] 沙积集起来成了沙丘. The sand massed to form a dune.
discharge cargo，disburden，breaking bulk，unloading，discharged ；
[例句] 有300个铁路货车车厢等着卸货。 Three-hundred railway wagons were waiting to be unloaded.
[例句] 该船正在卸货. The ship is unloading.
discount ；
[例句] 银行贴现的支票到期而未能支付就成为透支. An overdraft results when a note discounted at a bank is not met when due.
[例句] 对于整个贴现问题我们都可以不予考虑. We can leave the whole matter of discounting out of account.
special permission，concession，franchise，concessionary，licence ；
[例句] 从国内相关的工会那儿或许能得到一项特许。 A special dispensation may be obtained from the domestic union concerned.
[例句] 她最近向其他公司出售了公司业务的特许经营权。 She has recently franchised her business.
[物] dispersion，chromatic dispersion ；
[例句] 光被色散成各种波长的单色光. The light is dispersed into its component wave lengths.
[例句] 中性原子间的范德华力叫做色散力. Van der Wals forces between neutral atoms are called dispersion forces.
forking，branching，ramification，offtake，bifurcate ；
[例句] 贼鸥是飞行速度很快的黑色鸟类，尾部长而分叉。 Jaegers are swift black birds with long forked tails.
[例句] 这条铁路在那儿分叉通向甲 乙 两地. There the railway forks to A and B ( places ).
profit，gain，margin，return ；
[例句] 股票经纪人降低了他们的利润预期之后，股价下跌了11便士至293便士。 Shares slid 11p to 293p after brokers downgraded their profit estimates.
[例句] 它的利润增长速度比一般公司快4倍。 Its profits are rising four times faster than the average company.
[哲] substance，[律] entity，esse，noumenon，substantiality ；
[例句] 下方的这幅画几乎和实体一样大小。 The picture beneath was near lifesize.
[例句] 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体. Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities.
[电子] directly heated cathode，electron-tube heater，filamentary cathode，filament-type cathode，filament ；
[例句] 灯丝在电灯中电加时成白炽状态。 A fine wire is heated electrically to incandescence in an electric lamp.
[例句] 电子显微镜中的电子源,是一加热的灯丝. The source of electrons in an electron microscope is a heated filament.