sponge，[古] spunge，foam rubber or plastic ；
[例句] 如果你孩子的体温上升，就用海绵蘸上温水轻轻地擦拭她的身体。 If your child's temperature rises, sponge her down gently with tepid water.
[例句] 在一只盆里放上水，轻轻地用蘸湿的海绵擦拭你的面部及身体。 Fill a bowl with water and gently sponge your face and body.
negotiation，negotiate，transact，palaver；
[例句] 那意味着几个月的激烈谈判开始了。 That was the cue for several months of intense bargaining.
[例句] 这可能会在即将开启的谈判问题上给委员会带来过多的影响。 It might give the Commission undue influence over the coming negotiations.
water vapour，moisture，[气] aqueous vapour，lunt，vapor ；
[例句] 我把水开得很热，水汽模糊了镜面。 I run the water very hot, clouding the mirror.
[例句] 整块玻璃仍然蒙着水汽。 The glass is all steamed up still.
turf，peat，turves ；
[例句] 整个晚上，他向我详细讲述艾莱岛泥炭沼泽地上的各种青苔。 In the course of the evening he gave me chapter and verse on the mosses of the Islay peat bogs.
[例句] 铀矿床被砂子, 泥炭和冰碛物所覆盖. The uranium deposits are obscured by sand, peat and glacial drift.
rectangle，squareness ；
[例句] 位置上接近的元素通常也是有关系的,很多界面中采用粗边框矩形来分组. Items in proximity to one another are generally related.
[例句] 方化矩形是指可以分割成至少两个正方形的矩形. A squared rectangle is a rectangle dissected into at least two squares.
[气] monsoon ；
[例句] 西南季风4月份到来. The south - west monsoon sets in during April.
[例句] 而今,因季风迟来变成了每三天才一次供水. That became one day in three as the monsoon failed to materialise.
代 certain，some，for one's name ；
[例句] 股票的价值在某一特定的时期内会有涨跌。 Over a given period, the value of shares will rise and fall.
[例句] 我们期盼着他某一天再回家。 We were expecting him home again any day now.
form a complete set，whole set，complete set，[医] cuffing ；
[例句] 通常床垫和床架是成套购买的。 The mattress and base are normally bought as a set.
[例句] 成套足球用品的重新推出仅仅是一种促销的手段。 Football kit relaunches are simply a way of boosting sales.
waterpower，hydraulic power，water power ；
[例句] 蒸汽和水力可用来发电. Steam and water power are used for the generation of electricity.
[例句] 在19世纪人们大规模使用水力来发电. In the 19 th century waterpower was widely utilized to generate electricity.
leave the country，depart，exit，emigrate ；
[例句] 内政部通常会迅速地将不受欢迎人士驱逐出境。 The Home Office is usually quick to deport undesirables.
[例句] 该国领导将5名外国记者驱逐出境。 The country's leaders kicked five foreign journalists out of the country.
circular column，cylinder，column ；
[例句] 圆柱在建筑中通常用来增添气势和显示地位。 Columns are usually intended in architecture to add grandeur and status.
[例句] 圆柱上速度为零在节点上满足. Zero velocities on the cylinder were satisfied at the node points.
动 redeem，ransom，atone for；名 （姓氏） a surname，expiate ；
[例句] 《古兰经》劝告人们在朝圣前斋戒，以作为一种补赎。 The Koran recommends fasting as a penance before pilgrimages.
[例句] 他渴望赎清自己的罪孽。 He craves redemption for his sins.
exceed，outnumber，outstrip，pass，excess ；
[例句] 他眼睛直视前方，加速超过了前面一辆慢吞吞行进的大卡车。 He looked straight ahead and overtook a lumbering lorry.
[例句] 该项目的总成本会超过2.4亿美元。 The total cost of the project would be more than $240 million.
praise，acclaim，commend，applaud，compliment ；
[例句] 这项研究工作毫无瑕疵，怎样称赞都不过分。 It is difficult to praise this immaculately researched work too highly.
[例句] 你是个好女孩儿，莱蒂，你的善良值得称赞。 You're a nice girl, Lettie, and your kind heart does you credit.
[化] adsorb，adsorption，sorption ；
agriculture，farming，agro-，extractive industry，geoponics ；
[例句] 卡斯帕对欧洲农业状况发表了一番颇有见地的见解。 Kaspar had spoken know-ledgeably about the state of agriculture in Europe.
[例句] 传统的刀耕火种农业方式耗尽了土地的肥力。 Traditional slash and burn farming methods have exhausted the soil.
[航空] fuselage，frame，body，airframe ；
[例句] 在之前的几次飞行中，就已经察觉到机身有些摇晃。 Some oscillation of the fuselage had been noticed on early flights.
[例句] 唯一的阴凉处是飞机机身下面。 The only shade was under the body of the plane.
[数] algebra ；
[例句] 他中学时不擅长代数. He was not good at algebra in middle school.
[例句] 在代数里, 符号X常用来表示未知数. In algebra, the sign X usually denotes an unknown quantity.
relax，allay，calm，ease up，abate ；
[例句] 在临死的那些日子里，年迈的女王态度稍缓和了一些。 In her dying days the old Queen unbent a little.
[例句] 一位发言人称这一坚决的行动缓和了极为棘手的局面。 A spokesman said this firm action had defused a very nasty situation.
alumina，alumine，aluminum oxide，hargil ；
[例句] 有些新型的自记加速仪使用了一种可以重复充电的二氧化铝电池. Some recent accelerographs employ a lead dioxide rechargeable battery.
[例句] 凝固之后, 样品表面连续用金钢砂或氧化铝磨平. After setting, the surfaces of the specimens are ground down using carborundum and alumina.