letter of credit (LC) ；
[例句] 银行开出了不可撤销的信用证[状]. The bank has made out an irrevocable letter of credit.
[例句] 我想从这份信用证上提款100元. I'd like to draw 100 yuan against this letter of credit.
achromatic colour，colourless，achromaticity，achromatism ；
[例句] 像水一样无色的液体 a colourless liquid like water
[例句] 这是有强烈味道的无色液体. It is a colourless liquid with a burning taste.
[数] affine ；
[例句] 这叫做仿射交换. This type is called affine.
[例句] 摘要本文研究了关于投影体的中心仿射不变量比的问题. This paper concerns the ratio of centro - affine invarients for a projection body.
appearance，shape，manner，air，hue ；
[例句] 她一副遭人遗弃和背叛的样子。 She had the look of someone deserted and betrayed.
[例句] 与描述的疑犯样子相符的两名男子试图进入瑞士。 Two men answer-ing the description of the suspects tried to enter Switzerland.
[化] alkali metal，base metal，alkalis，alkali metals ；
[例句] 碱金属原子的价原子具有两种能态. The valence atom of an alkali - metal atom has two states.
[例句] 所有的碱金属都在闭合壳层之外有一单个S电子. All the alkali metals have a single s - electron outside a closed shell.
supersede，replace，alternately，take place by turn，alternate ；
high-order，high-order position，altitude，perch ；
[例句] 我升到了总经理秘书这一显赫高位。 I escalated to the dizzy heights of director's secretary.
[例句] 传统的草坪已经被低成本梯田所取代，梯田上有个高位水塘和瀑布似的水流。 The traditional lawn has been replaced by low-cost terracing, with a raised pool and waterfall.
amorphism，nonfixiform，amorphous ；
[例句] 含淀粉的细胞可能也含有无定形的蛋白质即谷蛋白--俗称面筋. The starch - containing cells may also contain amorphous protein known as gluten.
[例句] 无定形和结晶聚合物两者都能发生屈服并能冷拉伸. Both amorphous and crystalline polymers can yield and be cold - drawn.
irising，dodging，diaphragmation，shading ；
[例句] 为什么不给所有的镜头都配上遮光罩呢？ Why aren't all lenses supplied with a lens hood?
[例句] 因此我们得制作一块很大的遮光窗帘。 We therefore had to contrive a very large black-out curtain.
名 family，household，home，a person or family engaged in a certain trade；代 （谦辞， 用于对别人称自己的辈分高或年纪大的亲属） my；形 domestic，tame，internal；量 （用在某些名词后面， 表示属于那一类人）；
[例句] 他的目的地是乔伯姆公地，那里和他在科茨沃尔德的家离得很远。 His destination was Chobham Common, a long way from his Cotswold home.
[例句] 他的房子是我儿时唯一固定的家。 His house was the only settled home I had as a child.
in poor health，weak，feeble，flabby，enervation ；
[例句] 这样可能会导致身体虚弱和肌肉萎缩。 This can lead to bodily weakness and muscle wastage.
[例句] 偶尔会有病人过于虚弱，必须通过静脉注射进食。 Occasionally a patient is so debilitated that he must be fed intravenously.
asynchronous，nonsynchronous，asynchronization，asynchronism ；
[例句] 通过定义自己调用服务的命令集,您可以定制自定义异步服务器的行为,通过为调用服务定义自己的命令集从而对它重新标记. You can customise the behavior of the Asynchronous Server and hence re - brand it by defining your own command set for invoking services.
[例句] 通过定义自己调用服务的命令集，您可以定制自定义异步服务器的行为，通过为调用服务定义自己的命令集从而对它重新标记。 You can customize the behavior of the Asynchronous Server and hence re-brand it by defining your own command set for invoking services.
nonsequence，discontinuous，discontinuity，discontinuousness，incontinuity ；
[例句] 波既不能有不连续处,又不能有几率为无穷大的区域. The wave has neither discontinuities nor regions of infinite probability.
[例句] 他发现声速面通常是不连续的. He found that the sonic surface was, in general, discontinuous.
principle，axiom，theory；
[例句] 顺势疗法是基于“以毒攻毒”的原理。 Homeopathic treatment is based on the "like cures like" principle.
[例句] 格里菲思教授解释了那种药物的工作原理。 Professor Griffiths explained how the drug appears to work.
动 （用手指顺着抹过去，使物体顺溜或干净）smooth out with the fingers，stroke；
[例句] 特迪用自己的粗手指头捋了一下浓密蓬乱的头发。 Teddy ran thick fingers through his unruly thatch of hair.
[例句] 他用手把她脸上的头发捋到脑后。 His fingers smoothed the hair back from her face.
contest，competition，emulation，race，event；
[例句] 竞赛比手段策略，也比个性。 The contest was as much about personalities as it was about politics.
[例句] 节目的最后我们要举行一次智力竞赛。 We'll have a quiz at the end of the show.
despise，look down on，set sth. at naught，set down，belittle ；
[例句] 即使是最好的老师也会感觉受了轻视。 Even the best teacher can feel undervalued.
[例句] 我并不轻视喜剧。 I don't look down my nose at comedy.
Scotland ；
[例句] 7.7万英亩的私人土地上有5座苏格兰最高的山峰。 The 77,000-acre estate contains five of the highest peaks in Scotland.
[例句] 渡船是苏格兰边远地区的生命线。 Ferries are a lifeline to the far-flung corners of Scotland.
double-deck，having two layers，bilayer，of two thicknesses，double deck ；
[例句] 该公司现在报价3,900英镑安装双层玻璃窗。 The company is now offering to double-glaze the windows for £3,900.
[例句] 用双层平纹细布或干酪包布过滤混合料。 Strain the mixture through a double thickness of muslin or cheesecloth.
pastor，minister，a surname，clergyman，blackcoat；
[例句] 你是专家，而我是个能力有限的愚笨牧师。 I'm a limited and obtuse clergyman while you're the expert.
[例句] 可否私下跟您谈谈，牧师。 Could I speak to you in private a moment, padre.