crescent，[天] new moon，meniscus，[电影]The Twilight Saga: New Moon；
[例句] 在埃及，新月之时是欢庆之日。 The new moon was the occasion of festivals of rejoicing in Egypt.
[例句] 我住在帕克新月街7号。 I live at 7 Park Crescent.
account ；
[例句] 他算出了他们活期存款账户上的余额总和。 He figured up the balance in their checking account.
[例句] 他们把国外救济金非法转入了个人银行账户。 They siphon foreign aid money into their personal bank accounts.
skin，peel off the skin，decorticate ；
[例句] 猎人跪在动物尸体旁边，开始剥皮。 The hunter knelt beside the animal carcass and commenced to skin it.
[例句] 再要呆在一起就好像自愿被活活剥皮一样。 To remain together was like volunteering to be flayed alive.
ridicule，deride，jeer at，make fun of，jeer；
[例句] 我觉得他们嘲笑我是因为我长得丑。 I thought they were laughing at me because I was ugly.
[例句] 他仍然因出身低微而被人无情嘲笑。 He is still the butt of cruel jokes about his humble origins.
mock，poke fun at，deride，jeer，ridicule ；
[例句] 他脸皮厚，不怕她嘲弄。 He was thick-skinned enough to cope with her taunts.
[例句] 她大概有30岁，比那些嘲弄她的年轻人大10岁。 She was about thirty, ten years older than the youngsters ragging her.
名 dregs，residue，broken bits，crumbs，sediment；
[例句] 有人在他的车上涂写了“人渣”的字样。 Someone had scrawled "Scum" on his car.
[例句] 一只知更鸟在地上啄食面包渣。 A robin was pecking at crumbs on the ground.
ignite，priming，detonate ；
[例句] 一名工程师试图引爆地雷. An engineer tried to detonate the mine.
[例句] 法国预计将在几天后引爆其首枚核装置。 France is expected to detonate its first nuclear device in the next few days.
refine，purify affinage，concise，succinct，fine ；
[例句] 加糖的醋是从甘蔗和松木中精炼出来的。 The sugared vinegar is refined from the sugarcane and pine.
[例句] 他们中很多人特别赞扬了影片精炼的对白。 Many of them made a point of praising the film's pithy dialogue.
rule，dominate，control，govern，dominion ；
[例句] 我们经受过400多年的殖民统治。 For more than 400 years, we were a colonized people.
[例句] 桑给巴尔岛的居民于1964年反抗苏丹统治，随后时局便不断恶化。 Zanzibar's fortunes declined after the islanders revolted against the sultanate in 1964.
reticent，taciturn，uncommunicative，silent，dumbness；
[例句] 盖尔镇定地注视着哈里，沉默了片刻。 Gail was silent for a moment, regarding Harry with his steady gaze.
[例句] 沉默背后的骇人真相慢慢显露出来。 The chilling facts behind this veil of silence were slow to emerge.
natural instincts，natural character，nature，inherent quality，essentiality；
[例句] 她坚信人的本性是善良诚实的。 She had an unshakeable faith in human goodness and natural honesty.
[例句] 该公司保守的本性不利于竞争。 The company's conservative instincts sit ill with competition.
动 （去掉外面的皮或壳） skin，shell，peel；
[例句] 我只能听到火的毕剥声。 All I could hear was the sputter of the fire.
[例句] 猎人跪在动物尸体旁边，开始剥皮。 The hunter knelt beside the animal carcass and commenced to skin it.
动 exuviate，slough off，shed，peel；名 （蛇、蝉等脱下的皮） exuviae，slough ；
[例句] 所有爬行动物生长过程中都要蜕皮。 All reptiles have to slough their skin to grow.
[例句] 正在蜕皮的蛇 a snake sloughing its skin
（本事， 技能） ability，capability，capacity，faculty，skill ；
[例句] 农民正在逐渐丢失经营土地的本领。 Farmers are increasingly losing touch with their instinct for managing the land.
[例句] 这困难的手术将需要这位医生拿出全部本领来. The difficult operation will exact all the doctor's skill.
true，faithful，loyal，reliable，faith ；
[例句] 他是位诗人，也是忠实的招魂论者。 He was a poet and an ardent spiritualist.
[例句] 科林·韦兰的电影剧本忠实于原小说。 Colin Welland's screenplay is faithful to the novel.
roomy，spacious，lenient，magnanimous，bounty ；
[例句] 他宽大的脸盘上布满了深深的皱纹。 He has a large, generous face with deep lines.
[例句] 这种宽大的轮胎有很深的胎面花纹。 The fat, broad tyres had a good depth of tread.
[医] haemorrhage，hemorrhage，[刷]bleed，bleeding ；
[例句] 锋利的刀刃可能会划伤皮肤，导致出血。 A sharp blade is likely to nick the skin and draw blood.
[例句] 非正常的出血是你的身体发出的危险信号。 The abnormal bleeding is your body's own red flag of danger.
动 attach importance to，pay attention to，think highly of，take sth. seriously；名 importance，lay store by ；
[例句] 他们对预防和初级护理极为重视。 They put a high premium on prevention and primary care.
[例句] 在他声名鼎盛之时，他的每句话都受到重视。 At the height of his fame, his every word was valued.
young，childish，puerile，naive，babyhood ；
[例句] 他愤怒地反击，说这些话太过幼稚。 He hit back angrily, saying such remarks were childishly simplistic.
[例句] 他真没想到如此见多识广的部长竟会这么幼稚。 He had not expected such crudity from so sophisticated a minister.
mark，sign，tick，designation，earmark ；
[例句] 他用铅笔做了记号。 He made marks with a pencil.
[例句] 合上书以前,她小心地做了记号. She was careful to mark her place before she shut the book.