encourage，impel，[电子] drive，excitation，bestir ；
[例句] 他们对经济激励的重要性有了更深的理解。 They have a stronger appreciation of the importance of economic incentives.
[例句] 尽管他的方法不同寻常，但他给予学生的激励比其他人都要多。 Despite his unconventional methods, he has inspired pupils more than anyone else.
形 white，plain，simple，quiet；名 vegetable，basic element，element；副 （素来；向来） usually，habitually，always ；
[例句] 这种药物通过提高大脑中血清素的含量来产生疗效。 The drug works by increasing levels of serotonin in the brain.
[例句] 目前有400万英国人是严格的素食者。 Four million Britons are now strict vegetarians.
protocol，agreement；
[例句] 那项协议使人们感到战争有望很快结束。 The agreement has raised hopes that the war may end soon.
[例句] 如果无法达成协议，军队将会介入。 If no agreement was reached, the army would step in.
动 come into contact with，come close to，connect，join；名 （姓氏） a surname，meet ；
[例句] “接招”乐队是世界上最好的组合，就是这样的。 "Take That" are the best group in the whole world. So there.
[例句] 理查德·张伯伦已经同意接拍《荆棘鸟》的续集。 Richard Chamberlain has agreed to make a sequel to "The Thorn Birds".
名 shadow，reflection，image，trace；动 [方]hide，depict ；
[例句] 一名技师把一盒录影带装进其中一台机器。 A technician loads a video tape into one of the machines.
[例句] 蓝色和绿色的眼影一直被认为是俗气的。 Blue and green eyeshadow has long been considered kitsch.
形 fast，quick，hurry up，make haste；副 quickly，soon，before long；名 （姓氏） a surname ；
[例句] 这群人都浑身湿透，现在谢天谢地快晾干了。 The crowds had been soaked and were now nicely drying out.
[例句] 据说帐篷的缝合处快炸线了。 The camps are said to be bursting at the seams.
动 write，compose，describe，depict ；
[例句] 题赠写着：“献给爱玛，爱你的哈里”。 The inscription reads: "To Emma, with love from Harry".
[例句] 我胡乱给女性杂志写点东西，维持我们的生计。 I supported us by writing bilge for women's magazines.
形 （结实； 牢固； 坚硬） firm，hard，solid；副 firmly，resolutely，[书]originally，in the first place；动 solidify，consolidate，strengthen，[书]defend；名 （姓氏） a surname ；
[例句] 经济长期疲软可能会对固特异公司造成影响。 Goodyear could be vulnerable in a prolonged economic slump.
[例句] 架子的牢固程度取决于固件。 Shelves are only as secure as their fixings.
名 leather，hide，a surname；动 change，transform，dismiss，remove from office ；
[例句] 她穿着一件带束腰的棕色绒面革夹克。 She wore a brown suede jacket, belted at the waist.
[例句] 我渴望有一件长及脚跟的棕色绒面革大衣。 I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat.
名 fruit，result ，consequence，a surname；动 （吃饱） fill；形 （果断） resolute，determined；副 （果然） as expected，actually，really；连 （如果） if，if indeed ；
[例句] 雨果以巨大的勇气和良好的精神状态面对疾病。 Hugo bore his illness with great courage and good humour.
[例句] 把籽和果核弄掉，将果肉切成小方块。 Remove the seeds and stones and cube the flesh.
condense，condensation，coagulate，congeal，coagulation ；
[例句] 蛋白一煮就会凝结，并且浮起来。 As the egg whites cook, they coagulate and rise to the surface.
[例句] 这种材料需要有更高的温度和压力才能凝结变硬。 The material requires higher temperatures and pressures to set hard.
名 ring，hoop，link，a surname；动 （围绕） surround，encircle，hem in；量 [体] （靶子上的圈） ring ；
[例句] 石墨层中的碳原子相互连接形成碳环。 In graphite sheets, carbon atoms bond together in rings.
[例句] 他正在环礁湖里与一只短吻鳄搏斗。 He was grappling with an alligator in a lagoon.
形 （像丝瓜花或向日葵花的颜色） yellow；名 short for the Huanghe River，a surname；动 [口] （事情失败或计划不能实现） fizzle out，fall through，primary colors ；
[例句] 我解开了自己黄灰相间的衬衫上最下面的两个纽扣。 I undid the bottom two buttons of my yellow and grey shirt.
[例句] 春天，草地上开满了黄水仙。 In the spring, the meadow is a mass of daffodils.
动 link，join，involve ，implicate；名 company，conjunction，a surname；副 in succession，one after another，repeatedly，even；介 （包括在内） including ；
[例句] 书房把主要的生活区与厨房连在一起。 The study links the main living area to the kitchen.
[例句] 英国许多海滩连最起码的卫生标准都达不倒。 Many of Britain's beaches fail to meet minimum standards of cleanliness.
动 （去） go；形 （过去的） past，previous；介 （向） toward，in the direction of，to；
[例句] 终有一天，你会学会让泪往心里流。 Eventually, you'll learn to cry that on the inside.
[例句] 他们因吸入大量烟尘被送往医院。 They were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.
动 bind，tie，control，restrain；量 （用于捆在一起的东西） bundle，bunch，sheaf；名 beam，a surname ；
[例句] 一束耀眼的阳光从门口照射进来。 A brilliant shaft of sunlight burst through the doorway.
[例句] 他把那一小束光对准了屋顶。 He directed the tiny beam of light at the roof.
名 sea，big lake，a great number of people or things gathering together，a surname；形 （形容容量、口气等大） extra large，of great capacity；
[例句] 海伦选择的唇膏很适合她的肤色。 Helen's choice of lipstick was a good match for her skin-tone.
[例句] 班克斯在皇家海军服过兵役。 Banks spent his national service in the Royal Navy.
名 line of business，trade，occupation，profession；动 （从事） engage in；副 （已经） already，course of study ；
[例句] 不久之后，国防开支的削减迫使航空航天业紧缩开支。 Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench.
[例句] 这些公司决心要垄断香蕉业。 These companies are determined to keep a stranglehold on the banana industry.
名 wave，an unexpected turn of events，unexpected changes，a surname；动 [方] （跑） run ；
[例句] 伦敦市芭蕾舞团从波修瓦芭蕾舞团聘来了两名男舞蹈演员。 The London City Ballet has engaged two male dancers from the Bolshoi.
[例句] 我也再次和波拉克会面，两人闲聊了会儿。 I also met with Pollack again to kind of shoot the bull.
名 （豆腐） bean curd；动 （腐烂； 变坏） decay；形 （腐烂） rotten，corroded，putrid，corrupt，decayed ；
[例句] 树木得了干腐病，状况堪忧。 The trees were in bad shape from dry rot.
[例句] 屋子因木材干腐而变得千疮百孔。 The house was riddled with dry rot.