general idea，broad outline，general，rough，assumably ；
[例句] 他们交往大概有一年了。 They were knocking around together for about a year.
[例句] 他们只是大概知道可用水的总量。 They have only a vague idea of the amount of water available.
名 [数]arc，bow ；
[例句] 通常的实验室光源选用汞弧灯. A common laboratory source of light is provided by a mercury arc.
[例句] 不很精确的射电干涉仪观测表明,这个源的角径约为1.5弧秒. Comparatively rudimentary interferometer observations suggested that this source is about 1.5 across.
arrogant，haughty，overbearing ；
[例句] 他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。 He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.
[例句] 潜意识里的嫉妒常表现为这种傲慢自大。 Unconscious envy manifests itself very often as this kind of arrogance.
open up wasteland for farming，reclaim wasteland，bring under cultivation，break ground，assart ；
[例句] 它会出钱雇农民开垦这块低矮丛林来种植麦子。 It would pay farmers to plough up the scrub and plant wheat.
[例句] 这一带的土地从未开垦过。 The land around here has never been cultivated.
名 likeness ，portrait，picture，[物] image；动 be like，resemble，look as if，seem ；
[例句] 这时候，我的心里像有个东西突然绷断了——我再也忍受不了啦。 Then something seemed to snap in me. I couldn't endure any more.
[例句] 还有其他的房子能像这幢一样俯瞰首都吗？ What other home offers such a commanding view of the capital?
simple，plain，austerity，homeliness，simplicity ；
[例句] 用镶边、系带和流苏装饰朴素的床罩和窗帘。 Embellish basic covers and curtains with borders, ties and fringing.
[例句] 她脱下了朴素的套装，换上了一身古怪的少女装。 She swapped her plain suit for an absurdly girlie dress.
circulate a notice，circular，bulletin，journal，aviso ；
[例句] 我们只是想如实地向人们通报事件情况。 We simply want to inform people objectively about events.
[例句] 埃伦会通过电话及时向我通报进展情况。 Ellen would keep me abreast of the progress by phone.
opposite，contrary，in contrast，incompatibility between two drugs；
[例句] 本文所持的论点恰恰是站在相反的立场。 The argument contained herein takes exactly the opposite point of view.
[例句] 错误的态度会产生完全相反的效果。 The wrong attitude will have exactly the reverse effect.
money award，bonus，premium，reward，bonus stock ；
[例句] 每个月的彩池奖金总额达1,350万英镑。 Each month the total prize kitty is £13.5 million.
[例句] 经纪人将提出下年度世锦赛奖金的问题。 Agents will raise the issue of prize-money for next year's world championships.
tap，cock tap，faucet，bib(b)cock，cock ；
[例句] 你肯定忘了关浴室的龙头了。 You must have left a tap running in the bathroom.
[例句] 水从龙头里喷溅着注入水池. Water splashed into the bucket from the tap.
rogue，hoodlum，immoral behaviour，hooliganism，blackguard；
[例句] 有些人指控税务稽查员使用了流氓手段。 Some people accuse the tax inspectors of bully-boy tactics.
[例句] 还有其他形式的民众骚乱，最出名的是足球流氓行为。 There are other forms of civil disorder — most notably, football hooliganism.
impair，jeopardize，be harmful to ；
end，bottom，nonplus，railhead，vanishing point ；
[例句] 我注意到走廊尽头的一缕光线。 I noticed a chink of light at the end of the corridor.
[例句] 他最终承认他的电影生涯走到尽头了。 He finally admitted that his film career was kaput.
flameout，misfire，brennschluss，cutoff ；
[例句] 我刚发动引擎时，引擎冒出火星，发出长长的嘶声，然后就熄火了。 When I started the engine it sparked, fizzed and went dead.
[例句] 飞机快到机场时，本来有故障的左引擎突然熄火，引发了灾难。 The faulty left-hand engine failed catastrophically as the aircraft approached the airport.
hills，brent，a surname，pen，hill ；
[例句] 帕萨迪纳坐落于圣加布里埃尔山麓的丘陵地带。 Pasadena lies in the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains.
[例句] 房子坐落在莫尔文丘陵地区，周围景色迷人。 The house is in a lovely setting in the Malvern hills.
[化] carboxyl，carboxyl group，carboxy-，carbox- ；
[例句] 粘土矿物能催化脱羧基作用是早已认识到的问题. The ability of clay minerals to catalyse decarboxylation has long been recognised.
[例句] 这些部位包括羧基 、 羰基 、 环氧基和氨基等. These sites include, carboxyl, epoxy, amino and the like.
happy，merry，cheerful，joyful，cheerfulness ；
[例句] 我快活自由，身体健康，积极乐观。 I am happy and free, in good health, gay and cheerful.
[例句] 女孩子们拿着桶和铲子在沙滩上快活地玩耍。 The girls happily played in the sand with buckets and spades.
sinister，insidious，treacherous，crafty，blackness ；
[例句] 诺思布里奇是个头脑冷静、诡计多端、阴险狡诈的罪犯，他可能还会犯案。 Northbridge is a cool, calculating and clever criminal who could strike again.
[例句] 她阴险狡诈，会玩人。 She is devious and sly and manipulative.
give the correct time ；
[例句] 报时用了35秒钟。 It took thirty-five seconds for the hour to strike.
[例句] 时钟的报时把他从沉思中惊醒。 The clock striking the hour pierced through his thoughts.
fastening motion，gripping，pinch，clamp-on，clamp ；