banquet，feast，dinner party，dinner，revel；
[例句] 他于1988年6月被封为爵士，是女王生日宴会上的受勋者之一。 He was knighted in the Queen's birthday honours list in June 1988.
[例句] 宴会上不断有人给可怜的牧师灌酒。 The poor priest was plied with drink at a dinner party.
[音] [电] bass，low pitch (sound)，bourdon，undertone，woof ；
[例句] 他们有一把低音吉他、一架钢琴、一管萨克斯和打击乐器。 They had a bass and a piano and a sax and percussion.
[例句] 两小提琴与通奏低音三重奏 a trio for two violins and continuo
poor，needy，impoverished，privation，destitution ；
[例句] 尽管他家境一般，但也并不算贫穷。 Though his background was modest, it was in no sense deprived.
[例句] 居民们普遍都很贫穷，受教育程度低，居住条件较差。 Residents in general are poor and undereducated, and live in sub-standard housing.
take precautions against，be on guard against，beware of，look out for squalls，be wary of ；
[例句] 他时刻提防着任何有辱尊严之事。 He is constantly on guard against any threat of humiliation.
[例句] 过去人们不会教育孩子提防陌生人。 People did not teach their children to be wary of strangers.
drop a bomb，throw a hand grenade，bomb release，bomb-dropping ；
[例句] 我命令投弹完毕的轰炸机飞返母舰. I ordered the bombers which had completed their runs to return to our carriers.
[例句] 王平: 你说的对, 还有射击、投弹. Wang Ping: You say it right. There are also shooting and bomb - dropping.
名 （打击乐器） gong ；
[例句] 他筛了两下锣. He beats the gong twice.
[例句] 索比在人行道上扯开那破锣似的嗓子,像醉鬼一样胡闹. On the sidewalk Soapy began to yell drunken gibberish at the top of his harsh voice.
edge curl，bowing，roll hem，edge roll ；
[例句] 玫瑰的叶子因为闹虫害而卷边了。 The rose leaves have curled because of an attack by grubs.
[例句] 我们必须把席子的边粘住,免得卷边. We must glue the mat down at the edges to stop it curling.
damaged，worn，torn，damage，dilapidation ；
[例句] 20世纪60年代建造的高低不一的公寓楼群正在逐渐破损坍塌。 The high and low-rise apartment blocks built in the 1960s are crumbling.
[例句] 那笔钱甚至都不够赔偿破损费。 Those figures might not even cover the cost of breakages.
commission，brokerage，brokerage charges，brokerage expenses，commision ；
[例句] 这个售货员能得到所售每件货物的佣金. The salesman can get commission on everything he sells.
[例句] 那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金. The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.
reduce，lower，bring down，cut，cut back on ；
[例句] 为了尽量减低附带性破坏，轰炸须做到最大程度的精确。 To minimize collateral damage maximum precision in bombing was required.
[例句] 他把闹钟塞在枕头底下，想减低声音。 He tried to muffle the alarm clock by putting it under his pillow.
repay，pay back，compensate，imburse，pay ；
[例句] 这些贷款延期偿还以支付旧账利息。 Loans were extended to help pay the interest on the old ones.
[例句] 由于无力偿还1.14亿英镑的贷款担保，他被宣布破产。 He was declared bankrupt after failing to pay a £114m loan guarantee.
名 [医] （恶性肿瘤） cancer，carcinoma ；
[例句] 这种外科手术甚至可以用来切除癌性肿瘤。 This type of surgery could even be used to extract cancerous growths.
[例句] 简得知自己罹癌那一年才25岁。 Jane was just 25 when she learned she had cancer.
dejected，depressed，despondent ；
[例句] 每个人都会对事业很懊丧。 It's very dispiriting for anyone to be out of a job.
[例句] 他的回答充满了愤怒和懊丧。 His response is one of anger and frustration.
indentation，fillister，flute，fluting，groove ；
cold and detached，unconcerned，indifferent，apartness，apathy ；
[例句] 她曾随口提到过，当时她的冷漠很让他吃惊。 She'd mentioned it casually once, surprising him by her unconcern.
[例句] 我发现她相当严厉，拒人于千里之外，近乎冷漠。 I found her a rather austere, distant, somewhat cold person.
动 fell，chop，attack，strike，cut down ；
[例句] 他们接受了伐大树的艰苦工作. They had the laborious task of cutting down the huge tree.
[例句] 我们伐倒了一棵橡树. We chopped down an oak tree.
pureness，pure，clean，purify，purity ；
[例句] 有机食品是未使用人工化学制剂和杀虫剂的纯净食品。 Organic food is unadulterated food produced without artificial chemicals or pesticides.
[例句] 他们担心自来水是否纯净。 They worried about the purity of tap water.
be hard set，concreting，[化] freeze，freezing，concretion ；
[例句] 将煎蛋饼放在烤架下用文火烘烤，直到表面凝固。 Place the omelette under a gentle grill until the top is set.
[例句] 这些甜点开始凝固时就可以加入辅料了。 You can add ingredients to these desserts as they begin to set.
名 spoon，a surname；量 spoonful，[拉] cochleare；
[例句] 用两把小匙将奶酪混合物塑成圆球或椭圆球形状。 Using 2 spoons, mould the cheese mixture into small balls or ovals.
[例句] 他舀了一匙炖菜吃了。 He took a spoonful of the stew and ate it.
shake，shock，vibrate，tremor，concussion ；
[例句] 股票在震荡中进一步下跌，直到股价达到某个新的平衡点。 Stocks seesawed ever lower until prices found some new level of equilibrium.
[例句] 四海翻腾,五洲震荡. The seas are rising and the continents are rocking.