overcast，lowering，low and deep，low-spirited ；
[例句] 伴随着隆隆的低沉噪声，螺旋桨开始旋转起来。 With a low-pitched rumbling noise, the propeller began to rotate.
[例句] 从走廊里隐约传来了低沉的说话声。 There were low, muffled voices rising from the hallway.
premeditated，deliberate，malicious，intentional，malice ；
[例句] 看起来似乎是有人蓄意纵火。 It looks as if the blaze was started deliberately.
[例句] 蓄意杀人依法要判无期徒刑。 In a case of premeditated murder a life sentence is mandatory.
discriminate，differentiate，distinguish，make a distinction between，division ；
[例句] 儿童可能无法将自己的幻想与真实世界区分开来。 A child may not differentiate between his imagination and the real world.
[例句] 语言是将人类与动物区分开来的基本特征。 Language is something which fundamentally distinguishes humans from animals.
die，pass away，depart，go aloft，go off ；
[例句] 戴利主教说他听到红衣主教去世的消息后感到极为震惊和难过。 Bishop Daly said he was devastated by news of the Cardinal's death.
[例句] 他在一家养老院去世，享年87岁。 He died in a nursing home at the age of 87.
leave one's job temporarily，be suspended from office，leave office，dimission ；
[例句] 仍然有许多女性为了抚养孩子而离职。 Many women still take career breaks to bring up children.
[例句] 她走上前去从即将离职的总统手中接过了就职腰带。 She arrived to receive the sash of office from the outgoing president.
poverty-stricken，destitute，in straitened circumstances，be down and out，destitution ；
[例句] 加维在孤独和穷困中死去。 Garvey died in loneliness and poverty.
[例句] 他们两人都于穷困潦倒中死去。 Both of them died in abject poverty.
be elected，come in，election ；
[例句] 通常现任官员有94%的几率会再次当选。 In general, incumbents have a 94 per cent chance of being reelected.
[例句] 雷诺兹先生以102票对60票再次当选。 Mr Reynolds was re-elected by 102 votes to 60.
（设法躲避） evade，dodge，avoid，set around，elude ；
[例句] 他们找到了规避法律的途径。 They found a way of circumventing the law.
[例句] 如果子弹朝这边打来, 就采取规避动作. If the bullets start coming this way, take evasive action.
copy，be modelled on，make sth. from a model，counterfeit，fake ；
[例句] 在意大利词汇中也可以见到这类仿造词. Other imitations of this type are to be found in Italian vocabulary.
[例句] 那只戒指上的钻石仅仅是玻璃仿造品. The diamond in that ring is only a glass imitation.
[物] eyepiece，micrometer，eye lens，ocular ；
[例句] 二百五十多年前的惠更斯目镜今天还在广泛使用. The Huygens ocular , which dates back over 250 years is still in wide use today.
[例句] 此时场镜上的划痕和小点会在接目镜中看见. Then the scratches and spots on the field lens would be visible at the eye lens.
sound out，feel out，probe，explore，feel ；
[例句] “他是不是患了健忘症？”我试探着问道。 "Could he be suffering from amnesia?" I suggested.
[例句] 你能试探一下你的朋友,看看他能否帮忙 吗 ? Can you sound your friend out and see whether he will help?
be infected with，be contaminated by，be tainted with，flyblow，taint ；
[例句] 伤口沾染了细菌. The wound was infected with germs.
[例句] 他怒斥皮特，指责他沾染毒品。 He turned on Pete and accused him of being mixed up in drugs.
footstep，footboard，balance brow，pedal，footplate ；
[例句] 劳拉松开离合器踏板，沿车道慢慢驶离。 Laura let out the clutch and pulled slowly away down the drive.
[例句] 踏板似乎有点偏心，离合器也相当紧。 The pedals seem a bit off-centre and the clutch is rather stiff.
violent，wild，frantic，furious，frenzy；
[例句] 人群变得狂暴起来，并向警察投掷汽油弹。 The crowds became violent and threw petrol bombs at the police.
[例句] 他感情之激烈和狂暴都让我惊恐。 His intensity and the ferocity of his feelings alarmed me.
physical features of a place，relief，terrain，topography，hypsography ；
[例句] 地势变得更开阔、更平整，风景十分优美。 The landscape became wider, flatter and very scenic.
[例句] 科西嘉岛腹地地势高企，环境荒芜。 The interior of Corsica is high and untamed.
名 grain husk，glume，tip ，point；形 （聪明） clever，intelligent ；
[例句] 它边向那孩子叽叽咕咕, 还扔下一 颖 坚果在她的头上. ' so he chattered at the child, and flung down a nut upon her head. "
[例句] 光大保德信增利收益债券基金经理于海颖说. Everbright Prudential profit by revenue bonds to fund managers Haiying said.
名 grandson，generations below that of the grandchild，second growth of plants，a surname ；
[例句] 孙权曰: “ 此金玉之论也! ” " This advice is most valuable ,'said Sun Quan.
[例句] 今年我们甚至无法给自己的孙儿辈买礼物了。这真让人心碎。 This year we won't even be able to buy presents for our grandchildren. It's heartbreaking.
hawser，pendant，pendent，cable rope，cable ；
[例句] 缆索突然断裂. The cable suddenly parted.
[例句] 卡车用缆索拖曳汽车. The truck used a cable to tow the car.
simple，plain，sincere and honest，guileless ；
[例句] 他喜欢杰勒德身上那种农民的朴实。 He loved Gerard's peasant earthiness.
[例句] 这出戏的服装和灯光都很朴实。 The costumes and lighting in the play were restrained.
native place，hometown，birthplace，birthland，country ；
[例句] 我的故乡伊利诺伊州一马平川。 My home state of Illinois is flat as a pancake.
[例句] 我思念故乡苏格兰。 I felt homesick for Scotland.