pestis，pestilence，plague ；
[例句] 鼠疫的爆发 an outbreak of plague
[例句] 鼠疫曾一度可以夺走整个村庄村民的生命. The plague once could wipe out a village.
名 rib，costal region ；
[例句] 霍顿的软肋在于他不懂得放权。 Horton's Achilles heel was that he could not delegate.
[例句] 用一块便宜点的肉，比如肋排肉。 Use a cheap cut such as spare rib chops.
名 door-hinge，pivot，hub，centre，center ；
[例句] 门依靠门枢而转动. A door turns on its hinge.
[例句] 爸爸的工作台上盖了一块布，他的灵枢就陈放在那儿。 My father's working bench was covered with a cloth and his coffin was laid there.
monks and priests，clergy，abbe，monastery，monk；
[例句] 他对僧侣们颇有微词，认为他们思想偏狭，自视清高。 He is critical of the monks, whom he considers narrow-minded and self-righteous.
[例句] 僧侣过着很清苦的生活。 The monks lived a very ascetic life.
名 （摘录下来的要点） summary，abstract，remark，tabloid；动 （摘录要点） make a summary，make an abstract ；
[例句] 首先来看今天的新闻摘要。 First, we have this roundup of the day's news.
[例句] 下面的材料是他工作的摘要。 The material below is a distillation of his work.
summarize，summarization，generalize，epitomize，epitome ；
[例句] 我对这条消息的总体反应可以用“哼儿哈儿”来概括。 My general reaction to this news might be summed up as "ho-hum"
[例句] 这首诗是对她许多著作的核心主题的概括。 The poem encapsulates many of the central themes of her writing.
slander，malign，calumniate，dispraise，durn ；
[例句] 他毁谤自己的对手. He throws mud at his competitors.
[例句] 你含糊其词的赞美实际上损害了她俊美的形象((简直是在毁谤)). You libel her beauty with your faint praise.
berry，bacca，acinus ；
[例句] 酸黄瓜、果酱、腌浆果、西红柿，凡是你说得出的，他们都有。 Pickled cucumbers, jam, pickled berries, tomatoes; you name it, they've got it.
[例句] 瑰珀翠刚推出一款新果酱——伍斯特浆果果酱。 Crabtree & Evelyn has just launched a new jam, Worcesterberry Preserve.
aesthetics，esthetics ；
[例句] 他强烈地感受到这件作品的美学价值。 He responded very strongly to the aesthetic of this particular work.
[例句] 从美学观点来说,这是个武断的看法. From an aesthetic point of view it's a thetic view.
plentiful，abundant，rich，affluence ；
[例句] 斯特兰德街是伦敦最繁华、最富足的街道之一。 The Strand is one of London's busiest and most affluent streets.
[例句] 富足的食物供应 a bountiful supply of food
fear，awe，dread，be in dread of ；
[例句] 霍华德想成为流行歌手，但因怯场而心生畏惧。 Howard wanted to be a popular singer, but stage fright crippled him.
[例句] 我压根不认为她会有所畏惧。 I don't believe for one minute she would have been scared.
times，age，a period in one's life，era，epoch ；
[例句] 这个团体与叙利亚的关系可以追溯到《圣经》时代。 The community's links with Syria date back to biblical times.
[例句] 我认为你在南美度过的青少年时代让你产生了偏见。 I think your South American youth has prejudiced you.
[植] barbados aloe，aloes （百合科多年生草本， 亦称油葱， 叶液浓缩入中药），aloe ；
[例句] 芦荟可能对发炎以及轻微的皮肤炎症具有镇痛作用。 Aloe may have an analgesic effect on inflammation and minor skin irritations.
[例句] 芦荟用于润肤霜中，使之具有美妙的丝般润滑感。 Aloe Vera is used in moisturisers to give them a wonderfully silky texture.
change，amend，alter，modify，turn ；
[例句] 在下面空白处列出你所作的具体改动。 List in the spaces below the specific changes you have made.
[例句] 她的短上衣放在时装店里，要做些改动。 Her jacket was at the boutique waiting for alteration.
analyse，dissect，decompose，parse （语法上），anatomy ；
[例句] 这是一篇剖析民族主义的让人不安的文章。 This was a troubling essay on the anatomy of nationhood.
[例句] 该杂志致力于剖析自由主义的不足之处。 The magazine is devoted to anato-mizing the inadequacies of liberalism.
blood relationship，blood lineage，bloodlines，ancestry，bloodline ；
[例句] 差异在于，你们是英国血统，而我们是拉丁裔的。 The difference is, you are Anglo-Saxons, we are Latins.
[例句] 她是半意大利半英国血统。 She was half Italian and half English.
near，close to，draw near，approach，anear ；
[例句] 吸引他到该地区的原因是那里靠近伦敦市中心。 What drew him to the area was its proximity to central London.
[例句] 最受欢迎的产品放在靠近商店最里面的地方。 The most popular items are located toward the back of the store.
defeat，triumph over，vanquish，overcome，conquer ；
[例句] 他轻松战胜了星期六击败厄尼·埃尔斯的加西亚。 He easily overcame Garcia, Saturday's conqueror of Ernie Els.
[例句] 他取得了决赛局的胜利，帮助英格兰最终以3：2战胜奥地利。 He won the decider which completed England's 3-2 victory over Austria.
explanatory note，annotation，note，exegesis，annotate ；
be vexed，be worried，annoyance，upset；
[例句] 男孩子们对我不感兴趣令我很烦恼。 It bothered me that boys weren't interested in me.
[例句] 我和她互相倾诉烦恼。 She tells me her troubles. I tell her mine.