expect，predict，bargain for，augur，anticipation ；
[例句] 她多少已经预料到他会中途就退出这门课程。 She'd half expected him to withdraw from the course.
[例句] 我觉得我能准确预料此事的政治后果。 I believe I am capable of calculating the political consequences accurately.
climax，apotheosis，pinnacle，summit，crest ；
[例句] 约翰·梅杰已攀上了英国政界的顶峰。 John Major has reached the pinnacle of British politics.
[例句] 1358年击败锡耶纳之后佩鲁贾的影响力达到了顶峰。 The zenith of Perugia'sinfluence came with the defeat of Siena in 1358.
calm down，quiet down，subside，come to an end，appease ；
[例句] 我们靠近古巴的背风海岸时风浪开始平息。 The sea started to ease as we came under Cuba's lee.
[例句] 一旦投完票，事情便很快平息了下来。 Once the vote was taken, things quieted down quickly.
set on fire，commit arson，incendiary，arson，set fire ；
[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] 去年，600名犯人闹事，他们纵火并设置路障。 Last year 600 inmates rioted, starting fires and building barricades.
pallor，pale，pallid，wan，paleness；
[例句] 灯光照在满是灰尘的墙上，反射回苍白的冷光。 Lights reflected off dust-covered walls creating a ghostly luminescence.
[例句] 他头发凌乱，没刮胡子，脸色苍白。 His hair was disheveled, and his face was unshaven and gray.
[机] axis，axle，[纺] spool thread，spool cotton，axes ；
[例句] 一轴线 a spool of thread
[例句] 圆的轴线是其直径. The axis of a circle is its diameter.
[建] backfill ；
[例句] 最后回填沟槽, 固定隧道段. Finally, the channel is filled in to give the tunnel stability.
[例句] 在大坝基础工程帷幕灌浆、回填技术上处同行之首. Its dam foundation grout curtain and backfilling technologies are advanced.
名 cakes，pastry，bait；动 [书]bait，entice，[书]eat ；
[例句] 他们正好踩上了饵雷，结果被炸得粉身碎骨。 They walked right into a booby-trap and got blown to smithereens.
[例句] 他们在小路上挖深沟设饵雷。 They dug trenches in their path and set booby traps.
manage with an effort，do with difficulty，reluctantly，grudgingly，after a fashion ；
[例句] 他勉强能看到柜台后面的小个子男人。 He could just about see the little man behind the counter.
[例句] 他赢了，但是赢得十分勉强。 He won, but only by the skin of his teeth.
cylinder，barrel，drum ；
look attentively at，gaze at，give sb. the eye，have one's eye on，clap eyes on ；
[例句] 盖尔镇定地注视着哈里，沉默了片刻。 Gail was silent for a moment, regarding Harry with his steady gaze.
[例句] 有一会儿，他怔怔地注视着周围的景物。 He was lost in the con-templation of the landscape for a while.
small boat，skiff，dinghy，dingey，cockboat ；
[例句] 我的小艇飞速驶过海湾。 My craft zipped across the bay.
[例句] 短桨特别用于划独木舟和小艇. Paddles are used especially to propel canoes and kayaks.
动 belittle，disdain，smear，insult；形 （小） little，small；副 （无； 没有） not，nothing，none；名 （姓氏） a surname ；
[例句] 她看着汤姆, 大为惊恐, 但他故作宽大以示侮蔑,定要她去. She looked at Tom, alarmed now, but he insisted with magnanimous scorn.
[例句] 我说, 我听见他们这样的蔑教,很难过. I was sorry , I said, to hear them so very profane.
[冶] （高炉） blast furnace ；
[例句] 密闭 鼓风炉 的熔炼过程极其复杂,工艺结构庞大. Imperial Smelting Furnace ( ISF ) smelting process is a quite complex process.
[例句] 铅团在鼓风炉中被溶解. The lead paste is smelted in a blast furnace.
trouble，troublesome，inconvenient，bother；
[例句] 无论出现什么样的麻烦，我们都会在貌似混乱的情形中保持平和的心态。 Whatever troubles arise, we'll have peace of mind amidst seeming chaos.
[例句] 他们确实遇上麻烦了，鲍勃闷闷不乐地想。 They were in a real jam, Bob thought glumly.
hillside，mountain slope，sidehill，brae ；
[例句] 山坡下面，野山羊咩咩地轻声叫着。 From the slope below, the wild goats bleated faintly.
[例句] 一阵微风吹下山坡，使青草如波浪起伏。 A gust of breeze moved down the hillside, ruffling the grass.
动 （用绳子等把东西缠紧打结；捆绑） tie，bind，bundle up；量 （用于捆起来的东西） bundle，bunch，ligature ；
[例句] 几个蒙面大盗破门而入，把他捆起来，抢走了8,000美元。 Masked robbers broke in, tied him up, and made off with $8,000.
[例句] 我把大约20年的杂志扎成捆。 I have about 20 year's magazines tied up in bundles.
shipping，vessels，sailer，sail ；
[例句] 所有的船只都将在成本加利润的基础上制造。 All vessels were to be built on a cost-plus basis.
[例句] 急救人员担心燃烧着的船只可能会脱链滑走。 Emergency workers fear that the burning ship could slip its moorings.
inveigle，cajole，trap，trick，beguile ；
[例句] 他声称被告是被诱骗的，从而推翻了有罪的判决。 He overturned the conviction, saying the defendant was entrapped.
[例句] 他诱骗我同意干那件活儿。 He cajoled me into agreeing to do the work.
（暖和） warm，warmth，kindness，calefaction，mildness ；
[例句] 晚上点起篝火会让人感到温暖舒适。 In the evening a log fire would provide cosiness.
[例句] 雾已经散了，看来是温暖晴朗的一天。 The fog had lifted and revealed a warm, sunny day.