（否决别人的意见或请求） veto an opinion or a request from a subordinate body，refute，criticize，rebut ；
[例句] 一位批驳现行正统金融观念的经济学家 an economist arguing against the current financial orthodoxy
[例句] 他把我的论点批驳得一无是处,使我感到自己非常愚蠢. He pulled my argument apart and made me feel very stupid.
happy，entirely free from worry ；
[例句] 快步行走常常会使人感到身心舒畅。 Taking a brisk walk can often induce a feeling of well-being.
[例句] 人们的心情十分舒畅。 People were in a pretty good mood.
honest，frank，confess，make a confession，be free with ；
[例句] “坦白说我觉得这相当可怕。”——“是有点吓人，”马克表示同意。 "Frankly I found it rather frightening." — "A little startling," Mark agreed.
[例句] 坦白说，我害怕见他。 To tell you the truth, I was afraid to see him.
progress，advance，improve，step foreward；
[例句] 他的辅导教师发现了他在阅读和写作方面进步的迹象。 His remedial teacher sees signs of progress in his reading and writing.
[例句] 说她进步了听起来倒像是一种讽刺。 Saying she's improved comes over as a backhanded compliment.
mood，feeling tone，frame [state] of mind，breast，frame of mind ；
[例句] 麦凯缓缓地朝这个屏幕走来，每走一步心情都更加紧张。 McKay walked slowly toward this screen, feeling a growing tenseness.
[例句] 昨天玩宾戈赢了一把，适时地给朱丽叶·利特尔一家带来些许的欢快心情。 A timely bingo win brought some cheer to Juliet Little's family yesterday.
[生化] albumin，x-protein，ricim ；
[例句] 血浆蛋白的白蛋白部分意义最大. The albumin fraction of plasma protein is of the greatest significance.
[例句] 白蛋白细胞的功能尚不清楚. The function of the albumen cells is not known.
frequently，often，usually，generally ；
[例句] 学生常常赶数百英里的路来到这里。 Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here.
[例句] 他常常讽刺或挖苦人，有时又会大发雷霆。 He was often caustic and mocking, or flew into rages.
ambassador，Amb.，elchee，embassage ；
[例句] 他许诺任命一位艾滋病大使来应对这种疾病。 He promised to appoint an AIDS czar to deal with the disease.
[例句] 大使馆内的水电都被切断了。 Light and water in embassy buildings were cut off.
ammoniation，ammonification，aminate ；
[例句] 氰氨化钙是毒性物质,对皮肤有刺激性. Calcium cyanamide is poisonous and irritating to the skin.
[例句] 叠氨化银不溶于水或硝酸. Silver azide does not dissolve in water or in nitric acid.
ammunition，cartridge，ammo，fodder ；
[例句] 大多数舰船弹药极度匮乏。 Most of the ships were woefully short of ammunition.
[例句] 弹药必须定时更换。 The cartridge must be replaced at regular intervals.
total sum，amount，total，the total amount，rental ；
[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] 该部门今年的出口总额将达8,500万美元。 The unit's exports will total $85 million this year.
ancestors，ancestry，forefathers，progenitor，ancestor ；
[例句] 她的中国朋友们说这位女皇是他们值得敬仰的祖先。 Her Chinese friends referred to the Empress as their venerable ancestor.
[例句] 他天生擅长交际：他的祖先曾是封建领主。 Diplomacy was in his blood: his ancestors had been feudal lords.
die out，become extinct，annihilation，depopulation，deracinate；
[例句] 目前，30%的爬行动物、鸟类和鱼类面临灭绝的危险。 30 percent of reptiles, birds, and fish are currently threatened with extinction.
[例句] 这将导致马鹿的灭绝。 It's going to be the death knell of the red deer.
camera ；
[例句] 他突然扑向摄影师，痛打了他一顿，还摔碎了他的照相机。 He pounced on the photographer, beat him up and smashed his camera.
[例句] 在过去10年里，这些照相机的价格只是略有提高。 These cameras have increased only marginally in value over the past decade.
urgent，pressing，imminence，imminency，impendence ；
[例句] 她的帝国中被迫向她臣服的民族迫切渴望自身的独立。 The subject peoples of her empire were anxious for their own independence.
[例句] 他迫切要求展开全面调查，但是被叫停。 He pressed for a full investigation, but was warned off.
satisfied，pleased，satisfy，satisfaction；
[例句] 我对于目前已写完的这些并不太满意。 I wasn't too happy with what I'd written so far.
[例句] 我这个样子，怎么能对自己满意呢？ How can I love myself when I look like this?
large quantities [numbers，amounts] of，a smart of，numbers of ；
[例句] 加勒比海地区的英国部队有大批的人病死。 British forces in the Caribbean were being decimated by disease.
[例句] 大批鸟儿来这块泥地觅食。 The mud is a feeding ground for large numbers of birds.
merit，strong point，advantage，virtue，excellence ；
[例句] 我愿意根据每本图书各自的优点来作出评价。 I am ready to judge any book on its merits.
[例句] 就优点而言，他对母亲一直很孝顺。 On the credit side, he's always been wonderful with his mother.
go downhill，degenerate，fall [drop] by the way side，go to the bad，backslide；
[例句] 贝内特发起了一场捍卫“道德价值”、反对腐朽堕落的“自由相对论”的战争。 Bennett launched a crusade for "moral values" against decadent "liberal relativism."
[例句] 1766年，他以“堕落地享乐”为由将那个村庄逐出教会。 In 1766 he excommunicated the village for its "depraved diversion."
[农] topsoil，surface soil，capping，capping mass ；
[例句] 薄薄的一层表土被冲走了。 A thin layer of topsoil was swept away.
[例句] 那单薄的土地很快就失去了表土,成为沙粒和尘埃. The fragile land quickly lost its topsoil and became nothing but sand and dust.