capricious,self-willed,wayward,unrestrained,caprice ;
[例句] 批评家说他就是愚蠢和任性。 His critics say he's just being silly and petulant.
[例句] 为什么要宣传报道这个行为任性、青春期未满的白痴呢? Why give publicity to this self-indulgent, adolescent oaf?
carbide,carbonization ;
[例句] 这种重要的碳化物向晶体内和晶体间沉淀. This important carbide precipitates both inter and intragranularly.
[例句] Fe -Cr-C 耐磨堆焊合金中初生碳化物生长方向的控制. Orientation control of primary carbide in Fe - Cr - C hardfacing alloys.
career,undertaking,enterprise;
[例句] 她重振旗鼓去开创自己的事业了。 She dusted herself down and left to build her own career.
[例句] 事业要成功,才能、勤奋和顽强的意志都至关重要。 Talent, hard work and sheer tenacity are all crucial to career success.
wild ambition,careerism,ambition ;
[例句] 政治抱负和个人野心开始压倒经济利益。 Political and personal ambitions are starting to prevail over economic interests.
[例句] 政治是排外的,充满野心的,只顾自己不顾他人的。 Politics is clubby, careerist, and cynical.
draft,scheme,outline,sketch,epure ;
[例句] 用不同颜色的毡头笔画草图,以免搞混。 Use different colours of felt pen on your sketch to avoid confusion.
[例句] 草图应该是最终绘画的某种演练。 The sketch should be a kind of rehearsal for the eventual painting.
[律] investigate (a crime),spy,spy into,spy on ;
[例句] 犯罪的预防和侦查 crime prevention and detection
[例句] 严格地说来,侦查工作不是海关的一项职责. Detection is not properly a function of the customs service.
subside,collapse,sink,cave in,dent ;
[例句] 镇上老码头区多年来疏于维护,快要塌陷了. The town's old quayside is collapsing after years of neglect.
[例句] 惊奇的是地板居然从未塌陷。 It was a marvel that the floor never gave way.
restrain,restrict,constrained,awkward,constrain ;
[例句] 和我聊过的很多女性因为觉得受拘束离开了。 Many of the women I spoke to left because they felt constricted.
[例句] 在晚会上别拘束,尽情享受一下. Let your hair down and enjoy yourself at the party.
sundry goods,groceries,general cargo,cats-and-dogs,chandlery ;
[例句] 有时商店里的某些杂货会有脱销的现象。 The stores are sometimes sold out of certain groceries.
[例句] 他俯下身去提装着食品杂货的购物袋。 He stooped to pick up the carrier bag of groceries.
charcoal,xylanthrax,carboligni,spodium ;
[例句] 他们在木炭上烤火鸡. They broiled turkey over a charcoal flame.
[例句] 这水是用木炭过滤过的. The water was filtered through charcoal.
treasure,love dearly,be very fond of,cherish,cosset;
[例句] 他拿起一把铁锨,挖了个坑,将自己曾经珍爱的物品埋了起来。 He took a shovel, dug a hole, and buried his once-prized possessions.
[例句] 他说那幅画是他最珍爱的财产。 He described the picture as his most cherished possession.
soccer,football,association football,center forward,center halfback;
[例句] 还有其他形式的民众骚乱,最出名的是足球流氓行为。 There are other forms of civil disorder — most notably, football hooliganism.
[例句] 为了在休赛期间保持状态,我常打网球或踢足球。 To stay fit off season, I play tennis or football.
clan,gens,gentes,phratry,sept ;
[例句] 典型的印第安人氏族的职能就是这样. Such were the rights and privileges of a typical Indian gens.
[例句] 禁止氏族内部通婚,但和女继承人结婚例外. Prohibition of marriage within the gens except in the case of heiresses.
client,custom,customer,consumer;
[例句] 无迹象表明向客户售出了不适用的保险。 There is no suggestion that clients have been sold inappropriate policies.
[例句] 越来越多的公司客户寻求将设施的管理外包出去。 Increasingly, corporate clients are seeking to outsource the management of their facilities.
clot,coagula,coagulum,crassametum,gore ;
[例句] 他昨天入院治疗肺部的血块。 He was admitted yesterday for treatment of blood clots in his lungs.
[例句] 人行道上有一摊摊血和血块。 There were pools of blood and gore on the pavement.
obey,conform to,comply with,act in accordance with ;
[例句] 患者通常都会遵照医嘱行事。 A patient will usually listen to the doctor'sadvice and act on it.
[例句] 遵照首相的明确指令,那艘船被击沉了。 The ship was sunk on express orders from the Prime Minister.
voter,elector,constituency,electorate ;
[例句] 20%到40%的选民还犹豫不决。 20 to 40 per cent of the voters are undecided.
[例句] 国会议员这个周末要向所在选区的选民征求意见。 Members of Parliament are spending the weekend canvassing opinion in their constituencies.
doctor,mediciner,medical man,Dr,doc. ;
[例句] 医生们抱怨他们疲于应付医药公司的销售人员。 Doctors are complaining about being barraged by drug-company salesmen.
[例句] 如果皮肤发红、瘙痒或脱皮,要向医生咨询。 If your skin becomes red, sore or very scaly, consult your doctor.
blind flange,butt plate,cover plate,detent plate cover ;
[例句] 我发现电锯盖板里还有木屑和金属屑末。 I also found bits of wood and metal filings on the inside of the cover plate.
[例句] 拆开水位玻璃管或者在两者之间装上盖板. Disconnect the gauge glasses or fit a blind flange between them.
cropper,grass cutter,field mower,hay mower,lawn mower ;
[例句] 典型的割草机发出的声响约为90分贝. The typical lawn mower makes about 90 decibels of noise.
[例句] 割高草时正需要你的大割草机. Your big lawn mower is just the job for the high grass.