take in and bring up，adopt，adoption，mother，[电影]The Adopted；
[例句] 这是条曾被收养的流浪狗。 The dog was a stray which had been adopted.
[例句] 大多数的收养都是成功的。 The majority of adoptions are successful.
propose，suggest，proposal，motion，offer ；
[例句] 这个提议绝不会理所当然地获得通过。 This proposal is by no means a sure thing.
[例句] 总统完全赞同该提议。 The president was in full agreement with the proposal.
advocate，promote，encourage，recommend，call for ；
[例句] 他提倡把学生按能力分班，因需施教。 He advocates streaming children, and educating them according to their needs.
[例句] 提倡追求杰出难免被指责为宣扬精英论。 It became difficult to promote excellence without being accused of elitism.
lose heart，feel discouraged，disappointing，frustrating，staleness ；
[例句] 我深感泄气地回去把这消息告诉了比尔。 Despondently, I went back and told Bill the news.
[例句] 贫穷和失业是难以解决的问题，这常常让人泄气。 Poverty and unemployment are frustratingly hard to tackle.
windmill，aerovane，winnower，pinwheel ；
[例句] 风车是马略卡岛风光的一大特色。 Windmills are a characteristic feature of the Mallorcan landscape.
[例句] 他们在搭先进技术的顺风车。 They are piggybacking onto developed technology.
名 umbrella，sth. shaped like an umbrella，a surname ；
[例句] 拿伞的人又拐进了拐角处。 The man with the umbrella turned the corner again.
[例句] 她撑开伞，沿着河街向前走。 She opens her umbrella, and walks up River Street.
state of an illness，patient's condition ；
[例句] 她的病情突然急剧恶化。 Her condition took a sharp turn for the worse.
[例句] 他的病情发展得这么快，您是否感到意外？ Were you surprised that his disease progressed so quickly?
sow discord，drive a wedge between，set one party against another，cast (in) a bone between，alienate ；
[例句] 如果有人想离间孩子和父母,那将是可悲的. It is deplorable that anyone should come between a child and its parents.
[例句] 她用这种手段离间这对夫妻. By this means she cast in a bone between the wife and husband.
give alms，give in charity，alms，almsgiving，benefaction ；
[例句] 收起你的钱，我们不需要施舍。 Stuff your money. We don't want a handout.
[例句] 我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。 I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity.
take turns，do sth. in turn，rotation，by spells，alternation ；
[例句] 这3个节目将在整个巡回演出中轮流打头牌。 The three acts will alternate as headliners throughout the tour.
[例句] 女性成员轮流准备茶水。 The tea is prepared on a rota basis by the lady members.
（佛的侍从力士） Buddha's warrior attendant，[人名]Kong Kim；
[例句] 一只金刚鹦鹉站在栖木上冲他尖叫。 A macaw screeched at him from its perch.
[例句] 怒目金刚的温赖特站起身来, 用刺人的口吻问道: “ 今天偷了多少? ” Wainwright stood up, glaring . His voice cut like a knife. " How much did you steal today? "
improve，ameliorate，polish up，better；
[例句] 洛杉矶穷人的境况仍未得到改善。 Conditions for the poor in Los Angeles have not improved.
[例句] 他关心人类生存环境的改善。 He was concerned with the enhancement of the human condition.
remit (a punishment)，pardon，absolve，excuse，assoil ；
[例句] 总统赦免了手下的官员，把过失揽到自己的头上。 The President absolved his officers and took the blame upon himself.
[例句] 他得到了总统的赦免。 He was granted a presidential pardon.
fat liquoring，annoit，baste，basting，inunction ；
[例句] 教皇给他施了涂油礼，任命其为大主教。 The Pope has anointed him as Archbishop.
[例句] 如果不涂油或保持清洁铁便会腐蚀. Iron corrodes unless it is greased or kept clean.
point of view，viewpoint，standpoint，opinion；
[例句] 它用讽刺的语言呈现了天主教作家郑重其事表明的观点。 It presented in satirical terms points made in earnest by Catholic writers.
[例句] 《华尔街日报》的一篇社论概述了很多保守派人士的观点。 A Wall Street Journal editorial encapsulated the views of many conservatives.
announce in advance，herald，advance notice，forenotice，foreshow ；
[例句] 欲知离自己最近的演出的详情，请查询当地文娱预告杂志。 For details of the nearest performance look in the local listings magazines.
[例句] 我看过以他的回忆录改编成电影的预告片. I watched a trailer for the screenplay of his memoirs.
designate，selected，choose，fix，make choice of ；
[例句] 坎贝尔公司的总裁退休后，麦戈文被选定为继任者。 When the chairman of Campbell's retired, McGovern was named as his successor.
[例句] 总共有大概1,500万人住在所选定的区域内。 In all some 15 million people live in the selected areas.
hope，wish，expect，want，[电影]The Hope；
[例句] 任天堂希望将该外挂调制解调器的价格定在200美元以下。 Nintendo hopes to price the add-on modem at less than $200.
[例句] 我希望能将你的月工资提到6000美元. I hopes to be able to increase your pay to $ 6000 a month.
eccentric，odd，strange，quaint，crankiness ；
[例句] 他们不会放过你这些古怪的念头的。 They will not allow your more way-out ideas to pass unchallenged.
[例句] 他笑了，笑容古怪迷离，叫我后背发凉。 He smiled, an odd, dreamy smile that sent chills up my back.
obvious，evident，clear，explicit，all appearance ；
[例句] 嗯，对了，显然我们的一些听众可能会有些想法。 Now, erm, obviously some of our listeners may have some ideas.
[例句] 她郁郁寡欢，显然在惦念自己的孩子们。 She was very glum and was obviously missing her children.