动 have，be equipped with，prepare，provide with；名 equipment，a surname；副 （表示完全） all，fully ；
[例句] 塔姆辛从她身旁冒了出来，且备好了笔记本。 Tamsin materialized at her side, notebook at the ready.
[例句] 我来备茶，你去歇一会儿吧。 I'll make the tea and you pop off for a while.
名 virtue，morals，heart，mind ；
[例句] 他的目的地是乔伯姆公地，那里和他在科茨沃尔德的家离得很远。 His destination was Chobham Common, a long way from his Cotswold home.
[例句] 今天一早，一枚“德尔塔”Ⅱ型火箭在卡纳维拉尔角发射升空。 A Delta II rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral early this morning.
动 extend，reach，attain，amount to；形 （显贵） eminent，distinguished；名 （姓氏） a surname ；
[例句] 这家航空公司亏损达3,500万美元，而澳航出资帮助其摆脱了困境。 The airline had losses of $35m and was bailed out by Qantas.
[例句] 上半场以21：3领先的法国队有8个达阵得分。 The French, who led 21-3 at half time, scored eight tries.
名 ash，dust，lime，mortar；形 grey，disheartened，discouraged ；
[例句] 我解开了自己黄灰相间的衬衫上最下面的两个纽扣。 I undid the bottom two buttons of my yellow and grey shirt.
[例句] 这幢楼刷的是浅灰色的灰泥，看上去有些陈旧。 The building was of greyish plaster and looked old.
secret，clandestine，confidential，arcanum，[电影]La chiave；
[例句] 他被指控滥用秘密的政府行贿基金，金额达1,750万美元。 He's accused of misusing $17.5 million from a secret government slush fund.
[例句] 我再也无可奉告了，这本是重大的秘密。 I can't say any more, it's meant to be a big secret.
名 spirit，apparition，used to form a term of abuse for ignoble character，ghost；形 evasive，stealthy，terrible，bad ；
[例句] 让这事见鬼去吧，我可要走了。 To hell with this, I'm getting out of here.
[例句] 他们设法神不知鬼不觉地离开了海岸。 They managed to get away from the coast undetected.
动 （隐瞒； 隐藏） hide，conceal；形 hidden from view，concealed，latent，dormant；名 secret，hidden matters，a surname ；
[例句] 她的表情隐在阴影中，很难读懂。 Under the shaded light her expression was difficult to read.
[例句] 艾森豪威尔离开白宫，退隐到他在葛底斯堡的农场。 Eisenhower left the White House and retired to his farm in Gettysburg.
iron，ferrum(Fe)，hard，unshakable，[电影]Hierro；
[例句] 这张图片中的铁艺藤椅要价125英镑。 The rattan and wrought-iron chair pictured here costs £125.
[例句] 工厂里四处都立有铁柱支撑着房顶。 Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof.
circuitous，intricate，complications，intricacy，flection ；
[例句] 他一直是她曲折坎坷的生活中的主心骨。 He had been a rock in the shifting sands of her existence.
[例句] 该影片最精彩之处就是剧情的曲折离奇。 The surprise twists in the storyline are the film's greatest strength.
动 （继续； 接续； 接着） continue，succeed，follow；副 （继而） then，afterwards ；
[例句] 报纸上有很多关于继子女所面临的问题的报道。 There's been a lot in the papers about the problems facing stepchildren.
[例句] 他通常被认为是继爱因斯坦之后最伟大的科学家。 He is routinely described as the greatest scientist since Einstein.
名 west，the West，the Western world，Spain；形 （西洋的） Occidental，Western ；
[例句] 她直奔西蒙的房间，敲了敲门。 She went directly to Simon's apartment and knocked on the door.
[例句] 露西的冷淡与世故使得巴里十分不快。 Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.
[机] calibration，correct，align，aline，adjust ；
[例句] 他听收音机校准了他的表. He regulated his watch according to the radio.
[例句] 由于校准者的失误，图表里的数目并不准确。 The amount was misstated in the table because of an error by regulators.
activity，exercise，flexible，campaign；
[例句] 营业收入翻倍至250亿美元,得益于固定收益和股票领域兴旺的交易活动. Revenue doubled to $ 25 bn a boom in trading fixed income and equities.
[例句] 现在我们有 “ 单人间优惠”活动,只要三十美元一晚. But we've got a Single Super Saver Special going on right now – only $ 30 a night.
touch，contact，get in touch with，come into contact with，[电影]The Touch；
[例句] 我是献血者，我不能冒任何接触传染的危险。 I'm a blood donor; I can't risk any contagion.
[例句] 接触食物前尤其对洗手不能有半点马虎。 Be particularly fastidious about washing your hands before touching food.
act on，affect，action，function，effect ；
[例句] 首相承诺以色列将发挥积极的作用。 The Prime Minister has promised that Israel will play a constructive role.
[例句] 现在，工作在单身女性的生活中起着重要作用。 These days work plays an important part in a single woman's life.
形 （看不见东西； 瞎） blind；副 （不加思考地； 胡乱地） blindly；
[例句] 在双盲试验中，改善效果明显。 In a double-blind trial, there were definite improvements.
[例句] 雕像用一双盲眼俯视着他们。 The statue stared down at them with sightless eyes.
reduce，decrease，lessen，cut down，abatement ；
[例句] 职位减少后，在职工人总数将减至7,000人。 The job losses will reduce the total workforce to 7,000.
[例句] 他终于纠正了自己的错误说法，提出要减少费用。 He finally corrected his misstatement and offered to reduce the fee.
形 far，distant，distant in relationship，remote；动 （不接近） keep away from；名 （姓氏） a surname，far off ；
[例句] 他的目的地是乔伯姆公地，那里和他在科茨沃尔德的家离得很远。 His destination was Chobham Common, a long way from his Cotswold home.
[例句] 对于两个七十几岁的人来说，这段路太远了。 It's a long way to go for two people in their seventies.
形 sweet，honeyed，sweet-flavoured，sound ；
[例句] 苦中带甜的酒发挥了奇效，我们的精神随之振奋起来。 Our spirits rallied as the bitter-sweet alcohol worked its magic.
[例句] 如果你喜欢吃甜的就多加点蜂蜜。 Add more honey if you have a sweet tooth.
名 life，fate，lot，fortune；动 order，appoint，assign；
[例句] 多亏一块1/4英寸厚的防弹钢板，他才捡了条命。 His life was saved by a quarter-inch-thick bullet-proof steel screen.
[例句] 很快，整个武装部队开始公然抗命。 Soon the entire armed forces were in open revolt.