set oneself against，oppose ；
[例句] 为了故意作对而继续这样做是不对的。 It would be wrong to continue out of perversity.
[例句] 如果你曾经和他作对过，就别想了，你没戏了。 If you ever cross him, forget it, you're finished.
at the beginning，originally，at the outset，in the first place ；
[例句] 剧本当初就是为电视而写的。 The original script was written with the idiot box in mind.
[例句] 事后再翻出当初谁说了什么当然是很危险的。 To ascribe opinions retrospectively is of course very dangerous.
make do with，make the best of，put up with ；
[例句] 我们的床单有些次，您将就着用吧。 We're a bit low on bed linen. You'll have to make do.
[例句] 电视观众只能将就着看一下已经看厌了的重播节目和二流电影。 Viewers will have to make do with tired re-runs and second-rate movies.
raw and processed material，raw stock，raw material，semifinished material ；
[例句] 我们进口原材料和能源，主要出口工业产品。 We import raw materials and energy and export mainly in-dustrial products.
[例句] 取材自同一原材料意味着啤酒的口味始终如一。 Taking ingredients from the same source means the beers stay the same.
（挡住压力； 抵抗） keep out，ward off，check，withstand ；
[例句] 他抬起手来抵挡那一拳。 He raised his hand to fend off the blow.
[例句] 她过后说起时会形容他的魅力难以抵挡。 Later, she would describe his magnetism as irresistible.
currency value，valuta ；
[例句] 这些硬币的币值不等. These coins are not equal value.
[例句] 币值巩固[坚挺]. Currency value is firm.
[光] slit ；
[例句] 我们仍不可能说电子究竟是通过双缝中的哪个狭缝. We cannot tell which slit the electron passed through.
[例句] 她的脚卡在那狭缝里了. Her foot wedged in the narrow crack.
reinsurance，reinsure ；
[例句] 同时,转销相关应收分保准备金余额. Meanwhile amount of the relevant reinsurance reserves receivable.
[例句] 同时, 冲减相应的分保准备金余额. In the mean while, It'shall offset it against the balance of the reinsurance reserve.
pincher trees，scrimp，folding，lap mark，cockle ；
[例句] 在严重的折皱作用下,摩擦阻力在织物抗折皱能力中仅居次要地位. In severe creasing the frictional resistance plays only a minor role in determining the crease resistance.
[例句] 因此,折皱回复性能是考核织物性能的重要指标之一. So the crease recovery is a one of them.
tree stool，stock，butt，[英方] mock，stub ；
[例句] 野餐时石头和树桩都充当了椅子. Rocks and stumps supplied the place of chairs at the picnic.
[例句] 我磕到了树桩上,胫部擦破了皮. I barked my shin on a tree stump.
generous，kind，wide and thick，magnanimous，lenience ；
[例句] 她对每个人每件事都很热心、宽厚。 She is warm-hearted and kind to everyone and everything.
[例句] 当时他特别宽厚,将这件工作交给了我. And then he was awfully decent about giving me this job.
follow the example of，model oneself on，learn from，emulate，imitate ；
[例句] 随后150年，许多人效法于他。 Over the next 150 years, many others followed his lead.
[例句] 供学生效法的榜样 a paradigm for students to copy
pluck，pick ；
[例句] 这些花一朵也不要采摘. Don't pick off any of these flowers.
[例句] 这些巴西果采摘者所卖的钱仅为纽约批发价格的2%到3%。 The brazil nut gatherers were paid only 2 to 3 percent of the New York wholesale price.
（狭小） narrow，cramped，constraint，uneasiness ；
[例句] 埃莉诺是个扭捏局促的小学生。 Eleanor was a reluctant, anxious pupil.
[例句] 走红地毯的礼遇让他感到很局促。 He is embarrassed by the red carpet treatment.
unload，discharge ；
cut price，reduce price，depreciate ；
[例句] 顾客们知道我们的清仓大甩卖是实实在在的全场降价。 Customers know that our stocktake sales offer genuine markdowns across the store.
[例句] 买衣服是最划算的，许多衣服都降价了。 Clothes are the best bargain, with many items marked down.
facing each other，face-to-face，front to front，vis-à-vis，F2F；
[例句] 从那时起,我一直渴望和他面对面地聚会. Ever since then I've been longing to meet him face to face.
[例句] 我和她面对面坐着. I sat face to face with her.
exceed，go beyond，pass，overstep ；
[例句] 凯特已经邀请了艾伦和她一起过逾越节。 Kate had invited Alan to spend the Passover with her.
[例句] 父母担心他们可能会逾越这些无形的界限。 Parents fear they might overstep these invisible boundaries.
license plate，license tag，registration mark ；
[例句] 我很快就学会了识别牌照前面的代码。 I soon learnt to read the licence plates' prefixes.
[例句] 当旧的汽车牌照满期,你得领取新的. You must obtain a new automobile license when your old one expires.
toning ；
[例句] 巴尔迪只加了少许咖啡给牛奶调色，还剩下很多。 Bardi coloured the milk with the slightest touch of coffee, of which there was still plenty.
[例句] 画家把颜料混进油里来调色. A painter tempers his colours by mixing them with oil.