twitch-grass，thatch，couchgrass，couch grass ；
[例句] 茅草亭是独自放松和读书的阴凉清幽之所。 Thatched pavilions provide shady retreats for relaxing and reading in privacy.
[例句] 茅草料天生冬暖夏凉。 Thatch is naturally warm in winter and cool in summer.
head of a gang，ringleader，chieftain，cock ；
[例句] 该队队员装扮成毒品贩子，诱捕罪犯头目。 The team posed as drug dealers to trap the ringleaders.
[例句] 叛军头目是一名在逃的不法之徒。 The rebel leader was a fugitive from justice.
interrupt，interruption of power supply，outage，blackout ；
[例句] 预备一些蜡烛以防断电. Keep some candles as a standby in case the power fails.
[例句] 发动机断电装置和方向盘锁无法保护汽车的内部。 Engine cut-out devices and steering wheel locks do not protect the car's contents.
[农] pruning，secateur ；
[例句] 请问您今天下午用修枝剪 吗 ? Do excuse me you use pruning shears this afternoon?
[例句] 先生自己管园子,整天不是在那儿修枝,就是在那儿除草. Does the gardening and he's always pruning and weeding.
名 （碎末） bits，scraps，crumbs；形 （琐碎） trifling；动 （认为值得） think sth. worth doing ；
[例句] 他用大衣袖子把碎屑掸掉。 He cleaned the flakes away with his coat sleeve.
[例句] 她擦掉嘴角的面包屑。 She flicked a crumb off the corner of her mouth.
[建] noise elimination，damping，soundproofing ；
[例句] 几分钟之后普洛丝小姐已站在他身旁消声说话. Within a few minutes, Miss Pross stood whispering at his side.
[例句] 必须提供适当的消声和隔振以及防冻措施. Suitable noise and vibration isolation, and protection against freezing must be provided.
resign，resignation，quit，send in one's jacket；
natural gift，talent，natural endowments，flair，dowry ；
[例句] 当他还是个小学生的时候, 就显示出了天资聪慧. As a schoolboy, he showed every sign of genius.
[例句] 她作为一名艺术家,靠其天资和勤奋获得了成功. Her talent and hard work gained her success as an artist.
memorandum，[法] aide-mémoire，capsule，abridgment，capsulize ；
[例句] 金秋时节略呈红黄色的树叶 leaves with red and gold autumn tints
[例句] 剧本经过节略,以拍摄电视片. The play was abridged for TV.
be an accomplice，assist in a crime or evil，accomplice，accessory，accessary ；
[例句] 他糊里糊涂地成了犯罪的帮凶。 He became an unwitting accomplice in the crime.
[例句] 他是这谋杀案的帮凶. He is an accessary to the murder.
hail，cheer，acclaim，jubilate，herald；
[例句] 在甲板上,一阵欢呼喧嚷过后,屠宰开始了. On the ship's deck, after the whoops and hollers, the butchering begins.
[例句] 多兰将头探出窗户向欢呼的人们致谢。 Doran stuck his head out of the window to acknowledge the cheering.
trust，count on，have faith in，depend (on)，confide ；
[例句] 我信赖他的友情，也相信他的判断。 I depended on his companionship and on his judgment.
[例句] 它看上去不像是最可信赖的动物。 He does not look the most reliable of animals.
intense，sharp，fierce，violent，fury ；
[例句] 那意味着几个月的激烈谈判开始了。 That was the cue for several months of intense bargaining.
[例句] 言辞激烈的右翼领袖在会后收敛了他的好战言论。 The fiery right-wing leader toned down his militant statements after the meeting.
fool，blockhead，simpleton，addlehead，flathead；
[例句] 人们总认为我是个傻瓜，想必他们是对的。 People always think I'm a fool, and I dare say they're right.
[例句] 他竟然跟她扯到了一起，真是傻瓜！ He'd been a fool to get involved with her!
[佛教] future world，next world，the world to come，afterdeath，eternity ；
[例句] 你相信有来世吗？ Do you believe in a life hereafter?
[例句] 这传道士向我们许诺会有来世. The preacher promised us eternity.
（诨名； 外号） nickname，agname，byname，epithet，monicker ；
[例句] 当他大一点时，我给他起了个“小阿尔夫”的绰号。 When he got older I nicknamed him Little Alf.
[例句] 安德鲁听到雷切尔给婴儿起的绰号时，不禁高兴得大笑起来。 Andrew roared with delight when he heard Rachel's nickname for the baby.
[化] alums，white alum，alumen （也叫明石， 通称白矾），alum ；
[例句] 明矾可以澄清浊水. Alum will settle turbid water.
[例句] 给这杯热水添加缓慢的明矾. Add the alum slowly to the cup of hot water.
provide an explanation，argue that ...，justify，explain away，allegation ；
[例句] 破坏了医院的纪律，埃米将不得不为自己辩解。 Hospital discipline was broken. Amy would have to explain herself.
[例句] 我不太善于为自己辩解。 I'm not very good at explaining myself.
entice，tempt，attract，allure，beguile；
be surprised，be amazed，be astonished，surprise ；
[例句] 他说出那些令人诧异的话时，心里都在想些什么？ What was going through his mind when he spoke those amazing words?
[例句] 见到他我颇感诧异。 I was somewhat surprised to see him.