（跟另一方有矛盾） conflict，contradict，clash，collide，collision ；
[例句] 他笑了笑，不想让那个人产生抵触情绪。 He smiled, not wanting to put the man on the defensive.
[例句] 这项立法与他们所谓的自由贸易相抵触。 This legislation is inconsistent with what they call Free Trade.
名 pulp，flesh，pith，the interior part of certain things；形 turbid，spongy，[方]have not capacity ；
[例句] 接着，她闷着头愤愤地掏空瓜瓤。 Next, she disembowelled a melon with a quiet fury.
[例句] 这西瓜瓤儿太肉了. The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.
mixed，heterogeneous，jumbled，of mixed content ；
[例句] 所讨论者皆纷乱错杂. There discussions were complicated.
[例句] 论述了脏腑寒热错杂的病机,寒热配伍的功效作用是寒热配伍的依据. The efficacy of the compatibility of cold and drugs is the proof and basic of compatibility.
compression engine，compressor ；
[例句] 他们用一台空气压缩机把大气中的空气吸进来, 加以压缩, 然后送入船舱. They used an air compressor to take in atmospheric air , compress it, and force it into the cabin.
[例句] 发电机 、 混凝土搅拌机和空气压缩机的吼声,震荡山谷. Generators, cement - mixers, air compressors shook the ground.
at last，in the end，finally，eventually，by-and-by ；
[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.
[例句] 几部让人翘首企盼的录像片终于将在这个月到货。 Several long-awaited videos will finally arrive in the shops this month.
build，construct，animate，erect，to build ；
[例句] 苏珊娜是从1956年开始修建这个花园的。 It was 1956 when Susanna started the work on the garden.
[例句] 修建这些道路时考虑到了温度的逐渐变化。 The roads are built to accommodate gradual temperature changes.
deal with，cope with，（将就） make do，oppose，breast ；
[例句] 哈里森抱怨说他的同事联手对付他。 Harrison complained that his colleagues ganged up on him.
[例句] 卫生部门现在知道如何对付这种病了。 The health authorities now know how to deal with the disease.
lobster，bermuda lobster，crayfish，prawn，langouste ；
[例句] 用粗剪将龙虾壳剪成小片。 Cut the lobster shells into small pieces with heavy-duty scissors.
[例句] 厨师安东用龙虾和芦笋搭配，制作出了一道口感很好的菜肴。 Anton the chef concocts a sensual coupling of lobster and asparagus.
credit，credit hour ；
[例句] 现在他只需再修两个学分就可以毕业了。 Now he needs only two credit hours to graduate.
[例句] 他的学分不够取得学位. He hasn't enough credits to get his degree.
prisoner，convict，criminal，the guilty，culprit ；
[例句] 这将意味着更多候审犯人会被拘押在警局拘留室。 This will mean more remand prisoners being held in police cells.
[例句] 这个监狱的犯人被关在他们的囚室里。 The prison's inmates are being kept in their cells.
100 per cent，out-and-out，sheer，downright ；
[例句] 她在自己熟悉的领域里对自己的行为有十足的把握。 On her own ground she knows exactly what she's doing.
[例句] 这个城市本身充满活力，个性十足。 The town itself was full of life and character.
Sweden（国名，位于北欧斯堪的纳维亚半岛东部） ；
[例句] 雪利的兄弟现在在瑞典做心脏外科高级顾问医师。 Shirley's brother is now a consultant heart surgeon in Sweden.
[例句] 去年瑞典人平均休病假27天。 The average Swede was off sick 27 days last year.
daybreak，foredawn，before dawn，dawning，dayspring ；
[例句] 拂晓时分南希醒了。 Nancy woke at dawn.
[例句] 夜里暴风雨过后,拂晓清新而晴朗. The morning dawned fresh and clear after the storm at night.
[建] lighting，daylighting，pick or pluck till none is left，light selecting ；
[例句] 金矿并非无底的宝藏，金子终究会被采光。 A gold mine is not a bottomless pit, the gold runs out.
[例句] 这个房间有十来扇窗户,采光甚佳. The room was well lighted by a dozen windows.
odontiasis，odontosis，dentition，dentia，teething ；
[例句] 埃玛掰了一块脆饼干给正在出牙的贾辛塔。 Emma broke off a bit of rusk and gave it to Jacinta, who was teething.
[例句] 我孩子的牙齿在出牙期整天整夜的疼. My baby has teething pain all day and night.
pessimistic，pessimism ；
[例句] 现在看来似乎悲观论者是正确的。 It looks as if the pessimists are being proved right.
[例句] 哈代由于对生活持过度悲观的态度而常常受到批评。 Hardy has often been criticised for an excessively pessimistic view of life.
questions and answers，interlocution ；
[例句] 常识问答比赛 a general knowledge quiz
[例句] 常识问答竞赛 a general knowledge quiz
（事物本来的性质； 素养） quality，diathesis，making，stuff ；
[例句] 他想引进具有领导素质的成熟人才。 He wanted to introduce mature people with leadership qualities.
[例句] 他对该行业中新人的低素质予以了批评。 He deprecated the low quality of entrants to the profession.
to the end，to the finish，at last，in the end，bitter end ；
[例句] 我真的不理解这到底有什么意义，简直是愚蠢透顶。 I don't see the point in it really. It's just stupid.
[例句] 我不能判定他到底是英勇无畏还是精神失常。 I couldn't decide whether he was incredibly brave or just insane.
policy，guiding principle，orientation，course，guide line ；
[例句] 在医院，经营方针和病人都是医生所要关心的。 In hospitals, business plans vie with patients for doctors' attention.
[例句] 这与奥韦尔的指导方针出奇地吻合。 It fits Orwell's guidelines almost uncannily.