feel embarrassed，feel awkward，make things difficult for，baffle，bewilderment ；
[例句] 她接受了这个令人为难的差事，负责打头几个电话。 She had the unenviable task of making the first few phone calls.
[例句] 好吧，也许我在那件事上使你为难了。 Well, maybe I stumped you on that one.
arrest，catch ；
[例句] 警察正在搜索整个乡村以捉拿逃犯. The police are scouring the countryside for the escaped prisoners.
[例句] 在捉拿那个罪犯的过程中,他起了作用. He was instrumental in catching the criminal.
(instrumental) solo，pay a solo ；
[例句] 曲终后紧接着就是他的弦乐独奏。 The piece segues into his solo with the strings.
[例句] 他的吉他独奏棒极了。 His guitar solos are just unbelievable.
wheat-straw ；
[例句] 那比根空麦秆子好不了多少. It's no better than a hollow stalk.
[例句] 他们用麦秆状吸管喝汽水. They suck soda water through straws tube.
fire，tribulation，hardship，suffering，crucifixion ；
[例句] 莫娜不为她经历的这场磨难所动，对自己表现出的勇气也态度淡然。 Mona remains unshaken by her ordeal and is matter-of-fact about her courage.
[例句] 各人质历尽磨难后安然生还。 The hostages emerged from their ordeal unscathed .
make over，renovate，emerge out of the old，retrofit，face lifting ；
[例句] 他把房间里所有的窗框都翻新了。 He had all the window frames in the room remade.
[例句] 房子翻新可能需要安装新的门框。 A retrofit may involve putting in new door jambs.
动 [书] （蜇） sting ；
[例句] 用镊子拔掉蜜蜂的螫刺。 Remove the bee sting with tweezers.
[例句] 蝎子有可以致命的螫针. The scorpion has a sting that can be deadly.
overload，overburden，excess load，extra duty ；
[例句] 分析人士担心超负荷运转的空中交通管制系统会面临崩溃。 Analysts fear the overstretched air traffic control system could reach breaking point.
[例句] 他让那个可怜的职员超负荷工作，却只支付极低的薪水。 He overworks and underpays the poor clerk whom he employs.
形 perfect，improve and perfect，consummate ；
[例句] 那些地区通过完善的公路系统相互连接。 The regions are interconnected by an excellent highway system.
[例句] 我用完善后的技术摘掉了纤维瘤。 I removed the fibroid tumours, using the techniques that I have perfected.
embryonic form，embryo，model，miniature，rudiment ；
[例句] 一种想法的雏形 the embryo of an idea
[例句] 现代自行车的雏形 the prototype of the modern bicycle
refugee，displaced person ；
[例句] 大多数难民等待救济的地方都不能挡风遮雨。 The area where most refugees are waiting is exposed to the elements.
[例句] 寻求避难者中有不到7%的人被视作政治难民。 Fewer than 7% of asylum seekers are accepted as political refugees.
possess，have，be provided with ；
[例句] 他具有我要找的伴侣应该具备的所有品质。 He had all the qualities I was looking for in a partner.
[例句] 这次会议具备了作为高度戏剧性的政治事件的一切要素。 The meeting had all the ingredients of high political drama.
cause [create] a sensation，make a stir，create quite a stir，stir ；
[例句] 这一罪行在全国上下引起一片轰动。 The crime sent shock waves throughout the country.
[例句] 演出十分轰动。 The show was a smash hit.
cross section，transverse section，transect ；
[例句] 穹丘的 横断面 为圆形或卵圆形. The domes are circular or ovoid in cross - section .
[例句] 桥面横断面可能由于过量的升力而发生扭转. The cross section of a bridge deck may twist as a result of excessive life.
store up，accumulation，accumulate，stock，cumulation ；
[例句] 他那蓄积已久的怒气,就像雷电般倾泻在莫德身上. All his accumulated nervous agitation was discharged on Maud like a thunderbolt.
[例句] 据说他 蓄积 了庞大的财富. He was said to have heaped up [ amassed ] great riches.
qualifications and record of service，longevity ；
[例句] 他说过不管资历如何，任何编辑人员他都有可能解雇。 He has said he will fire editorial employees without regard to seniority.
[例句] 很难为国民医疗保健系统的实验室招募到资历合适的高级科研人员。 There are problems in recruiting suitably qualified scientific officers for NHS laboratories.
alert，sharp-witted，vigilant，as sharp as a razor，canniness ；
[例句] 他的眼睛机警而又狡诈。 He had wary, foxy eyes.
[例句] 吉尔会发现你的秘密——她很机警! Jill will find out your secret — she never misses a trick!
（忽忙； 仓促） hastily，in a hurry，rush ；
[例句] 我们不可这样匆促作出决定. No ( such ) hasty decision should be made by us.
[例句] 他们被匆促调赴前线. They were hurried to the front.
Spinacia oleracea，spinach，spinage ；
[例句] 据说吃菠菜能使人强壮. Eating spinach is supposed to make you strong.
[例句] 菠菜蔫了. The spinach is shrivelled up.
hard to understand，obscure，unclear in meaning，obscurity ；
[例句] 他的散文文笔有力、内容庞杂，有时几近晦涩。 His prose is vigorous and dense, occasionally to the point of obscurity.
[例句] 这首诗再怎么晦涩，至少有一点是清楚的。 Whatever its obscurities, the poem was clear on at least one count.