by chance，by coincidence，happen to，as luck would have it，at it happens；
[例句] 让人感到惊奇的是，板球碰巧也是我最喜欢的运动。 By a curious twist of fate, cricket was also my favourite sport.
[例句] 如果你碰巧能和他说话，让他给我打个电话。 If you happen to talk to him, have him call me.
property，quality，character，nature；
[例句] 这一聚合物的性质目前是个商业机密。 The nature of the polymer is currently a trade secret.
[例句] 这份材料里只有一些已公开的、非保密性质的信息。 The material consisted only of already published, unclassified information.
chat，chew the rag，chitchat，cose，confabulate with ；
[例句] 你可以和其他在线的人聊天。 You can chat to other people who are online.
[例句] 他们聊天时会在阳台上抖搂浴巾。 They would flap bath towels from their balconies as they chatted.
break the rules，breach of rules，[体] foul，infraction of rules，illegality ；
[例句] 他在第32分钟时因故意手球犯规被罚下场。 He got sent off for deliberate handball in the 32nd minute.
[例句] 有个裁判认为投球犯规. One of the judges thought it was a foul throw.
cheekbone，malar bone，[解] zygoma，zygomatic bone，malar ；
[例句] 她颧骨高高的，非常漂亮。 She was very beautiful, with high cheekbones.
[例句] 他的脸棱角分明，颧骨突出。 He had an angular face with prominent cheekbones.
circumstances，one's lot，condition，plight ；
[例句] 我试图将先前的境遇从大脑中抹去。 I was trying to blank out previous situations from my mind.
[例句] 我讨厌手头拮据的境遇. I hate feeling fenced in by lack of money.
outlaw，ban，prohibit，forbid，clamp down ；
[例句] 杂志被无端取缔了。 No reason was given for the banning of the magazine.
[例句] 英国的健康专家正努力争取取缔任何形式的香烟广告。 Britain's health experts are pushing for a ban on all cigarette advertising.
cod，codfish，cod-fishing boat，ling ；
[例句] 冷盘咸鳕鱼是加泰罗尼亚的一道特色菜。 A Catalan speciality is to serve salt cod cold.
[例句] 他们把捕到的鳕鱼和鲈鱼卸下来。 They unloaded their catch of cod and bass.
level，degree，extent，grade，how ；
[例句] 他很大程度上是个新闻记者和宣传者。 He was in large part a journalist and propagandist.
[例句] 结果显示舆论出现一定程度的右倾。 The result reflects a modest rightward shift in opinion.
complexion，look，facial expression，face，color ；
[例句] 他头发凌乱，没刮胡子，脸色苍白。 His hair was disheveled, and his face was unshaven and gray.
[例句] 他一看到夏普浸满鲜血的制服，脸色顿时变得煞白。 His face blanched as he looked at Sharpe's blood-drenched uniform.
accommodate oneself to，yield to，give in to，humour，indulge ；
[例句] 迁就新闻界充其量只是个权宜之计. The accommodation for the press was makeshift at best.
[例句] 如果要和平,我们都必须迁就一点. We must all give and take a little if we want peace.
confidence，faith，positiveness；
[例句] 利率有望早日下调，从而增强了人们的信心。 Hopes of an early cut in interest rates bolstered confidence.
[例句] 他呼吁自己的同胞不要丧失信心。 He appealed to his countrymen not to lose heart.
crowd，push and squeeze，congest，huddle，invade ；
[例句] 拥挤的人群和喧闹的噪音可能会让游客有些茫然不知所措。 Sightseers may be a little overwhelmed by the crowds and noise.
[例句] 在那些拥挤的街道她的穿着并未引起注意。 In those crowded streets her attire did not rate a second glance.
gain，win，obtain，bear off，conciliate ；
[例句] 他以压倒性多数赢得上月的总统选举。 He won last month's presidential election by a landslide.
[例句] 他参加过多次比赛，赢得了数枚金牌。 He entered for many competitions, winning several gold medals.
[逻]conclusion ，verdict，epilog，epilogue，summing-up ；
[例句] 他根据被俘囚犯提供的证据得出了这个结论。 He based his conclusions on the evidence given by the captured prisoners.
[例句] 相关科学家对不同模型的结论给予不同的权重。 The scientists involved put different weight on the conclusions of different models.
constitution，charter ；
[例句] 巴西称其宪法禁止个人占有能源资产。 Brazil says its constitution forbids the private ownership of energy assets.
[例句] 战后，为制定宪法组织了一次会议。 After the war, a convention was set up to frame a constitution.
（回击） fight back，return fire，counterattack，retaliate upon ；
[例句] 当那两名男子还击时，袭击他们的少年逃之夭夭。 The teenage attackers fled when the two men fought back.
[例句] 士兵们在遇袭后予以还击。 The soldiers returned fire after being attacked.
cowhide，cow leather，brag，oxhide，cowskin ；
[例句] 辛格尔顿是个牛皮大王，他自称有一条空手道黑带。 Singleton was a fantasist who claimed to have a karate blackbelt.
[例句] 妈妈洗完这些牛皮就吃不下饭去. By the time Mama finished washing the " cowhide'she never had any appetite.
brusgue，rigid，stiff，arbitrary，angularity ；
[例句] 他一字一顿，听上去很生硬。 His voice was harsh as he enunciated each word carefully.
[例句] 他那直截了当、往往还粗鲁生硬的办事方式无疑会激怒一些人。 His direct, often abrasive approach will doubtless ruffle a few feathers.
curl up，wind around，drift about ；
[例句] 炊烟旋绕. A wisp of smoke is curling up from a chimney.
[例句] 乐曲声在耳边旋绕不绝. The tune kept going round and round in my head.