mind，breadth of mind ；
[例句] 旅行可以使人胸襟开阔. Travel broadens the mind.
[例句] 有宽容精神的人通常胸襟开阔. A tolerant person usually has breadth of mind.
wording，diction，expression，phraseology，phrasing ；
[例句] 如果换作我写这封信，我或许会用不同的措辞。 If I had written the letter, I might have worded it differently.
[例句] 我让她原原本本地重复一下帕蒂的措辞。 I asked her to repeat specifically the words that Patti had used.
short of money，hard up，in straitened circumstances，in low water ；
[例句] 为了供儿子读完大学，我们生活非常拮据。 We lived on the breadline to get our son through college.
[例句] 消费者支出在减少，商人感觉手头拮据。 Consumers are spending less and traders are feeling the pinch.
branch of learning，course，subject，discipline，knowledge ；
[例句] 专业学科充满陷阱，专套粗心大意的人。 Specialist subjects are full of pitfalls for the unwary.
[例句] 工程学和工艺学互不相同，也有别于自然学科。 Engineering and technology are disciplines distinct from one another and from science.
turn on the water，draw off，disembogue ；
[例句] 往浴缸里放水. Pour the water into the bath.
[例句] 她拔起塞子放水. She pulled the plug to let out the water.
loosen，unclasp，unfix，unlink，disentangle ；
[例句] 劳拉松开离合器踏板，沿车道慢慢驶离。 Laura let out the clutch and pulled slowly away down the drive.
[例句] 他轻轻松开油门杆，轮船开始缓缓前行。 He gently opened the throttle, and the ship began to ease forward.
in disorder，in a mess，untidy，messy ；
[例句] 维多利亚式房屋屋顶高耸，房间布局凌乱，因此可能会显得较为阴冷。 Victorian houses can seem cold with their lofty ceilings and rambling rooms.
[例句] 她走上前拥抱他并轻抚他凌乱的白发。 She walked forward and embraced him and stroked his tousled white hair.
（不幸的遭遇） adversity，misfortune，doom ；
[例句] 琼非常迷信，认为绿色会带来厄运。 Jean was extremely superstitious and believed the colour green brought bad luck.
[例句] 她给家庭带来了厄运。 She had brought ill luck into her family.
（禁止异己做官） debar from holding office ，keep in custody，imprison，confine，durance；
[例句] 历代封建统治阶级都力图用礼教把妇女禁锢起来. All through the feudal ages the ruling class did their best to shackle women with Confucian ethics.
[例句] 那句话在长期受到禁锢之后下意识地从她嘴里溜了出来. The words slipped out unawares from her mouth after the long constraint.
ebb tide，[海] falling tide，ebb-tide ；
[例句] 涨潮和落潮交替更迭. The flood and ebb tides alternates with each other.
[例句] 渔船趁着落潮出航. Fishing boats were standing down with the ebb.
（气势蓬勃横逸） bold [expressive] and unrestrained，moving and forceful，untrammelled，riot ；
[例句] 舞跳得非常奔放，就像在做有氧健身操一样疯狂。 The dancing is uninhibited and as frenzied as an aerobics class.
[例句] 她非常热情奔放。 She was very gushing and very effusive.
masterpiece，masterwork，classic ；
[例句] 作为一部小说，《一九八四》很难被列为杰作。 As a novel, Nineteen Eighty-four hardly ranks with the greats.
[例句] 这种长途汽车是体现德国工程设计水平的杰作。 The coach was a masterpiece of Teutonic engineering.
(hen's) egg ；
[例句] 每种菜谱都具体规定了所用鸡蛋的大小。 Each recipe specifies the size of egg to be used.
[例句] 她把鸡蛋轻轻地放在吉姆篮子里的稻草上。 She nestled the eggs safely in the straw in Jim's basket.
elder member of a family，elder，senior，eldership，father ；
[例句] 在长辈和上级面前要老老实实地坐着。 Sit down and be quiet in front of your elders and betters.
[例句] 我们家的孩子对长辈总是恭恭敬敬的。 The children in our family are always respectful to their elders.
ask about，inquire about，get a line on，pry into，refer to ；
[例句] 我向一两个摊贩打听了此事。 I asked one or two of the stallholders about it.
[例句] 她旁敲侧击地向她母亲的朋友们打听过几次。 She's making a few discreet inquiries with her mother's friends.
concern，drag in，involve ；
[例句] 不知怎的，他也牵涉在内。 Somehow or other he's involved.
[例句] 有人发现他与毒品贩卖牵涉很深. He was found to have a deep involvement in drug dealing.
ethmoid，[解] ethmoid bone ；
[例句] 多发于枕部(75%病例),有时会出现与额筛骨和顶骨. They are most commonly found in an occipital the cases the frontoethmoidal and parietal regions.
[例句] 目的通过研究鼻部筛骨钩突的CT影像 表现,评价16层螺旋CT多 平面重建成像价值. Objective To evaluate the value of MPR of ethmoidal uncinate processes using 16 slice spiral CT.
副 （表示有过某些行为或情况） once，at one time，at one time or another，e'er，ever；
[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.
[例句] 她现年87岁，曾经是齐格菲尔时事讽刺剧团的成员之一。 She's 87 years old, and a one-time member of the Ziegfeld Follies.
develop，evolve，evolution，evolvement，outcome ；
[例句] 周末右翼分子对外国人的攻击最终演变成了这场骚乱。 The unrest capped a weekend of right-wing attacks on foreigners.
[例句] 家鸡是由东南亚原鸡演变而来的。 Domestic chickens are descended from jungle fowl of Southeast Asia.
（音调） tone，note，pitch of voice，expression，ring ；
[例句] 他开始用一种带有鼻音的、抑扬顿挫的声调说话。 He started to speak in a nasal sing-song voice.
[例句] “他可真是太好心了，”埃莉诺声调呆板地说道。 "That's most kind of him," Eleanor said tonelessly.