critical，crucial，vital，important，make a difference ；
[例句] 我们略掉了我们认为对正文不甚紧要的脚注。 We have omitted footnotes which we judged inessential to the text.
[例句] 我们有一件紧要的事情. We have an urgent thing.
shut up ；
[例句] 戈登先生突然闭口不言，他的朋友们知道有哪儿不对劲了。 Mr. Gordon stopped talking, and his friends knew something was up.
[例句] 他知道罪犯是谁，但却闭口不说。 He knows the culprit but is not letting on.
nurse，nana ；
[例句] 他实际上已经相信了护士们的情况确实如此。 He actually became convinced that the nurses had an unanswerable case.
[例句] “你走路有困难吗？”护士问他。 "Can you walk all right?" the nurse asked him.
pass a test, examination, etc.，pass，check out，pass muster ；
[例句] 卢克曾经很想能及格，他大概现在还是很想。 Luke badly wanted a pass mark. Still does, I daresay.
[例句] 及格分为A到E几等。 Passes are graded from "A" down to "E".
set out，start on a journey，getaway，offgoing，setting out ；
[例句] 我定在6月29日启程。 D-day for my departure was set for 29th June.
[例句] 我会在格兰特到来之前就已经启程回家了。 I'd be homeward bound even before Grant arrived.
order (goods)，place an order for sth.，send for，speak for ；
[例句] 他们的完整目录售价5美元，第一次订购时可返还这5美元。 Their full catalogue costs $5, redeemable against a first order.
[例句] 国王迷上了订购化装用品和面具。 The King took a fancy to ordering disguises and masks.
echo，resound，reverberate，reecho，resound with ；
[例句] 一片赞成声在乌克兰议会中回响。 A roar of approval resounded through the Ukrainian parliament.
[例句] 那位年轻女医生的话在他耳畔回响。 The words of the young woman doctor echoed in his ears.
shower，needle bath，shower bath ；
[例句] 他走出淋浴间，开始用毛巾把身子擦干。 He stepped out of the shower and began towelling himself down.
[例句] 卫生间里装了两个抽水马桶、两个淋浴器、和两个洗脸盆。 The bathroom is furnished with 2 toilets, 2 showers, and 2 sinks.
picture recording，videotape，record a video of，kinescope ；
[例句] 俱乐部专门为高尔夫学员制作录像，以纠正他们的错误。 The club specialises in videoing its student golfers to correct their faults.
[例句] 那段录像里是7分钟极尽夸张搞笑的闹剧表演。 The video was seven minutes of high camp and melodrama.
waste，in vain，go to waste ；
[例句] 如果迈克尔赢了，那我一直以来努力争取的一切都将白费。 If Michael won, he would undo everything I have fought for.
[例句] 她的语气使他明白他是在白费口舌。 The tone of her voice told him he was wasting his breath.
wait upon，attend，care，take to，attend upon ；
[例句] 有很多仆人服侍她。 There were plenty of servants to wait on her.
[例句] 虽然他上了年纪, 但他不要别人服侍他. Old as he was, he refused to be waited on.
percentage，per centum，percent，percentum ；
[例句] 瑞士的失业率上升到了0.7%，这个百分比仍然不算太高。 Swiss unemployment rose to the still modest rate of 0.7%.
[例句] 你和你该死的百分比都见鬼去吧！ A plague on you and your damned percentages!
动 （旋转） roll，toss ；
[例句] 汽车辗过箱子时把它给压碎了. The box was crushed when the car ran over it.
[例句] 她向树后一闪,才没被车从身上辗过. A dodge behind a tree kept her from being run over.
（筹划举办） make preparations，make arrangements，promotion ；
[例句] 我们学院负责筹办这次会议. Our college is to make arrangements for the meeting.
[例句] 筹办方必须为那个灾难性的夜晚承担一部分责任。 Some of the blame for the disastrous night must be shouldered by the promoters.
work overtime，work an extra shift，work extra hours，overtime ；
[例句] 自从我开始加班以来，事情日趋恶化。 Since I started to work longer hours things have gone steadily downhill.
[例句] 开夜车加班我愿意，但周末休息没商量。 I'll work till late in the evening, but my weekends are sacrosanct.
phase of the moon，phase ；
[例句] 月相包括新月和满月. The phases of the moon include the new and the full moon.
[例句] 对史前猎人们而言,月相的更迭就如同心脏跳动一般准确无误. To prehistoric hunters the moon overhead was as unerring as a heartbeat.
pierce through，puncture，lay bare，expose ；
[例句] 这类谣言直到最近才被戳穿。 Such rumours have only recently been exploded.
[例句] 事实不容篡改, 谎言必须戳穿. Facts cannot be altered; lies must be exposed.
recall ；
[例句] 3,000多辆汽车因为刹车问题昨天被召回。 More than 3,000 cars were recalled yesterday because of a brake problem.
[例句] 休会的议员被匆匆召回开会. Parliament was hastily recalled from recess.
[数]common difference，[机]allowable error，allowance，tolerance；
[例句] 我已经出了一天半的公差. I've been on a business trip for a day and a half.
[例句] 这一机器部件的制造公差是0.01毫米. This machine part was built to a tolerance of 0.01 millimeters.
名 horizontal inscribed board or embroidered silk banner，a flat round split-bamboo basket，plaque ；
[例句] 女王陛下巡视完这家医院后，为纪念匾揭了幕。 After touring the hospital, Her Majesty unveiled a commemorative plaque.
[例句] 他还研究了在金字塔周围发现的古代石匾。 He also studied the ancient stone tablets from around the pyramids.