名 tongue ，sth. shaped like a tongue，a surname，lingua ；
[例句] 他说话有点咬舌。 He has a slight lisp.
[例句] 巴西甜酒相当于是巴西的龙舌兰酒。 Cachaca is Brazil's answer to tequila.
[生理] vision，visual sense，sense of sight，visus，seeing ；
[例句] 蓝色和灰色的柔和色调营造出明快、亮丽的视觉感观。 Soft tones of blue and grey create a clean, bright look.
[例句] 要使电脑动画的视觉效果达到要求的逼真程度，花费会十分昂贵。 At the required level of visual verisimilitude, computer animation is costly.
arouse，motivate，excite，inspire；
[例句] 教师们如何才能改进教学以激发创造性呢？ How can faculty improve their teaching so as to encourage creativity?
[例句] 这些诗激发了一代又一代孩子的想象力。 These poems have helped kindle the imagination of generations of children.
sewage，slops，effluent，drainage，sewerage ；
[例句] 污水中的营养物确实会加快港口的海藻生长。 Sewage nutrients do increase algal growth in the harbour.
[例句] 上游的城市将污水排放到河里。 Cities upstream use the river to get rid of sewage.
develop，spread，launch，carry out，deploy ；
[例句] 有必要让公众在充分知情的状况下展开辩论。 There needs to be a properly informed public debate.
[例句] 两家航空公司将在票务和航班安排上展开合作。 The two airlines will cooperate on ticketing and schedules.
harm，damage，loss，cause loss to，damnification ；
[例句] 他右眼视力有损伤。 He has a visual impairment in the right eye.
[例句] 如果受到损伤，神经细胞再造的能力有限。 Nerve cells have limited ability to regenerate if destroyed.
[数] [物]focal point，focus，central issue，centre ；
[例句] 此次会议可能有助于将关注焦点放在经济上。 The conference may help to focus attention on the economy.
[例句] 《焦点》杂志的政治立场可以称为中间偏右。 The political slant at Focus can be described as centre-right.
动 （因痛苦、悲哀或感情激动而流泪） cry，weep，sob，blubber，laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth ；
[例句] 媒体的关注把她弄哭了。 The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.
[例句] 他喜怒无常，一会儿哭，一会儿笑。 He is unpredictable, weeping one moment, laughing the next.
the masses，general public，the common people，clamjamfry，concourse ；
[例句] 多达2,000名群众热烈欢迎冠军。 A tumultuous welcome from a 2,000 strong crowd greeted the champion.
[例句] 他比其他任何人都更积极地鼓动那里的群众。 He did more to rouse the crowd there than anybody else.
circulate，circulating，circulation，currency，mobilization ；
[例句] 商品现在可以在欧盟各国自由流通。 Merchandise can now circulate freely among the EU countries.
[例句] 她的房子光线充足，空气流通，清新整洁。 Her house is light and airy, crisp and clean.
名 tax，duty，a surname，tallage，geld ；
[例句] 出口商品不需要交购买税。 Purchase tax was not payable on goods for export.
[例句] 他亲口承认自己在佛罗里达从事房地产投机生意时逃过税。 By his own admission, he evaded taxes as a Florida real-estate speculator.
become vestigial，degenerate，deteriorate，retrograde，degeneration；
[例句] 鸡的翅膀逐渐退化, 不会在空中飞行了. The wings of the chicken have become vestigial; it can no longer fly.
[例句] 在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。 There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.
名 channel，ditch，groove，rut，chimb ；
[例句] 他熟练地左一拐右一拐地绕过深沟，穿过了原野。 Expertly he zigzagged his way across the field, avoiding the deeper gullies.
[例句] 在深约0.5英寸，间隔12英寸的条播沟里播种。 Sow the seeds in drills about 1/2in. deep and 12in. apart.
名 organized body，agency，people's commune，society ；
[例句] 作为一名社工，我每年仅挣15,000。 I only pull in 15,000 a year as a social worker.
[例句] 她表达了对被一位社工采访的愤恨。 She expressed resentment at being interviewed by a social worker.
动 take out，take，put forth，obtain by drawing, etc. ；
[例句] 发动机舱里的水由一条软管抽走。 Water in the engine compartment is sucked away by a hose.
[例句] 每场表演期间，我们将以抽彩方法送出大奖。 During each show we will be raffling a fabulous prize.
make，manufacture，engineer，create，fabricate ；
[例句] 他们用各种废料制造堆肥。 They make compost out of all kinds of waste.
[例句] 奥尔特曼制造的一些紧张氛围开始缓解。 Some of the tension Altman builds up starts to sag.
形 slow，tardy，late，delayed；名 （姓氏） a surname ；
[例句] 迟来者就在门外和窗户外站着。 The latecomers stood just outside at door and window.
[例句] 迟来的生日礼物 a belated birthday present
check up，inspect；
[例句] 每天都有人来检查是否一切都井然有序。 Someone comes in every day to check all is in order.
[例句] 旅客通过入境检查后领取了自己的行李。 The passengers went through immigration control and collected their baggage.
assemble，fit together，fit out，assembling，assemblage ；
[例句] 送到时是一套盒装组合家具，再就地装配起来。 It arrives as a flat pack and is bolted together on site.
[例句] 直升机已经更新换代，装配了现代化设备。 Helicopters have been upgraded and modernized.
动 arrange，put in order，reorganize，sort out，clean up ；
[例句] 他将自己的访问整理成了一份600多页的报告。 He wrote up his visit in a report of over 600 pages.
[例句] 我会把你原来房间的床铺整理好。 I'll make up the bed in your old room.