tax rate，rate of taxation，tariff rate，tax ratio，cess ；
[例句] 对于低收入的工人来说，边际税率至少为75%。 For low-paid workers, the marginal tax rate is at least 75%.
[例句] 布里奇波特市议会以9比8的投票结果通过了将税率提高5％的决定。 The Bridgeport Common Council voted 9:8 for a five percent tax increase.
call in question，query，oppugn ；
[例句] 人们想仔细分析他的作品，并对他的动机提出质疑。 People want to dissect his work and question his motives.
[例句] 审计员质疑这些合同是否合法。 The auditor has questioned the legality of the contracts.
headmaster，schoolmaster，president，chancellor，principal ；
[例句] 哪个校长只要犯了这样的错误都会被开除。 Any head teacher who made errors like this would be chucked out.
[例句] 他是英格兰西部一所公学的校长。 He was headmaster of a public school in the West of England.
change one's clothes，change dresses ；
[例句] 护士长查房以前,护士们要为病人梳洗 、 更衣 、 打扮,这成为每日例行的公事. The nurses came on their daily round of washing, changing, combing and prettifying the patients before the matron's inspection.
[例句] 他全身湿透了, 却不肯更衣. He was wet through, but he would not change.
examine (accounts)，check ；
[例句] 银行的责任在于查核出口商的单据必须与信用证的一致. The bank's responsibility is to verify that the explorer's documents conform to the letter of credit.
[例句] 欲知详情, 查核举报箱以下的资源. For details, check the URL in the resource box below.
check，verify ；
[例句] 要几份书面报价,仔细查对费用中包含的内容. Get several written quotations and check exactly what's included in the cost.
[例句] 可以在网上支付账单。此外，还能查对余额或订货结算单。 You can pay bills over the Internet. Additionally, you can check your balance or order statements.
chiltern ；
[例句] 这里有充足的砂质物铺盖不整合面. There is sufficient sand available to blanket the unconformity.
[例句] 局部出现砂质页岩薄层和碳质碎屑. Thin layers of sandy shale, and carbonaceous fragments are locally present.
chip，counter，jeton，jetton ；
[例句] 鲁比奥建议把石油当作所有贸易谈判的筹码。 Rubio suggests that oil be used as a bargaining chip in any trade talks.
[例句] 这个情报可以当作筹码，从英国人那里换取等价的消息。 The information could be used as a bargaining chip to extract some parallel information from Britain.
[宗] （基督教对耶稣基督的称呼） the Saviour，the Redeemer，Christ，Mahdi，redeemer；
[例句] 冥冥之中，他注定会成为摇滚乐的救世主。 He was somehow destined to become a rock messiah.
[例句] 这个异教团体的领袖把自己看作救世主一般的人物。 The cult leader saw himself as a Messianic figure.
cyclicity，循环性精神 cyclophrenia，循环性精神病 cyclothymosis，[生理] folie circulaire ；
[例句] 制造业循环性强, 因此,在经济下行中最先下滑,速度也较快. Manufacturing is highly cyclical, falling first and fast in a downturn.
[例句] 口服摄入砷化物的急性症状有恶心、呕吐、口腔和喉部烧灼感及腹部剧痛;可出现循环性虚脱. Symptoms of acute arsenic poisoning include nausea and abdominal pain followed by circulatory collapse.
civil official，civilian ；
[例句] 文官是按照职位的等级制结构组织起来的. Civil services are organized in hierarchical structures of offices.
[例句] 县长是个文官,稍稍掂出了事情的份量. The county magistrate was a civil official and he recognised the importance of the matter.
clap one's hands，applaud，applause，handclap ；
[例句] 所有人起立为他不可磨灭的英勇之举鼓掌。 Every person stood to applaud his unforgettable act of courage.
[例句] 当她走上台时，观众起立鼓掌欢迎。 When she walked onstage she was given a standing ovation.
colpus，prethoracic ；
[例句] 他把手伸进胸前口袋里拿雪茄烟盒。 He reached into his breast pocket for his cigar case.
[例句] 她一动不动地站着，低着头，双手紧扣在胸前。 She stood still, head bowed, hands clasped in front of her.
senior officer or official，commanding officer，chancellor，chief，ephor ；
[例句] 燧发枪团士兵琼斯奔向作战指挥室寻找他的中尉长官。 Fusilier Jones ran towards the Ops Room to find his lieutenant.
[例句] 长官，请您到指挥官的办公室来一下好吗？ Sir, could you please come to the commanding officer's office?
vent one's grievances，air one's grievance，pour out one's woes，complaint，plaint ；
[例句] 你可以去看看他，好好地诉诉苦。 You can go see him and have a good old moan.
[例句] 她那不断的诉苦真使我受不了. Her constant complaining just sticks in my craw.
expire，run out，come to an end ；
[例句] 他们在伦敦公寓的租契再过几个月就期满了. The lease on their London flat runs out in a few months.
[例句] 他8月份任职期满. His term of appointment expires in August.
read carefully and thoroughly，intensive reading，perusal，detailed reading，con ；
[例句] 有的书必须精读,有的只要稍加涉猎即可. Some books are for intensive study and some are for cursory reading.
[例句] 真诚精读的人很少,但粗读者却很多. There are few bona fide readers but many dippers.
hold，conceive，have，possess ；
[例句] 本赛季该俱乐部已经有73,500名持有季票的观众。 This season the club has had 73,500 season-ticket holders.
[例句] 该规定适用于持有公司股票的人。 The rule applies where a person owns stock in a corporation.
gate house，janitor's room，gatekeeper，doorman，gatehouse ；
[例句] 约翰在三层门房的最高层。 John was on the uppermost floor of the three-storey gatehouse.
[例句] 我会一直玩到门房过来熄灯。 I'll just play until the janitor comes round to turn the lights out.
offer as a tribute，present with all respect，consecration，dedication，get a commitment to ；
[例句] 弗吉尼娅还在尽力成为一位勤勤恳恳、全心奉献的母亲。 Virginia was still struggling to be a conscientious and dedicated mother.
[例句] 为表彰他的奉献精神，市长授予他荣誉奖章。 For his dedication the Mayor awarded him a medal of merit.