mortgage，hold in pledge，hypothecate，pledge，guaranty ；
[例句] 有数千客户拖欠其贷款和抵押贷款还款。 Thousands of its customers are in arrears with loans and mortgage payments.
[例句] 我们已经建立了人们纳税详情、抵押贷款以及人头税的档案。 We already have files on people's tax details, mortgages and poll tax.
push forward，promote，give impetus to，goose，drive ；
[例句] 在证券交易所，市场在大量买单的推动下有所上扬。 On the Stock Exchange, aggressive buying propped the market up.
[例句] 杰伦·拉尼尔创造了“虚拟现实”这个词，并成为推动其早期发展的先驱人物。 Jaron Lanier coined the term "virtual reality" and pioneered its early development.
delay，lag，defer，postpone，detention ；
[例句] 各种严重的并发症延迟了他的出院。 Serious complications have delayed his release from hospital.
[例句] 外交官们认为繁文缛节造成的延迟是在所难免的。 Diplomats believe that bureaucratic delays are inevitable.
trial，experiment，test，examination，experimentation ；
[例句] 他们已在临床试验中接受过这种药物的治疗。 They have been treated with this drug in clinical trials.
[例句] 这只不过是你可以做的各种试验中的一例罢了。 That's just one example of the kind of experiments you can do.
permit，allow，permission，allowance，admission ；
[例句] 他得到指挥官的许可来与我会合。 He got permission from his commanding officer to join me.
[例句] 未经许可停放的车辆将会被轮夹锁住或拖走。 Unauthorized vehicles will be wheel clamped or towed away.
appraisal，appraise，identify，authenticate，checkup ；
[例句] 这门学位课程经电气工程师学院鉴定完全合格。 This degree programme is fully accredited by the Institution of Electrical Engineers.
[例句] 在这次调查中，DNA指纹鉴定起了决定性的作用。 DNA fingerprinting has proved the clincher in this investigation.
名 wall，wall of structure，sth. resembling a wall，perpendicular cliffside，cliff ；
[例句] 警方称他们像往常一样碰了壁，没人吭气。 The police say they met the usual wall of silence.
[例句] 晃动液体可以使容器壁破裂。 Sloshing liquids can rupture the walls of their containers.
名 meat，flesh，pulp；形 spongy，slow moving；
[例句] 用餐叉把肉叉走，分到4个盘里。 Remove the meat with a fork and divide it among four plates.
[例句] 我大腿太粗，肚子上也净是赘肉，让我很发愁。 My bulging thighs and flabby stomach made me depressed.
estimate，evaluate，take stock of，size up，compute ；
expansion，amplify，upstep，broaden，enlarge ；
[例句] 11月美国的贸易赤字扩大到75.9亿美元。 The US trade deficit widened to $7.59 billion in November.
[例句] 在过去的17年中，收藏的规模不断扩大。 The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years.
动 accomplish，complete，fulfil，finish，achieve ；
[例句] 当时费了极大的劲,才说服国会拔款七百万美元来完成这笔交易. Congress was prevailed upon only with greatest difficulty to appropriate $ 7 million to complete the deal.
[例句] 他刚完成了朋友委托的一对床头柜,赚了700美元. He just finished a pair of nightstands commissioned by afriend paying $ 700.
fault，slip，[律] unpremeditated crime，offense，blame ；
[例句] 她因受到挑衅而过失杀人的有罪答辩被驳回。 Her plea of guilty to manslaughter through provocation was rejected.
[例句] 那些司机必然会受到过失杀人的指控。 Those drivers should face an automatic charge of manslaughter.
动 （堵； 填入） fill in，squeeze in，stuff；名 （塞子） stopper；
[例句] 他将文件叠起来，塞进自己的书桌抽屉里。 He folded the papers and stuck them in his desk drawer.
[例句] 监狱只好拼命往里面塞犯人。 Prisons are having to pack in as many inmates as possible.
[物] wavelength，wavelengh，[电影]Wavelength；
[例句] 蓝光的波长比红光的短。 Blue light has a shorter wavelength than red.
[例句] 广播1台已经用这个波长广播多年了. Radio One has broadcast on this wavelength for years.
track，pathway，orbit，trajectory，path；
[例句] 其轨道速度一定是在每秒几百米。 Her orbital speed must be a few hundred meters per second.
[例句] 更为大型的卫星将被送入轨道。 Yet bigger satellites will be sent up into orbit.
名 place，a surname；
[例句] 好吧，不管怎样，还是要感谢你所做的一切。 Well, at any rate, let me thank you for all you did.
[例句] 反堕胎者所作的加强法规的尝试失败了。 An attempt by anti-abortionists to tighten the rules was defeated.
形 （宏大； 远大） great，grand，magnificent；名 （姓氏） a surname，macro ；
[例句] 这部自传体的宏篇巨制是她漫长事业生涯的必然成果. This massive autobiographical work was the logical culmination of her long career.
[例句] 宏辞非雄辩. Wealth of words is not eloquence.
position，place，seat，location；
[例句] 调整天线的位置和方向以达到最佳接收效果。 Adjust the aerial's position and direction for the best reception.
[例句] 他被派往厄立特里亚侦察敌军位置。 He was sent to Eritrea to reconnoitre the enemy position.
代 （相互；彼此） each other，mutual ；
[例句] 家家有本难念的经，也都难免互生嫉妒，但总归血浓于水。 Families have their problems and jealousies, but blood is thicker than water.
[例句] 儿童会通过在操场上对打或互骂的方式解决争端。 Children would settle disputes by trading punches or insults in the schoolyard.
动 be used to，be in the habit of，spoil，indulge；形 habitual，customary，incorrigible，hardened ；
[例句] 我不愿意被人当作是个娇纵惯了的电影皇后。 I don't want to be treated like a cosseted movie queen.
[例句] 以他惯有的冲动和勇气，彼得一头扎进了冰冷的水中。 With characteristic rashness and valor, Peter plunged into the icy water.