Iceland （国名， 位于大西洋东北） ；
[例句] 冰岛周围的浮冰群曾一度对船只航行构成威胁。 Pack ice around Iceland was becoming a threat to navigation.
[例句] 苏格兰队在冰岛举行的欧洲杯预选赛中处于领先位置。 Scotland were ahead in their European championship qualifier in Iceland.
well-known，famous，celebrated ；
[例句] 他们来到了全世界最有名的寻花问柳之地。 They had come to the world's most famous pick-up joint.
[例句] 旧时一些有名的巫师经常以祭品祈求他们所供奉神灵的助佑。 The great magicians of old always invoked their gods with sacrifice.
surround，encircle，hem in ；
[例句] 巍峨群山环抱村庄. Towering mountains surrounded the village.
[例句] 这座城市为高山所环抱. This town is beset with towering mountains.
hatch，brood，incubate，gestation，sitting ；
[例句] 鸟儿回到巢里继续孵卵。 The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
[例句] 雄性信天翁参与孵卵。 Male albatrosses share in the incubation of eggs.
leaf，foliage；
[例句] 它的叶子在灼热的阳光下微微耷拉着。 Its leaves drooped a little in the fierce heat of the sun.
[例句] 用销钉在顶上加固防护网，防止叶子落入。 Peg down netting over the top to keep out leaves.
intention，wish，will ；
[例句] 家庭之间不必敷衍应酬,可以直接了当,这是符合上天的意旨的. Entire freedom from the necessity of behaving agreeably was included in the Almighty's intentions about families.
[例句] 她仿佛到现在还在踌躇,是否应该拂逆她爸爸的意旨,去过音乐生涯. She seemed still to be trying to decide whether a concert career against her Papa's wishes.
break，break-in，interrupt，cut short，break in ；
[例句] 乔安妮刚要作保证，丹尼尔就把她打断了。 Immediately, Daniel cut in on Joanne's attempts at reassurance.
[例句] 图尔金拍拍他的肩膀。“不好意思打断您一下，上校。” Turkin tapped him on the shoulder. "Sorry to interrupt, Colonel."
check，ferret out，uncover，comb out ；
[例句] 森林资源清查中,多阶抽样并不局限于固定面积的抽样单元. Multistage sampling in forest inventory is not restricted to fixed - area sampling units.
[例句] 清查结果中的误差可能导致错误的决定. Errors in the inventory results may lead to erroneous subsequent dicisions.
（经历的过程） course，progress ；
[例句] 当你从内心深处找到一种可以忍受一切痛苦的坚强力量时，你的成长历程就会出现飞跃。 The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.
[例句] 显然，那是内心深处所经历的一次神秘历程。 That was clearly a deep mystical experience.
ghost，apparition，spirit，spectre，soul；
[例句] 他宣称自己完全不相信鬼魂现象。 He declared his total disbelief in psychic phenomena.
[例句] 那不是鬼魂，是实实在在的人。 It wasn't a ghost; it was a real person.
kowtow，kotow ；
[例句] 他们跪下并磕头. They went down on their knees and kowtowed.
[例句] 无数善瘌痢头信女们在磕头祈祷. Numous devout men and women are kowtowing and praying.
kilovolt (KV)，kv. ；
[例句] 他的车猛地撞到灯柱上，扯断了带电的电线，数千伏高压电流骤然通过车身。 Thousands of volts surged through his car after he careered into a lamp post, ripping out live wires.
[例句] 如果存在γ粒子, 可能产生几千伏的电位差. If gamma particles are present, potential differences of several thousand volts can be generated.
deeply regret，deplore ；
[例句] 他死了,大家深感痛惜. He died regretted by all.
[例句] 他痛惜他四年的生活就因大腿根部的伤被毁掉了。 He lamented that four years of his life had gone down the drain because of an injury to his groin.
（指修筑上的） cave in，collapse，overbreak，landslide ；
[例句] 大坝出现塌方. A section of the dam has caved in.
[例句] 他们的房子在一次塌方中被掩埋。 Their house was buried by a landslide.
in order to avoid，so as not to，lest，for fear，lest should ；
[例句] 牙医可能会决定拔掉那颗牙，以免反复发作。 A dentist may decide to extract the tooth to prevent recurrent trouble.
[例句] 用不同颜色的毡头笔画草图，以免搞混。 Use different colours of felt pen on your sketch to avoid confusion.
spoondrift，soup，spray，spindrift，white water ；
[例句] 一朵小小的浪花飞溅在我的脸上，紧接着更多的浪涌过来。 A little wave, the first of many, splashed in my face.
[例句] 海水冲击礁石, 激起高高的浪花. Swashing against the rocks, the breakers sent up a fountain of spray.
名 [化] （金属元素） zinc (Zn) ；
[例句] 他参与了石油、锌和铅的勘探。 He was involved in oil, zinc and lead prospecting.
[例句] 黄铜是铜锌合金。 Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.
short time，little ；
（谋生活） earn a living，make a living；
[例句] 他们或许讨厌他的营生，但他们要想活下来必须依靠他。 They may hate what he does but their survival depends on him.
[例句] 养马确实是个有风险的营生。 Horse breeding is indeed a risky enterprise.
[自] seek，lookup，res. ；
[例句] 我去了书店和图书馆查找资料，但什么也没找到。 I turned to bookshops and libraries seeking information and found none.
[例句] 我在灌木丛中四下查找。 I scouted round in the bushes.