nod one's head，nod，nod assent，nod one's agreement ；
[例句] 杯子被倒满时米芝敷衍性地点头示意。 Mitzi nodded a perfunctory acknowledgement as her glass was filled.
[例句] 他边听边点头，还吸着一支粗短的烟斗。 He nodded and puffed on a stubby pipe as he listened.
swarm，flock，stampede，throng ；
[例句] 下午6点钟大群大群的人从无数办公楼里蜂拥而出。 At six p.m. large groups poured from the numerous offices.
[例句] 门一开，人们蜂拥而出。 A stampede broke out when the doors opened.
promising，yu-wei ；
[例句] 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务. Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose.
[例句] 这正是男子汉发奋有为之时! This is the time for stout fellows to prove their worth!
cloth waste，macerated fabric，rag ；
[例句] 最简单的碎布地毯是由碎布条编在一起制成的。 The simplest rag-rugs are made with strips of fabric plaited together.
[例句] 我用沾满油污的碎布擦我的自行车. I use an oily rag to clean my bike with.
alignment，align，aline，register ；
[例句] 再折一下，把末端对齐。 Make another fold and turn the ends together.
[例句] 单元格里的数据应该靠左对齐。 The data in the cells should be left-justified.
material resources，matériel ；
[例句] 先前所投入的人力物力可能会付诸东流. The resources previously committed might have been committed in vain.
[例句] 你也许要考虑等到你确实有了人力物力再独自采取这一措施. You might consider waiting until you do have resources to do it alone.
jingle，pun，rhyme，rhyming ；
[例句] 他写了几首诗。锡德告诉他那几首诗都不押韵。 He had written a few poems. Sid told him they didn't scan.
[例句] 波特遵循押韵的规则。 Porter stayed within the rules of rhyme.
near at hand，shortly，soon ；
[例句] 成功在即. Success is in sight.
[例句] 选举在即，你的下院议员应当对你的要求作出积极的回应。 With an election coming soon, your MP should be very responsive to your request.
smallpox，variola，[医] pestis Variolosa，variola vera，[电影]Variola vera；
[例句] 他向世界卫生组织提供资金以帮助消灭天花。 He gave money to the World Health Organisation to help defeat smallpox.
[例句] 1742年,他染上了致命的天花. In 1742 he suffered a fatal attack of smallpox.
名 （马棚； 牲口棚） stable，cattle-shed，pen，stall ；
[例句] 牲畜已经喂好并关进厩里了。 The animals had been fed and stabled.
[例句] 他从厩里牵出马来,又唤来了猎狗. He fetched his horse from the stable and called to his hound.
statistics ；
[例句] 该学位课程将为数学和统计学打下扎实的基础。 The degree provides a thorough grounding in both mathematics and statistics.
[例句] 这些课程介绍的是统计学理论的基础。 These courses provide the groundwork of statistical theory.
television studio，studio，telestudio，teletorium ；
[例句] 通过关闭演播室和出售实况转播车将节省更多资金。 More cash will be saved by shutting studios and selling outside-broadcast vehicles.
[例句] 演播室观众席上传来紧张的低笑声。 There was nervous tittering in the studio audience.
[矿] grade ；
[例句] 他们认为他们的新大厦品位独特，可作为典范。 They viewed their new building as an exemplar of taste.
[例句] 我们知道艺术品位因人而异。 We know that taste in art is a subjective matter.
succeed to the throne，accede，accession to the throne，succession ；
[例句] 现任元首，兰尼埃三世亲王于1949年5月9日继位。 The present ruler, Prince Rainier III, succeeded to the throne on 9 May 1949.
[例句] 国王死后, 其长子 继位. When the king died, his eldest son succeeded ( to the throne ) .
[数] variation （函数的） ；
[例句] 磁带成本高，而且每录制一次音质就会变差一些。 Tape is expensive and loses sound quality every time it is copied.
[例句] 她的视力因年岁的增长而变差了. Her eyesight grew dim with age.
eavesdrop，wiretap，bug，intercept，wire tapping ；
weekly publication，weekly ；
[例句] 阿拉斯加的周报《苔原时报》本周停刊了。 The Tundra Times, a weekly newspaper in Alaska, ceased publication this week.
[例句] 来人是《萨加摩尔周报》的编辑兼老板. It was the editor and proprietor of the SAGAMORE.
[书] sage，philosopher，oracle，sadhu，swami ；
[例句] 这位哲人是百代之师. The sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.
[例句] 那位哲人的思想曾是许多青年的指路明灯. The philosopher's thinking was the beacon to many young people.
leading role [character]，lead，protagonist，（主要人物） major character，leading actor ；
[例句] 她在韦尔斯最具神秘色彩的一部电影中出演主角。 She starred in one of Welles's most enigmatic films.
[例句] 为了谁做主角的问题爆发了一场吵闹。 A catfight has erupted over who will get top billing.
spin，spinning，yarn manufacture ；
[例句] 我很喜欢纺纱. Spinning is one of my hobbies.
[例句] 她们纺纱、织布、煮饭以及料理家务。 They would spin and weave cloth, cook and attend to the domestic side of life.