tea water，tea ；
[例句] 她一下子转身面向他，茶水溅了出来都没注意到。 She swung around to him, spilling her tea without noticing it.
[例句] 女性成员轮流准备茶水。 The tea is prepared on a rota basis by the lady members.
tea，tea plant，teabush，tea tree ；
[例句] 山坡上植了茶树. The slopes of the hills were planted with tea bushes.
[例句] 这是一座茶树种植园. This is a tea estate.
they，them ；
[例句] 我们服的药相对来说药性温和，但是我们却在把它们变成毒药。 We're taking relatively benign medicines and we're turning them into poisons.
[例句] 它们是刚出炉的。我早上去面包房买回来的。 They're freshly baked. I fetched them from the baker's this morning.
via，by way of ；
[例句] 每人可购买的票的限额已经由四张降至两张。 The quota of four tickets per person had been reduced to two.
[例句] 民兵首领已拦阻了该地区经由陆上运送食品的车队。 Militia leaders had halted overland food convoys in the region.
why，why is it that，how is it that，forwhy，whereto ；
[例句] 不知为什么他讲这些故事时一点都不害怕。 Somehow he tells these stories without a note of horror.
[例句] 我真的不明白为什么要改变它。 I really don't see any reason for changing it.
（用反问语气表示不必） there is no need，why ；
[例句] 你何必为已发生的事没完没了地自责？ Why do you persist in blaming yourself for what happened?
[例句] 你何必自找麻烦为你姐姐的狗所累 呢 ? Why do you burden yourself with your sister's dog?
winter ；
[例句] 冬天的突然降临让铁路和航空运输系统陷入混乱。 The sudden onset of winter caused havoc with rail and air transport.
[例句] 难以想象人们将怎样熬过这个冬天。 It is hard to see how people will get through the winter.
breadth of mind，ambition，aspiration ；
[例句] 他被指无趣乏味，古板守旧，心胸狭窄。 He was criticised for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded.
[例句] 我觉得人们现在心胸不够宽广。 I don't think people are in a very forgiving mood.
ring ；
[例句] 她翻了三个抽屉之后才找到指环. She rummaged three drawers before she found her ring.
[例句] 他中指上戴着指环. He wears a ring on his middle finger.
silk thread (for sewing)，silk yarn ；
[例句] 工艺人员服务公司也售卖纱线和绣花丝线。 Craft Resources also sells yarn and embroidery floss.
[例句] 真金的丝线被织进布料里为皇室做衣裳. Threads of real gold were woven into the cloth for the royal garments.
plug，stopper，tap，pack，stopple ；
[例句] 钻孔已塞上了塞子。 A plug had been inserted in the drill hole.
[例句] 将塞子塞进洞口。 Wedge the plug into the hole.
teaching material ；
[例句] 英语教材和词典到处都有卖的。 English textbooks and dictionaries are on sale everywhere.
[例句] 我打算把这篇文章用作教材. I intend this article as teaching material.
cry，voice，[电影]Hue and Cry；
[例句] 上个月激进分子对地方自治的呼声更高了。 Activists stepped up their demands for local autonomy last month.
[例句] 最近几周，要求将他解职的呼声越来越高。 Demands for his dismissal have gathered momentum in recent weeks.
day，man-day，[计] weekday，working day ；
[例句] 在工作日，房间的1/3用作办公区域。 On weekdays, one third of the room functions as workspace.
[例句] 警察在工作日的任何时刻都可能有危险. A policeman could meet danger any minute of his working day.
keep a record of events，make a memorandum，account，record of events，adversaria ；
[例句] 伦敦空袭那阵我已开始记事，但也只是仅仅有些模糊的印象。 I am old enough to remember the Blitz, but only just.
[例句] 她写了一篇旅法记事录. She wrote a memoir of her stay in France.
liner，ocean liner，packet ship，mail liner，post boat ；
[例句] 除非受恶劣天气干扰，南非邮船一般在星期五上午抵达。 The South African mailboat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened.
[例句] 他是这班邮船的船长. He is the captain of the packet.
divine by astrology，cast a horoscope，horoscope ；
[例句] 这个发现似乎能印证流行占星术的一些说法。 This discovery seems to validate the claims of popular astrology.
[例句] 任何善于运算的人都可以成为占星家。 Anyone can be an astrologer as long as they are mathematically minded.
poetry，poetic quality or flavour ；
[例句] 他的音乐比真正的诗歌更具诗意。 His music is purer poetry than a poem in words.
[例句] 盖尔语是本世纪苏格兰第三种富有诗意的语言。 The third resonantly poetic language of Scotland this century is Gaelic.
political [state] power，regime，kaiserdom ；
razor，shaver，shave ；
[例句] 他把剃刀插在插座上，给它充电。 He plugged his razor in to recharge it.
[例句] 别玩弄那把剃刀. Don't fool with that razor.