assiduous，hardworking，painstaking，（俭朴） simple and frugal，assiduity ；
[例句] 该管弦乐队一直在刻苦排练演奏霍尔斯特和斯特拉文斯基的作品。 The orchestra's been swotting up their Holst and Stravinsky.
[例句] 要想精通英语就必须刻苦努力. To gain a complete mastery of English, one must study very hard.
the greater part，most，probably，most likely ；
[例句] 不稳定局面多半是由战争对经济的影响造成的。 Much of the instability stems from the economic effects of the war.
[例句] 她自己的12幅画卖得相当好，多半卖给了朋友和家人。 Her own twelve pictures sold fairly well, mostly to friends and family.
shameless，brazen，impudent，impudence，impudicity ；
[例句] 这一罪行如此卑鄙无耻，大家都不想声张出去。 The crime was so base that everyone wanted to hush it up.
[例句] 他们已经无耻到把能用的武器都用上了。 They've stooped to using any and every weapon at their disposal.
atom，mote，[计] corpuscle，fine grain，particulate ；
[例句] 固体微粒是从溶液中过滤出来的. The solid particles were filtered from the solution.
[例句] 物质是由叫做分子的微粒组成的. Substances consist of small particles called molecules.
bridge (a card game) ；
[例句] 我们玩几局桥牌吧。 Let's have a few rubbers of bridge.
[例句] 他向桥牌搭档使了个会意的眼色. He cast a sly glance at his bridge partner.
reader，readership ；
[例句] 在塞伊有生之年，他的作品拥有大量的读者。 Say's writings reached a wide audience during his lifetime.
[例句] 报纸价格的上涨将导致更多的读者不再订阅。 The paper'sprice rise will encourage readers to desert in even greater numbers.
morning glow，rosy dawn，rosy clouds of dawn，alpenglow，sunglow ；
[例句] 昨天的朝霞很绚烂。 There was a spectacular sunrise yesterday.
[例句] 火红的朝霞映照在她的脸上. The blood - red light of down flared on her face.
brothel，whorehouse，sporting house；
offset，balance，neutralize [cancel] each other，counterbalance，balance out ；
[例句] 收支相抵。 Outgoings and revenues balanced out.
[例句] 收支相抵, 尚余50元. After paying all the expenses, there is a balance of fifty yuan.
[航空] trim ；
[例句] 介绍一种适用于各类氧化还原反应方程式配平的方法——新代数法. A new algebraic method of balancing redox reaction formulas is introduced.
[例句] 最后, 本文给出了歧化反应方程式的简捷配平方法. Finally, the author put for - ward the forthright method of balancing equations.
Buddhist monk，bonze，monk，shaveling ；
[例句] 和尚要剃度，克利须那派教徒也一样。 Monks shave their heads, as do devotees of the Hare Krishna movement.
[例句] 管理层的决定仍让他丈二和尚摸不着头脑。 The management group's decision still boggled his mind.
sausage，[英] banger，allant(o)-，wust ；
[例句] 切香肠用的刀放在水槽里。 The knife for cutting sausage was sitting in the sink.
[例句] 将混合物拧成一段段的香肠，不要把皮弄破。 Twist the mixture into individual sausages without splitting the skins.
[胚] basilar plate，placode，basal lamina，basalia ；
[例句] 元件系用双股绕线网缠绕在一块绝缘基板上. The element employs a bifilar wound wire grid on an insulating substrate.
[例句] 全部细胞都附着到基板, 而有些细胞,不到达表面. All cells are attached to the basal lamina, but some do not reach the surface.
fight，struggle，strife，combat ；
[例句] 在我看来，是官员们煽动了这场争斗。 As far as I'm concerned the officials incited the fight.
[例句] 我今晚有点心神不定，这场争斗让我不安。 I'm a bit unsettled tonight. This war thing's upsetting me.
a sale of goods for charity or other worthy causes，charity bazaar，sale of work ；
[例句] 旧货义卖的组织者会感激地领受您捐赠的旧衣物。 Your old clothes will be gratefully accepted by jumble sale organisers.
[例句] 我们准备在学校里搞个旧物义卖。 We are having a jumble sale at our school.
become，turn into，prove to be ；
[例句] 你是什么样的人和你想成为什么样的之间的差距就是，你做了什么。 The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.
[例句] 他领受了坚振礼，成为英国国教会的一员。 He was confirmed as a member of the Church of England.
beard，moustache，bomb，whiskers，whisker ；
[例句] 他下巴上有一小撮胡须。 He had a small tuft of hair on his chin.
[例句] 比尔精心修剪了他的胡须。 Bill preened his beard.
stain，soil，pollute，smudge，befoul ；
[例句] 我不愿意伸手去抓那闪亮的黄铜门环，怕把它弄脏。 I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it.
[例句] 蓝墨水弄脏了她的新衣服. She messed up her new dress with blue ink.
woodenhead，apple head，[法] ignoramus，beetlehead，clodpate ；
[例句] 笨人难教. A stupid fellow is difficult to teach.
[例句] 她不愿与笨人为伍，而在她看来，大多数人都是笨人。 She doesn't suffer fools gladly and, in her view, most people are fools.
beguilement，camouflage，[法] pettifoggery，delusion，berley ；
[例句] 他打着受过良好教育的幌子到处欺瞒世人。 He was able to fool the world with his veneer of education.
[例句] 用尽一切欺瞒和阻挠的手段来避开协约国委员会的耳目. Every form of deception and every obstacle baffled the Allied Commission.