fast，go on a hunger strike，apastia ；
[例句] 那孩子躺在床上, 因绝食而显得脸色苍白,身子瘦弱. The boy lay on his bed, pale and thin from fasting.
[例句] 所有绝食的犯人均需强迫进食. All the prisoners on hunger strike had to be force - fed.
arrive，come，be along，come across ；
[例句] 学生常常赶数百英里的路来到这里。 Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here.
[例句] 兄弟几个总是要到正午前后才姗姗来到工作室。 The brothers usually roll into their studio around midday.
sunset，sundown ；
[例句] 日落后大约两小时战斗打响了。 The fighting broke out about two hours after sundown.
[例句] 日落时开斋，按传统会吃椰枣、喝水。 The fast is broken at sunset, traditionally with dates and water.
supplement ；
[例句] 作者是本报副刊记者. The writer is Lianhe Zaobao's zbNow reporter.
[例句] 文章第三部分功利性地分析了《晨报副刊》之所以成功的所在. At the third part, it analyses the reasons the Supplement to Morning News can succeed materialistically.
warm oneself by a fire，nurse a fire，toast ；
[例句] 烤火鸡时润以油脂以免烤干. The turkey is basted to keep it from drying out.
[例句] 大家就拢来烤火取暖. They all moved towards the fire to get warm.
（舌）tongue，（活捉来的敌人） an enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information ；
[例句] 特迪咂了咂舌头，活像个不以为然的英国女舍监。 Teddy clucked his tongue like a disapproving English matron.
[例句] 他伸出舌头，鼻翼扇动着。 He stuck out his tongue and flared his nostrils.
translation，version，rendering ；
[例句] 这本书我读的是译本, 不是挪威文原著. I read the book in translation, not in the original Norwegian.
[例句] 兰尼有这七个戏剧的法文译本. Lanny got a French translation of the seven plays.
precious (mineral) deposits，treasure-trove，buried treasure (usually national resources)，mine，storehouse；
[例句] 金矿并非无底的宝藏，金子终究会被采光。 A gold mine is not a bottomless pit, the gold runs out.
[例句] 该协会的档案对学者来说简直是宝藏。 The society's archives are a treasure trove for scholars.
spread out，unfold，lay open ；
[例句] 他会吃两片阿司匹林，然后摊开手脚躺在床上。 He would take two aspirin and sprawl out on his bed.
[例句] 罗兰多趴着睡着了，四肢摊开，打着呼噜。 Rolando lay sprawled on his stomach, snoring.
zebra，[主美西部] pinto ；
[例句] 斑马的黑白条纹 a zebra's black and white stripes
[例句] 狮子一会儿就吃掉了一匹斑马. The lions devoured a zebra in a short time.
（封建首领地位的诸候） a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period ，hegemon，overlord ；
[例句] 西班牙曾经是海上霸主. Spain once dominated the seas.
[例句] 哦,不错,欢迎我们的新霸主. Awesome ! I for one welcome our new overlords ---- AcoRS.
rainfall ；
[例句] 维多利亚瀑布今年的降雨量超过了平均水平。 Victoria Falls has had above average levels of rainfall this year.
[例句] 媒体报道称24小时内的降雨量达到了65毫米。 Press reports said that 65mm of water fell in twenty four hours.
a dumb person，mute，dummy ；
[例句] 你倒说话 呀,今儿个怎么哑巴了? Spit it out! Have you lost your tongue?
[例句] 你说 呀 !装什么哑巴? Speak! Stop playing dumb.
philosophic theory，philosophy，philosopher's stone ；
[例句] 这其中大有哲理. There is much philosophy in it.
[例句] 他想, 母亲的话中有一定的哲理. There was a certain wisdom in his mother's words, he thought.
politico，politician ；
[例句] 政客们想要的是不问是非、甘为他们搞宣传的哈巴狗一样的新闻媒体。 Politicians want a lap-dog press which will uncritically report their propaganda.
[例句] 政客们说这可能会导致议会解散。 Politicians say it could lead to a dissolution of parliament.
名 [口] （父亲） pa，dad，dada，father，Dad ；
[例句] 肯普先生，特德一直很难相处——像他爸。 Ted's always been difficult, Mr Kemp — he takes after his dad.
[例句] “爸，”他说，“我觉得不舒服。” "Pa," he said, "I don't feel well."
drop，relinquish，give up，forgo，relinquishment ；
[例句] 缓期不等于作罢. Forbearance is no acquittance.
[例句] 既然开始下雨了, 我去散步的念头只好作罢. Now it's started raining ; so much for my idea of taking a walk.
get rusty，rust，rustiness，rusting ；
[例句] 我们多年来都开着一辆生锈的旧货车四处旅行。 We spent years travelling around in a rusty old van.
[例句] 生锈和掉漆说明金属配件损毁严重。 Rust and flaking paint mean the metalwork is in poor condition.
believer，disciple，devotee，a man of God，saint；
[例句] 圣女贞德终于在1920年由教皇本尼狄克十五世封为圣徒。 Joan of Arc was finally canonized by Pope Benedict XV in 1920.
[例句] 他荣升为圣徒是有充分理由的。 His elevation to sainthood is entirely justified.
[书] （土地的长和宽） length and breadth of land ；
[例句] 我们乘车穿越这片有着湖泊及森林的广袤而神奇的土地。 We were driven across this wondrous vast land of lakes and forests.
[例句] 他喜欢澳大利亚乡间广袤的开阔地. He liked the wide open spaces of the Australian countryside.