wait，expect，await，tarry，waiting ；
[例句] 持枪歹徒不慌不忙地走开，坐上一辆等候的汽车逃走了。 The gunmen calmly walked away and escaped in a waiting car.
[例句] 他们的医疗体系有很多不足：要排队等候，资源短缺，设备陈旧。 Their health-care system suffers from queues, shortages and ropey equipment.
incantation，curses，imprecation，exorcism，abracadabra ；
[例句] 夏尔马先生点上香，念起梵文咒语。 Mr Sharma lit incense and chanted Sanskrit mantras.
[例句] 再说一遍, 但这次省去那些诅咒语. Say that again, but this time leave out the swear - words.
landlord，landowner，host，laird，landholder；
shock absorber，[化] bumper，damper，snubber，absorber ；
[例句] 你认为我需要换新的减震器吗？ Do you think I need new shocks?
[例句] 最近以来, 我认为后减震器有些软, 想调整一下. Recently, I think after some soft shock absorber, you want to adjust.
（适度） moderate，（位置不偏于哪一面） well situated ；
[例句] 针对他们各人不同的需要挑选柔软、软硬适中或者坚硬的床垫。 Choose a soft, medium or firm mattress to suit their individual needs.
[例句] 安德烈娅有着深浅适中的棕发、灰色的眼睛和十分白皙的皮肤。 Andrea has medium brown hair, grey eyes and very pale skin.
（随口敷衍） strike up a conversation with sb.，say sth. to smooth over an embarrassing situation，accost ；
[例句] 我要是你,就不会设法跟她搭讪. I wouldn't try chatting her up if I were you.
[例句] 他很尴尬, 搭讪着走开了. Feeling embarrassed, he muttered a few words and walked off.
deuteranopia，aglaucopsia，aglaukopsia，achloropsia ；
[例句] 像红绿色盲, 白化病,血友病都是隐性遗传病,六指就是显性的. Does dominance hereditary disease have those ? Recessive have those again ?
[例句] 目的探讨以软性角膜接触镜矫正红绿色盲的可行性. Objective To explore the practicability of red green blindness correction with red soft contact lenses.
be addicted (to sth.)，get into the habit (of doing sth.)，addiction ；
[例句] 强效纯可卡因是市面上最容易让人上瘾的毒品。 Crack is the most addictive drug on the market.
[例句] 下午的小组谈到具体的上瘾病例以及其中的问题。 Afternoon groups relate to the specific addictions and problems therein.
[生] intercrescence，adnation，gemination ；
[例句] 所以他们结婚,并生了两个孩子,两年后. So they married and had two children two years later.
[例句] 两种类型的群体都自然存在并生灭作息. Both types of swarms have an emergent being and their own agenda.
relation by marriage，in-law ；
[例句] 喜欢指手画脚的姻亲最让人头疼。 Interfering in-laws are the prime sources of the blues.
[例句] 我们星期天要去拜访我的姻亲。 We're visiting my in-laws on Sunday.
before，beforehand，in front，ahead，afore ；
[例句] 工业订单在前几个月就已减少。 Industrial orders had already fallen in the preceding months.
[例句] 史蒂夫在前半小时里没说几句话. Steve barely said a handful of words during the first half hour.
later ages，later [future] generations，aftertime，afterworld ；
[例句] 惠特比镇因为布拉姆·斯托克著名的吸血鬼故事而名传后世。 The town of whitby was immortalised in Bram Stoker's famous Dracula story.
[例句] 诗人爱上了她，并以诗歌使她名传后世。 The poet fell in love with her and immortalized her in his verse.
block mass，crumb，conglomeration，gobbet ；
[例句] 云是天空中的水汽团块. A cloud is a mass of vapour in the sky.
[例句] 云是天空中的水汽团块。 A cloud is a mass of vapor in the sky.
agitatedly，excitedly，suddenly，abruptly ；
[例句] 眼见这不可遏止的悲恸勃然爆发,埃莉诺不可能保持沉默了. Elinor could no longer witness this torrent of unresisted grief in silence.
[例句] 每当有人对他的体重开玩笑时, 乔就勃然发怒. Whenever anyone teased Joe about his weight, he saw red.
hanger，hook，agrafe，agraffe ；
[例句] 门边有个钩子可以挂衣服。 There's a peg near the door to hang your coat on.
[例句] 看看钩子是否已完全旋进去了. Make sure that the hook is fully screwed in.
Aids，Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ；
[例句] 该国内地的很多地区无法即时报告艾滋病病例。 Many areas in the country'sinterior are unable to report Aids cases immediately.
[例句] 现在我们能公开谈论以前讳言不提的艾滋病问题。 We can now talk openly about AIDS which we couldn't before.
（船帆等挡住风） catch the wind ；
[例句] 你想出去兜风吗？ Would you like to go for a ride?
[例句] 我们星期天骑自行车去兜风了。 We went for a cycle ride on Sunday.
叹 Ah!，Oh, my!，Dear me!，My eye!，lumme ；
[例句] 哎呀，11点多了，我最好还是回家吧。 Whoops, it's past 11, I'd better be off home.
[例句] “一只会说话的猪!”他大声叫道，“哎呀，真是怪事。” "A talking pig!" he exclaimed. "Well, I'll be darned."
pathway，pathlet，alley，trail ；
[例句] 她选了低速挡小心翼翼地沿小径下行。 She selected a low gear and started down the track carefully.
[例句] 眼前有一条清晰可辨的小径通向山谷。 A clearly defined track now leads down to the valley.
connections through marriages，unite by marriage ；
[例句] 她和一位有身份的富人联姻. She had contracted an alliance with a wealthy man of rank.
[例句] 他们两家现已联姻. Their families are now connected by marriage.