take notes，keep the minutes，keep an account of，record；
[例句] 志愿者记录下他们一周所吃的所有食物。 The volunteers kept a record of everything they ate for a week.
[例句] 他甚至将记录他以前伟绩的录像带通通锁起来了。 He had even locked away all the videos of his previous exploits.
（愉快而兴奋） glad，happy，pleased，elated，be delight with ；
[例句] 这个晚上最让人高兴的就是精彩的焰火表演。 The most pleasurable experience of the evening was the wonderful fireworks display.
[例句] 你怎么样，伦诺克斯？很高兴看到你能下床走动了。 How are you Lennox? Good to see you up and about.
language，borderism，lang.，parole，talk ；
[例句] 它用讽刺的语言呈现了天主教作家郑重其事表明的观点。 It presented in satirical terms points made in earnest by Catholic writers.
[例句] 乌克兰人所说的那种斯拉夫语系的语言类似于俄语。 The Ukrainians speak a Slavonic language similar to Russian.
theory，exoterica，frame of reference，theoretics ；
[例句] 我真应该跟我这些愚蠢的朋友理论理论！ I shall have words with these stupid friends of mine!
[例句] 几年来已经有好几个类似理论相继提出。 Over the years several similar theories have been put forward.
migrate，immigrate，emigrate，immigrant，[电影]The Immigrant；
[例句] 投资移民目前必须拥有800, 000加币的净资产. Investor immigrants are required to have net assets of $ 800, 000.
[例句] 移民签证申请者必须支付额外的75美元. Applicants for immigrant visas must pay an additional $ 75 charge.
flaw，fissure，chine，gash，crack ；
[例句] 天花板是灰色的，而且有裂纹。 The ceiling was grey and cracked.
[例句] 盘子上有一道裂纹。 The plate had a crack in it.
wood，timber，lumber，log，lignum ；
[例句] 许多人受雇于监狱的木材和金属加工厂。 Many are employed in the prison's wood and metalwork factories.
[例句] 这些材料摘自《柯林斯优秀木材手册》。 This material has been extracted from "Collins Good Wood Handbook".
go under water，dive，[地] phreatic water，ground water，diving ；
[例句] 除了租救生衣，水上运动爱好者还应该考虑租一套潜水服。 Watersports enthusiasts should consider hiring a wetsuit as well as a lifejacket.
[例句] 我们蹲在水池旁，看着潜水者慢慢沉下水。 We squatted beside the pool and watched the diver sink slowly down.
echo，bounce back，reverberation，resounding，reecho；
[例句] 大多数蝙蝠靠回声定位来飞行。 Most bats navigate by echolocation.
[例句] 她在山顶上大声喊着,然后聆听着回声. She shouted on the mountaintop and listened for the echo.
reality，practice，actual，fact；
[例句] 我们需要的不是善意但难以实现的宣言，而是实际行动。 What we need is not manifestos of pious intentions, but real action.
[例句] 高速公路的实际覆盖面积还不到农村地区的0.1%。 Motorways actually cover less than 0.1 percent of the countryside.
tactile [tactual] sensation，sense of touch，touch reception，thigmesthesia，feeling ；
[例句] 热、冷、触觉和其他感觉构成了食物风味的一部分。 Heat, cold, tactile and other sensations contribute to flavour.
[例句] 她有视觉、听觉、触觉、嗅觉和味觉。 She can see, hear, touch, smell, and taste.
rise and fall，ups and downs，heave rolling，undulate，gurgitation ；
[例句] 狂风大作，海面上波浪起伏。 A gale was blowing and the sea was choppy.
[例句] 石油市场因当天来自日内瓦的报道出现了起伏。 Oil markets oscillated on the day's reports from Geneva.
fresh water，freshwater ；
[例句] 盐水比淡水的传导性强得多。 Salt water is much more conductive than fresh water is.
[例句] 淡水和其他商品短缺。 Fresh water and other commodities are in short supply.
happy，joyous，gay，conviviality，fun and game ；
[例句] 他们在一起少不了欢乐和嬉戏。 Their relationship is never short on fun and frolic.
[例句] 她使他们的童年充满欢乐，无忧无虑。 She had made their childhood so joyous and carefree.
名 cooked cereals，meal，rice；
[例句] 像平常一样，他们是在厨房吃的饭。 They ate, as they usually did, in the kitchen.
[例句] 你花不多的钱就可以吃一顿很特别的饭。 You get an interesting meal for a reasonable price.
prevalent，popular，fashionable，rage，be the rage ；
[例句] 玛丽女王开启了青花瓷在英格兰的流行风尚。 Queen Mary started the fashion for blue and white china in England.
[例句] 她还幻想着自己能成为流行歌星。 She has some cockeyed delusions about becoming a pop star.
hide，conceal，fly [lie] low，incubate，fallow；
[例句] 嘲笑声的背后潜伏着一种越来越强烈的不安。 Behind the mocking laughter lurks a growing sense of unease.
[例句] 科学家们知道癌症可能会潜伏多年。 Scientists know that cancer may not show up for many years.
名 clan，a death penalty in ancient China, imposed on an offender and his whole family,or even the families of his mother and wife，race，nationality，fami
[例句] 那里的通勤一族平均上下班要花5个小时。 The average commuter journey there is five hours long.
[例句] 报纸使用了新词“丁克族”，即“双收入无子女”。 The newspaper used the neologism "dinks", Double Income No Kids.
measure，metric，tolerance，magnanimity，measurement ；
[例句] 我们无法直接度量出疼痛的程度，而只能是作出估计。 We cannot measure pain directly. It can only be estimated.
[例句] 埃及人很有可能用不同长度的24小时来度量日子。 The Egyptians probably measured their day in twenty-four hours of unequal length.
keep watch on，keep a lookout over，guard，monitoring，scout；
[例句] 他也讨厌被暗中监视。 He also took exception to having been spied on.
[例句] 警方利用电子监视设备跟踪绑架者。 Police keep track of the kidnapper using electronic surveillance equipment.