long ago，for a long time，already ；
[例句] 好运就是当机会来临时，你早已做好了准备。 Good luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.
[例句] 多年不用的车轮早已锈迹斑斑。 The wheel had long since rusted from years of disuse.
historical data，historical materials ；
[例句] 这些材料无所谓有什么史料价值. These materials can't be said to have much value as historical records.
[例句] 艺术品和珍贵史料全被无情地毁掉了. Works of art and priceless historical records were ruthlessly destroyed.
clumsy，inept，[医] sinstrous，awkward，footless ；
[例句] 他是个个子高而笨拙的18岁小伙子。 He was a tall, ungainly boy of 18.
[例句] 这些笨拙的古怪作品似乎在传达信息。 These elephantine oddities seem to carry messages.
同 “襻” [pàn]，（构词成分）见 “袷袢” [qiā pàn] ；
[例句] 肾小球血管袢薄而清晰. The capillary loops of the glomerulus are well - defined and thin.
[例句] 注意血管袢和系膜的关系. Note the relationship of the capillary loops to the mesangium.
song of praise，paean ；
[例句] 该会议将成为对女性成就的一曲赞歌。 The Conference will be a celebration of women's achievements.
[例句] 这首赞歌是希腊一位名不见经传的作曲家为1896年的雅典奥运会创作的。 The hymn was written by an obscure Greek composer for the 1896 Athens Olympics.
名 [化] （酰基） acyl ；
[例句] 谷酰胺或天门冬酰胺的酰胺氮作用较氨更有效. The amide nitrogen of glutamine or asparagine functions more effectively than ammonia.
[例句] 过氧化苯甲酰 、 特别是偶氧二异丁腈不参加链移反应. Benzoylperoxide, and especially azobisisobutyronitrile, do not take part in transfer reactions.
muffle，silencer，[化] muffler，snubber ；
[例句] 据说消音器是用来消除引擎的噪声的. The silencer is supposed to silence the engine noise.
[例句] 它后面的消音器已有一条裂缝. It had a split in the muffler.
appendicitis，ecphyaditis，epityphlitis ；
[例句] 做完急性阑尾炎手术后，他正在医院康复。 He is recovering in hospital after an operation for acute appendicitis.
[例句] 他得了阑尾炎. He came down with appendicitis.
iron hoop，hoop ；
[例句] 那个孩子在滚铁环. The child was rolling a hoop.
[例句] “ 两星期前用一根推铁环的棍子和贝恩-罗杰换的. ” " Bought it off'n Ben Rogers two weeks ago for a hoop - stick. "
dress the ranks，line up，draw up ；
[例句] 今晚整队建筑工人都在那儿了. A whole gang of builders is there tonight.
[例句] 当整队人马到达耶路撒冷时, 正值逾越节. When the party arrives in Jerusalem, it is Passover time.
pretend，feign，act，artificialness ；
[例句] “贾尔斯今早来电话了，”米雷拉装作若无其事地说。 "Giles phoned this morning," Mirella said with feigned indifference.
[例句] 我装作一副无动于衷的样子，递给她200美元钞票。 Affecting nonchalance, I handed her two hundred dollar bills.
natural，spontaneous，[医] Indian physic，unaffected，artless ；
[例句] 花园充其量不过是抗拒自然的一时之法。 A garden is, at best, a holding operation against nature.
[例句] 他怨恨你是很自然的事。 It is only natural that he should resent you.
work of art，art，artwork ；
[例句] 房子里摆满了昂贵的家具和艺术品。 The house is crammed with priceless furniture and works of art.
[例句] 该三件套是苏富比艺术品拍卖会上的一件拍品。 The trio are part of Sotheby's sale of Works of Art.
[植] Ferula asafoetida （伞形科多年生多汁草本， 乳状汁入中药），asafetida ；
[例句] 采用HPLC法测定阿魏酸的含量. The content of ferulic acid was determined by HPLC.
[例句] 结论: 阿魏酸钠注射液对冠心病心绞痛有较好疗效. Conclusion: Sodium ferulate injection is fairly effective in patients with angina pectoris.
a secret meeting of lovers，a lovers' rendezvous，tryst ；
[例句] 有人说艺术是一种幽会, 因为艺术家和欣赏者可在幽会的乐趣中相遇在一起. It has been said that art is a tryst , for in the joy of it maker and beholder meet.
[例句] 她正在同她那位当民族歌手的未婚夫幽会. She was at a meeting with her fiance, the folk singer.
centrosphere ；
[例句] 按一般标准衡量, 地核是由相当致密的物质组成的. Judge by ordinary standards, the core is made of rather dense stuff.
[例句] 地球的中心是地核,地核的周围是地幔. The earth has a core and a mantle around it.
[穴位] Zhongting (CV 16)，atrium，cortile ；
[例句] 他发现烟和毒害性气体可通过中庭迅速向上传播. He has found that smoke and toxic gases can be transported swiftly up through the atrium.
[例句] 简要论述了华电办公楼中庭的室内设计手法. The method of interior design of Huadian office building is briefly discussed.
autocrat，dictator，monocrat，autarch，czar；
[例句] 独裁者及他的亲信从他们的国家榨取大约50亿到100亿美元 ( 拉塞尔沃森 ) The dictator and his cronies had milked their country of somewhere between $ 5 billion and $ 10 billion ( Russell Watson )
autobiography，memoir ；
[例句] 昨天她闭门独处，对她的自传作最后的润色。 Yesterday she was incommunicado, putting the finishing touches to her autobiography.
[例句] 他的自传精装本已经卖出了36,000多册。 His autobiography has sold more than 36,000 copies in hardback.
prize，award，trophy，testimonial，spoil ；
[例句] 您必须通过拨打我们的领奖电话来领取奖品。 You must claim your prize by telephoning our claims line.
[例句] 我的职责之一是分发奖品。 One of my jobs was to hand out the prizes.