（查明矿藏分布情况） prospect，prospection，prospecting，reconnaissance，prospect for ；
[例句] 他参与了石油、锌和铅的勘探。 He was involved in oil, zinc and lead prospecting.
[例句] 奥瑞克斯是一家设在达拉斯的石油和天然气勘探生产公司。 Oryx is a Dallas-based oil and gas exploration and production concern.
tone，tune，pitch，tonality ；
[例句] “伙计们，我想你们不介意我抽烟吧？”他拉长音调说。 "I guess you guys don't mind if I smoke?" he drawled.
[例句] 他因为唱歌音调偏低而被炒了。 He had been fired because his singing was flat.
administration of justice，judicature，judicial，judiciary，elisor ；
[例句] 他被控谋划妨碍司法公正。 He was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
[例句] 他承诺要让司法正义不受阻碍地得到伸张。 He promised to allow justice to run its course unimpeded.
small opening，hole，[冶] pore，aperture gap ；
[例句] 充填在潜水面以下孔隙中的水不是静止的. The water that fills the pores below thewater table is not static.
[例句] 孔隙通道的 横截面 面积沿其长度方向变化. The cross - sectional areas of the pore openings vary along their length.
sell，sales，market，vendition；
[例句] 医生们抱怨他们疲于应付医药公司的销售人员。 Doctors are complaining about being barraged by drug-company salesmen.
[例句] 被解雇的管理人员包括前销售经理、主管和会计。 The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants.
[冶] [工] quench，quenching，chilling，dowse，quencher ；
[例句] 表面淬火 或渗碳法应用十分广泛. The case - hardening or carburizing process is in wide use.
[例句] 此种损失称为淬火, 呈两个方面. This loss, termed quenching , may arise in two ways.
（超出规定数量或范围的） extra，additional，added，superfluity ；
[例句] 股票和债券能给人带来不菲的额外收入。 Shares and bonds can bring one quite a considerable additional income.
[例句] 他们现在又采取额外措施来核实客户的信用度。 They now take extra steps to verify the creditworthiness of customers.
动 burn，scald，heat up in hot water，warm；形 （物体温度高） very hot，scalding ；
[例句] 你常出汗或是脸上常发烫吗？ Do you sweat a lot or flush a lot?
[例句] 她表兄是美发师，正在免费给她烫发。 Her cousin, a hairdresser, was perming her hair as a special treat.
normal，regular；
[例句] 当然，并不是所有的酗酒者和吸毒者都会生育出不正常的后代。 Of course, not all alcoholics and drug abusers produce deviant offspring.
[例句] 这台仪器可以辨别癌细胞和正常的细胞。 The device can discriminate between the cancerous and the normal cells.
[生] breed，cultivated varieties，assortment，strain，variety ；
[例句] 银叶仙客来品种不太耐寒。 The silver-leaved varieties of cyclamen are not quite as hardy.
[例句] 只要有耐心，是能成功培育出这一品种的。 Given patience, successful breeding of this species can be achieved.
动 broadcast，spread，seed，sow；
[例句] 我喜欢看《伦敦东区》的周日连播版。 I enjoy the omnibus edition of Eastenders on Sunday.
[例句] 时长为一小时的日播新闻节目的制作费用可能会高达25万美元。 A daily one-hour news show can cost $250,000 to produce.
obstruction，resistance，drag，drag force ；
[例句] 飞机设计成流线型以减小风的阻力. The aircraft is streamlined to cut down wind resistance.
[例句] 飞机须克服空气的阻力. An aircraft has to overcome the resistance of the air.
renewal，change，replace，transposing，instead ；
[例句] 如果你的排气管脱落，应将其更换。 When your exhaust falls off, you have to replace it.
[例句] 起初克里斯蒂娜更换不同的工作来积累经验。 In the early days Christina moved jobs to get experience.
reduce expenditure，[工] orificing，choke，throttle down, throttle back，throttle ；
[例句] 汽油检测系统由毛细管节流器组成. The gasoline detection system consists of a capillary restriction.
[例句] 近来,可采用在冷却塔的水管系统中设置旁通阀或节流阀. The latter may be used with bypass or throttling valves in the tower water pipework circuit.
形 （残酷） cruel，brutal，oppressive；副 （程度深的； 极） very，extremely ；
[例句] 主人坚持要让“酷地”参加金杯赛马会。 The owner insisted on Cool Ground running in the Gold Cup.
[例句] 他竭力想扮酷，赶时髦。 He was trying to be really cool and trendy.
名 brick，brick-shaped things ；
[例句] 每块砖在色调、质地与大小上也都略有不同。 Each brick also varies slightly in tone, texture and size.
[例句] 在南大街上，一座巨大的砖砌建筑赫然出现在人们的视线中。 On South Main Street, a huge brick building looms into view.
catch，capture，trapping，succeed in catching，prize ；
[例句] 挪威的捕鲸人说昨天他们用捕鲸叉捕获了一头雌性小须鲸。 Norwegian whalers said yesterday they had harpooned a female minke whale.
[例句] 捕获的鱼里有一条重逾18磅。 The catch included one fish over 18 pounds.
activation，sensitization，activate，sensitize ；
[例句] 针灸具有协调和激活身心机能的功效。 Acupuncture has a harmonizing and energizing effect on mind and body.
[例句] 病毒潜伏于神经组织里直到被激活。 The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue until activated.
reality，actuality，real，actual，flesh and blood ；
[例句] 真相的披露让我深感震惊，我被带回了现实。 I was shocked, brought down to earth by this revelation.
[例句] 养育孩子的现实经常与浪漫的理想大相径庭。 The reality of mothering is frequently very different from the romantic ideal.
trust，entrust，confide，fiduciary，affiance ；
[例句] 他们掌握了足够的证据控告董事违犯信托责任。 They have a case against their directors for breach of fiduciary duty.
[例句] 乔治是约翰·本尼特信托公司的一名公关主管。 George is a public relations officer for The John Bennett Trust.