superiority，preponderance，dominant position，goodness，advantage；
[例句] 主队再进一球从而奠定了优势。 The home side rubbed in their superiority with a further goal.
[例句] 任何销售领域的工作经验都是一大优势。 Experience of any career in sales is a big plus.
circle round，round and round，manoeuvre，convolute，convolution ；
[例句] 飞机在上空回旋. The airplane is circling overhead.
[例句] 这件事还有回旋余地. The whole thing is not final.
[地理] river mouth，stream outlet，estuary，outfall，bayou ；
[例句] 这条河流入河口湾. The stream debouches into the estuary.
[例句] 河口沉积了淤泥. The river deposited silt at its mouth.
check，detection，test，gauging ；
[例句] 新药品的检测和审批速度将会加快。 The testing and approval of new drugs will be speeded up.
[例句] pH值测试可检测物质的酸碱度。 A pH test measures the acidity or alkalinity of a substance.
expose，reveal，bare，lay bare，betrayal ；
[例句] 他批评她们衣着暴露而且矫揉造作。 He criticized them for dressing outrageously and posing pretentiously.
[例句] 在主室里，炽热的散热器暴露在外。 In the main rooms red-hot radiators were left exposed.
[数] curve，bight，bought，profile ；
[例句] 这是否是原本良好的增长曲线中暂时的偏离？ Was it just a temporary blip on an otherwise healthy growth curve?
[例句] 图表1中的曲线表现了这一模式。 The kinked line in chart 1 represents this pattern.
volume，bulk，cubage，capacity；
[例句] 家具体积太大，占了太多空间。 Furniture is so bulky, it takes so much room.
[例句] 煮20分钟，直到液体体积减半。 Boil for 20 minutes until the liquid has reduced by half.
give out light，shine，[物] luminescence，be luminous，irradiance；
[例句] 在粗糙不平的水泥窗台上有一条细细的发光水印。 A thin, glistening thread of moisture ran along the rough concrete sill.
[例句] “这应该会很有趣！”他对亚历克斯说,两眼闪闪发光. "This ought to be fun," he told Alex, eyes gleaming.
deck，deck armour，board ；
[例句] 甲板上所有的装置、窗户、舱口盖和门都已经关牢了。 All deck fittings, windows, hatches and doors had been fastened.
[例句] 汽船向我们嘟嘟鸣笛时，甲板上的水手们饶有趣味地挥着手。 Steamers tooted at us as sailors on deck waved in amusement.
bond，debenture，debenture share，debenture certificate ；
[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] 这种8年期的债券年利率为10.5%。 The eight-year bond will bear annual interest of 10.5%.
buoy，staff float，drogue，dobber，buoyage ；
[例句] 航道有浮标表示. The channel is marked by buoys.
[例句] 声纳浮标允许只以一艘船来记录折射剖面. The sonobuoy permits recording a refraction profile with only one ship.
low-priced，cheap，at a low price，inexpensive，cheapness ；
[例句] 有一些廉价的商品，但是数量不足以满足需求。 Cheap goods are available, but not in sufficient quantities to satisfy demand.
[例句] 一块趣味盎然的桌布就能使一张廉价桌子面目一新。 A cheap table can be transformed by an interesting cover.
spinal column，vertebral column，backbone，spine，rachis ；
[例句] 她的脊柱弯曲了。 Her spine curved.
[例句] 脊柱弯曲使他痛苦不堪。 He suffered from curvature of the spine.
funnel，hopper，infundibulum （机器），filling funnel，filler ；
[例句] 这些火焰造成了对流漏斗，把许多微粒抛向上层大气。 These fires create convection funnels, and throw a lot of particles into the upper atmosphere.
[例句] 这漏斗的顶上接了一根管子. The top of the funnel is connected to a tube.
national，countrymen；
[例句] “娱乐消遣是每个国民都能享受的事，”她坚定地说。 "Enter-taining is something that everyone in the country can enjoy," she averred.
[例句] 该项目的主要投资商是法国的国民信贷银行。 The main investor in the project is the French bank Credit National.
[物] conduct，transmit，conduction，transmission ；
[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] 热在岩石中传导得极慢。 The passage of heat through rock is extremely slow.
crimp，squeeze，mouthpiece pressing，nobbing，extrusion ；
[例句] 我做挤压管生意。 I work in the extruded tube business.
[例句] 盛怒之下, 他用膝盖挤压那人的肚子. In anger, he ground his knee into the man's stomach.
coordination，teamwork，synergism，work in coordination with，cooperate with ；
[例句] 当然，这两家公司间非常明显地产生了巨大的协同效应。 Of course, there'squite obviously a lot of synergy between the two companies.
[例句] 各学校将协同分享最佳方案。 Schools will work together to share best practice.
yaw，going off course，leeway，sheer-off，crab ；
[例句] 飞机攀升到370英尺时，开始偏航。 As the plane climbed to 370 feet, it started yawing.
[例句] 两只吊舱的独立俯仰和偏航均会产生噪声. Independent pitch and yaw of the two birds produce noise.
provide a loan，make an advance to，loan，credit；
[例句] 这些贷款延期偿还以支付旧账利息。 Loans were extended to help pay the interest on the old ones.
[例句] 该方案提供种子基金融资，其贷款只收取4%的利息。 The scheme offers seed corn finance with loans at only 4% interest.