形 （相称） equal；动 work as，serve as，bear，accept；介 in sb.'s presence，to sb.'s face，just at；象 （撞击金属器物的声音） clank，clang；名 （姓氏） a surname；

[例句] 我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。 For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

[例句] 当生活很艰难，你想要放弃的时候，请记住，生活充满了起起落落，如果没有低谷，那站在高处也失去了意义。 When life gets hard and you want to give up, remember that life is full of ups and downs, and without the downs, the ups would mean nothing.

suitable，proper，appropriate，adequacy，pertinence ；

[例句] 当局必须给这个家庭提供适当的食宿条件。 The authority must make suitable accommodation available to the family.

[例句] 我对英国种族法律的适当性颇有微词。 I am very critical of the adequacy of Britain's race laws.

[化] equivalent，equivalent weight ；

[例句] 该试验室设计, 试验和鉴定了一种轻巧 、 低当量的裂变装置. The laboratory has designed, tested and evaluated a lightweight, low - yield fission device.

[例句] 相当量的血浆持续灌注到肾脏. Adequate quantities of plasma continued to perfuse the kidney.

proper，suitable，fitting，appropriate，aptitude ；

[例句] 他凭着记忆作了记录，用词恰当但拼写错误百出。 He had written the note from memory, word perfect, and spelled atrociously.

[例句] 目前教育被排在政治议程的首位，这样做非常恰当。 Education, quite rightly, is currently at the forefront of the political agenda.

match，balance，suitable，fit，correspond ；

[例句] 哈里继承了这座房子以及相当大的一片土地。 Harry inherited the house and a sizeable chunk of land.

[例句] 她相当顽固，宗教观念极强。 She was a fairly rigid person who had strong religious views.

before one，facing one，present，current，currently ；

[例句] 他们说，当前的征兵体系应当逐步废除。 They said the present system of military conscription should be phased out.

[例句] 这也许会火上浇油，破坏当前脆弱不稳的休战局面。 This may help to undermine the brittle truce that currently exists.

be elected，come in，election ；

[例句] 通常现任官员有94%的几率会再次当选。 In general, incumbents have a 94 per cent chance of being reelected.

[例句] 雷诺兹先生以102票对60票再次当选。 Mr Reynolds was re-elected by 102 votes to 60.

take care，be careful，in the centre，in the middle，Pull in your ears! ；

[例句] 我想这个故事的寓意是提醒购物者当心。 I think the moral of the story is let the buyer beware.

[例句] 购买部分磨损轮胎时要格外当心。 Extreme caution should be exercised when buying part-worn tyres.

[律]party ，litigant，person [party] concerned，interested parties ；

[例句] 米尔纳先生说服联邦检察官不把他的当事人关起来。 Mr Milner persuaded the federal prosecutors not to lock up his client.

[例句] 法官大人，我的当事人认罪。 My client pleads guilty, M'lud.

take on，undertake，deserve，be worthy of，act ；

[例句] 这项工作需要有良好投资业绩的人来担当。 The job needs someone with a good track record in investment.

[例句] 她具备担当领导职责的聪明才智。 She has the intellectual form to take up the mantle of leadership.

of course，certainly，without doubt，as it should be；

[例句] 我们当然想为英国网球挽回一些尊严。 We definitely wanted to salvage some pride for British tennis.

[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.

ready，settled ；

[例句] 安妮把床铺都整理好，然后把幼儿室收拾停当。 Anne made the beds and tidied up the nursery.

[例句] 牛仔已经穿扎停当,准备上马了. The cowboy was saddled up.

（正处在） just when，just the time for；

[例句] 我会接受任何给我的工作，只要是正当的。 I will take any job that comes along, within reason.

[例句] 科学家们越来越拿不准这一技术是否正当合法。 Scientists are becoming increasingly unsure of the validity of this technique.

on the spot，then and there，extempore，locus in quo，on the ground ；

[例句] 我和男朋友去抢劫一家商店，被当场逮到了。 My boyfriend and I robbed a store and were caught red-handed.

[例句] 我的司机当场身亡。 My driver was killed outright.

improper，inappropriate ；

[例句] 子女在客人面前举止失当,父母也失体面. Parents are humiliated if their children behave badly when guests are present.

[例句] 如果银行操作失当，法律会为你主持公道。 You have the law on your side if the bank is acting inappropriately.

at the beginning，originally，at the outset，in the first place ；

[例句] 剧本当初就是为电视而写的。 The original script was written with the idiot box in mind.

[例句] 事后再翻出当初谁说了什么当然是很危险的。 To ascribe opinions retrospectively is of course very dangerous.

be taken in，be fooled，be duped，be tricked，be caught with chaff ；

[例句] 如果她试图让你觉得内疚，不要上当。 When she attempts to make you feel guilty, don't take the bait.

[例句] 你这个上当受骗的傻瓜！ You poor deluded fool!

now，at present，nowadays，（封建时代称在位皇帝） emperor on the throne，today ；

[例句] 总的来说，当今的老年人依然相对贫困。 As a group, today's old people are still relatively deprived.

[例句] 他是当今英语世界中文采最好的。 He is the finest stylist in the English language of today.

unsuitable，improper，inappropriate ；

[例句] 法官说警方对围攻安排不当。 The judge said the police had mishandled the siege.

[例句] 他被告知房门安装不当。 He was told that the doors had been fitted incorrectly.

（收取抵押品、放高利贷的店铺） pawnshop，hockshop，loan office，popshop ；

[例句] 他从当铺赎回手表. He redeemed his watch from the pawnbroker's.

[例句] 她从当铺赎回了珠宝. She has redeemed her jewellery from pawn.