名 event，incident，cause，reason；动 （死亡） die；形 former，ancient，old，deceased；副 （故意； 有意） purposely，intentionally；连 （所以； 因此） so，therefore，conseqently，hence ；

[例句] “我又不是这些方面的权威，”杰茜卡故作轻松地说。 "I'm not an authority on them," Jessica said with forced lightness.

[例句] 在她身上丝毫未见圣职人员常有的那种故作虔诚。 She displays none of the sanctimoniousness often associated with spirituality.

hitch，breakdown，stoppage，fault，conk out ；

[例句] 还有几次事故主要是起飞时引擎出现故障造成的。 There were also several accidents mainly caused by engine failures on take-off.

[例句] 飞机由于发生电力故障而作了临时降落。 The aircraft made an unscheduled landing after developing an electrical fault.

（有意识地） intentionally，willfully，deliberately，on purpose，go out of the way ；

[例句] 为了故意作对而继续这样做是不对的。 It would be wrong to continue out of perversity.

[例句] 韦斯特对发生的虐待行为故意视而不见。 West was wilfully blind to the abuse that took place.

malfunction，trouble，fault，failure，accident ；

[例句] 库克船长驾驶的船安全出航100次无事故。 Captain Cook safely navigated his ship without accident for 100 voyages.

[例句] 撞船事故发生在全世界最繁忙的航道上。 The collision took place in the busiest shipping lanes in the world.

native place，hometown，birthplace，birthland，country ；

[例句] 我的故乡伊利诺伊州一马平川。 My home state of Illinois is flat as a pancake.

[例句] 我思念故乡苏格兰。 I felt homesick for Scotland.

cause，reason，sake ；

[例句] 他似乎只是出于职业缘故而喜欢她。 He seemed fond of her in a strictly professional way.

[例句] 不知什么缘故，他最近十分沉默，有点异样。 He's been very quiet and withdrawn, sort of different, somehow.

（处世经验） the ways of the world，the art of dealing with people；

[例句] 露西的冷淡与世故使得巴里十分不快。 Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.

[例句] 这家人很富有，老于世故，而且见多识广。 The family are rich, and extremely sophisticated and cosmopolitan.

（旧日的制度； 例行的事） old practice，routine；

[例句] 不知为什么他讲这些故事时一点都不害怕。 Somehow he tells these stories without a note of horror.

[例句] 露西拉经常要姐姐们把这个故事反复讲给她听。 Lucilla often asks her sisters to retell the story.

anecdotes ；

[例句] 这本书节奏明快，另外还穿插了一些趣味盎然的文史掌故。 The pace of the book is leisurely, with enjoyable literary and historical asides.

[例句] 今天听到不少掌故. ” We're hearing all kinds of anecdotes today. "

[语] (classical) allusion，literary quotation ；

[例句] 不要滥用成语典故. We should not use proverbs and allusions indiscriminately.

[例句] 他的新剧《阿卡迪亚》和他写过的任何作品一样，错综复杂、构思精巧并且富含典故。 His new play, Arcadia, is as intricate, elaborate and allusive as anything he has yet written.

advisedly，by design，[法] knowingly，on purpose，deliberately ；

[例句] 大臣们不应该故意地误导议会与公众。 Ministers must not knowingly mislead Parliament and the public.

[例句] 她故意地大步走到门前,并大声敲门. She strode purposefully up to the door and knocked loudly.

intended，deliberate，wilful，designed，prepense ；

[例句] 哎，对不起。我不是故意的。 Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it.

[例句] 我向你保证那不是故意的. Let me assure you that it was not intentional.

hereat ；

[例句] 很多作家都是故作谦虚，但福特却似乎表里如一。 In many writers modesty is a pose, but in Ford it seems to have been genuine.

[例句] 在上级军官面前他流露出一种尊敬,但又不是故作卑下. He was respectful without being ill at ease in the company of superior officers.

feature ；

[例句] 电视公司往往会在审查故事片时删去其中的粗话。 Television companies tend to censor bad language in feature films.

[例句] 1993年，该电影公司粗制滥造出了55部故事片。 In 1933 the studio cranked out fifty-five feature films.

broken-down，[化] faulted，out of order，blooey ；

[例句] 飞机快到机场时，本来有故障的左引擎突然熄火，引发了灾难。 The faulty left-hand engine failed catastrophically as the aircraft approached the airport.

[例句] 机修工立即找到了出故障的地方。 The mechanic located the fault immediately.

storybook ；

[例句] 故事书中的插图 a picture in a storybook

[例句] 她的故事书刚出版. Her storybook is just out.

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[例句] 手把肉, 因用手拿着吃, 故名. Meat hand, as a result of eating with their hands, and named.

[例句] 山内古木参天,群峰环抱, 四季如春, 故名青城山. Hill ancient trees surrounded Qunfeng, round spring, Gu Ming Qingcheng Mountain.

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[例句] 提出了人因事故预防和减少的综合体系. Finally, a basis system of accident prevention and accident reduction was given.

[例句] 因事故车辆行人改走边道. Traffic is diverted onto a side - road because of the accident.

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[例句] 这个故事的念头是他做白日梦的时候突然想到的。 The idea for the story came to him in a daydream.

[例句] 这个故事的叙述者朱尔斯是个年近不惑的女演员。 Jules, the story's narrator, is an actress in her late thirties.

gest ；

[例句] 他给我们朗诵了一些故事 [ 诗 ]. He read some stories [ poems ] aloud to us.