名 twig，slip，strip，item，bar ；

[例句] 发动机舱里的水由一条软管抽走。 Water in the engine compartment is sucked away by a hose.

[例句] 悬吊的屋顶下是一条宽阔的游廊。 There is a wide veranda under the overhang of the roof.

condition，term，requirement，prerequisite，qualification ；

[例句] 这种疾病传播的条件已经成熟。 The conditions are ripe for the spread of disease.

[例句] 我不开车，公共汽车条件又太糟糕。 I don't drive and the buses are quite hopeless.

stripe，striation，striae，streak，list ；

[例句] 他身着一件条纹衬衫和一条宽松的蓝裤子。 He was wearing a stripy shirt and baggy blue trousers.

[例句] 穿上一套细条纹西装后，他马上就显得一本正经起来。 In a pinstriped suit he instantly looked like a stuffed shirt.

[美术] line，lines，figure ；

[例句] 这些肖像作品线条简单流畅，毫无繁琐之感。 The portraits are simple, uncluttered compositions.

[例句] 他欣赏夏克家具流畅的线条。 He admires the clean lines of Shaker furniture.

[建] lath，stave，blade，panel，batten ；

[例句] 她把他收藏的陈年佳酿装进板条箱里。 She loaded up his collection of vintage wines into crates.

[例句] 他们出去后，我们在后面砰地把大门关上，并用板条抵死。 We slammed the gate after them, wedging it shut with planks.

desolate，bleak，[经] depression，slump；名 [经]recession，go to pot ；

[例句] 经济萧条只不过加速了原本就在改变行业状况的变化。 Recession has simply accelerated changes that have been reshaping the industry anyway.

[例句] 建筑业不再像以往那样萧条了。 The construction industry is no longer as depressed as it was.

convention，treaty，pact，Ausgleich ；

[例句] 条约规定他们必须尊重其邻国的独立。 The treaty binds them to respect their neighbour's independence.

[例句] 对工作许可证的要求违反了1950年条约的精神。 The requirement for work permits violates the spirit of the 1950 treaty.

sallow，willow twig，osier，wicker ；

[例句] 我们在两把柳条椅上肩并肩坐着。 We sat side by side on two wicker seats.

[例句] 这些篮子是用柳条编的。 The baskets are woven from strips of willow.

strip，a brief informal note，[纺] sliver ；

[例句] 请将条子传过去. Pass the note along.

[例句] 他条子上说,如果吃早饭时,他还没回到这儿来,这些东西就归我们了. ” The writing says they are if he ain't back here to breakfast. "

clause，article，provision，item，term ；

[例句] 我对该协议的最初条款也不太满意。 I'm also not crazy about the initial terms of the deal.

[例句] 该法案具有很多限制性修正条款。 The bill is filled with constricting amendments.

regulations，rules，ordinances，imperative，byelaw ；

[例句] 那家公司被判违反了安全条例。 The company was found guilty of contravening safety regulations.

[例句] 对卫生与安全条例的马虎态度 a lax attitude to health and safety regulations

vimen，branch，twig，wattle，tress ；

[例句] 一棵棵高大橡树的枝条随风摇摆。 The wind was bouncing the branches of the big oak trees.

[例句] 珍妮用她自己种的柳树的枝条编篮子。 Jenny weaves baskets from willow she grows herself.

a slip of paper，paper tape，tape，scrip ；

[例句] 我在纸条上记下了她的名字。 I put her name on the slip.

[例句] 罗伯特在学校里偷偷地塞给她一张纸条。 Robert had slipped her a note in school.

mound layer，depression bar，patand，batten ；

[例句] 常用扦插.嫁接和压条繁殖, 也可播种. Commonly used cuttage, engraft and layering are progenitive, also can sow.

[例句] 我们可以采用嫁接 、 分株 、 压条等多种方式来提高作物产量. We can graft, divide, or layer to propagate the crops.

band，stripe，braid ；

[例句] 也许我运气好,能把前半条带回去. Maybe I'll have the luck to bring the forwar d half in.

[例句] 他系着一条带大铜扣的腰带。 He wore a belt with a large brass buckle.

article of creed，article of faith，creed，precept，credendum ；

[例句] 这一信条不容改变。 The doctrine is unchangeable.

[例句] 这份报纸力求不受政治信条影响. The newspaper seeks to be independent of political dogma.

proper arrangement or presentation，orderliness，method，consecution，streak ；

[例句] 这幅画作在条理分明和出人意表之间取得了平衡。 A balance is achieved in the painting between orderliness and unpredictability.

[例句] 这个想法的出发点是好的，但是条理混乱，而且本质上是错误的。 The thinking is good-hearted, but muddled and fundamentally unsound.

[口] spoke ；

[例句] 把你自己想象成轮轴,周围由关系的辐条环绕. Imagine yourself as center of a wheel surrounded by spokes of contacts.

[例句] 他手里拿着两脚规,是用两根长辐条做成的. In his hands he holds a compass made of two pointed sticks.

thick lines，rough outline，rough-and-ready，slapdash ；

[例句] 从粗线条看, 许多行政机构裁决形式类似于法院审判形式. In broad outline, the form of many agency adjudications resembles that of a court trial.

[例句] 粗线条的我,竟然把你善意的劝告, 看成是很麻烦的事情. The thick line, I should bring you good advice, as it is.

IOU (= I owe you)，a bill signed in acknowledgement of debt ；

[例句] 如果我打一张欠条的话,他肯定会借钱给你. He'll certainly lend you money if I sign a loan agreement.

[例句] 欠条虽未加盖单位章负责人签名单位亦担责. Person in charge should take responsibility for IOU which is not sealed.