n. 旋转罗盘，回转罗盘；

换高速挡，改进…以适应提高生产的需要，使做好行动准备；

[例句] ...another indication that the Government is gearing up for an election...

[例句] The factory was geared up to make 1,100 cars a day.

v. （使）闪烁，闪光( glint的现在分词 )；

[例句] The sea glinted in the sun...

[例句] Sunlight glinted on his spectacles.

n. 小机械，小器具（ gadget的名词复数 ）；

[例句] ...kitchen gadgets including toasters, kettles and percolators.

[例句] ...the latest gadget for the technology obsessed: pocket-sized computers that you write on with a pen.

n. 希腊人( Greek的名词复数 )，希腊语，对我来说太难懂了，像天书一样；

[例句] In the Greek general election, the New Democracy party has claimed victory.

[例句] ...the Greek army.

掩饰（错误），粉饰，把…搪塞过去；

[例句] Some foreign governments appear happy to gloss over continued human rights abuses.

产生自…，从…发展，渐渐穿不上，停止；

[例句] Most children who stammer grow out of it.

[例句] You've grown out of your shoes again.

n. 牛虻；

[例句] It still remains to be seen whether Buchanan will be just a gadfly or a real threat to the president.

n. 狱卒；

vt.& vi. 概括，归纳，推论；vt. 推广，普及；

adj. 温和的，优雅的，温和的( gentle的最高级 )，高尚的，轻的，文静的；

[例句] My son was a quiet and gentle man who liked sports and enjoyed life...

[例句] Michael's voice was gentle and consoling.

n. 少女时代，少女时期，（总称）少女们；

[例句] She had shared responsibility for her brother since girlhood...

[例句] Her girlhood dream had been to study painting.

n. （鸟的）砂囊，（鸟的）胃，喉咙，（人的）胃；

n. 小过失，差错；

[例句] Manufacturing glitches have limited the factory's output.

vt. （使）全球化，全世界化；

[例句] As the world becomes more complex, some things do, of course, standardize and globalize...

[例句] Companies will come together because of the sheer costs involved in globalising their businesses.

adj. 该死的，讨厌的，受诅咒的；

n. 杯，圣杯，大盘，砾石，圣盘，鹅卵石；

[例句] The discovery is being hailed as The Holy Grail of astronomy.

adj. 绘成图画似的，绘画的；

[例句] A graphical representation of results is shown in figure 1.

[例句] ...a graphical map of Britain showing the party gains in each area.

v. 抓住( grapple的现在分词 )，搏斗，与…格斗，努力应付困境（或解决难题）；

[例句] The economy is just one of several critical problems the country is grappling with.

[例句] He was grappling with an alligator in a lagoon...

adj. 多碎石的，碎石构成的，铺有碎石的；

[例句] There's a triumphant note in his gravelly voice.

[例句] Water runs through the gravelly soil very quickly.