vt. 获得，得到，流行，买到，达到（目的）；vi. 通行，通用，流行，存在；

[例句] Evans was trying to obtain a false passport and other documents...

[例句] The perfect body has always been difficult to obtain.

vt. 触怒，得罪，冒犯，使反感令人不适；vi. 犯规，触犯；

[例句] He apologizes for his comments and says he had no intention of offending the community...

[例句] The survey found almost 90 percent of people were offended by strong swearwords...

vt. 追上，赶上，压倒，（不愉快的事）突然降临；

[例句] When he eventually overtook the last truck he pulled over to the inside lane...

[例句] The red car was pulling out ready to overtake.

vt. 抵消，补偿，（为了比较的目的而）把…并列（或并置），为（管道等）装支管；vi. 形成分支，长出分枝，装支管；n. 开端，出发，平版印刷，抵消，补偿；adj. 分支的，偏（离中）心的，抵消的，开端的；

[例句] The increase in pay costs was more than offset by higher productivity...

[例句] The move is designed to help offset the shortfall in world oil supplies caused by the UN embargo.

vi. 发生，出现，闪现；

[例句] If headaches only occur at night, lack of fresh air and oxygen is often the cause...

[例句] The crash occurred when the crew shut down the wrong engine...

n. 办公室，办公楼，问询处，重要官

[例句] He had an office big enough for his desk and chair, plus his VDU...

[例句] At about 4.30 p.m. Audrey arrived at the office...

adj. 口头的，口述的，口服的，属于或关于嘴的，构成或使用言语的；n. （尤指外语考试中的）口试；

[例句] ...the written and oral traditions of ancient cultures.

[例句] ...an oral agreement.

adv. 否则，另外，别的方式；adj. . 另外的，其他方面的，原本，本来；conj. . 其他，如果不，然后；

[例句] Make a note of the questions you want to ask. You will invariably forget some of them otherwise...

[例句] I'm lucky that I'm interested in school work, otherwise I'd go mad.

n. 对手，反对者，敌手；adj. 对立的，敌对的；

[例句] ...Mr Kennedy's opponent in the leadership contest...

[例句] He described the detention without trial of political opponents as a cowardly act.

n. 障碍（物），障碍物（绊脚石，障碍栅栏）；

[例句] Most competition cars will only roll over if they hit an obstacle...

[例句] He left her to navigate her own way round the trolleys and other obstacles.

conj. 或，或者，还是，不然，否则，左右；prep. 在…之前，比…更早；n. [纹章]黑金色、黑色；

[例句] 'Tea or coffee?' John asked...

[例句] Was she blonde or brunette?...

v. 使不知所措，使难以承受，淹没，征服，压倒，击败，（感情或感觉）充溢；

[例句] He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past...

[例句] The need to talk to someone, anyone, overwhelmed her.

vt. 阻塞，堵塞，阻碍，阻止；vi. 阻塞，妨碍，（给…）设置障碍；

[例句] Tractors and container lorries have completely obstructed the road.

[例句] A number of local people have been arrested for trying to obstruct lorries loaded with logs...

n. 方向，定位，取向，排列方向，任职培训，新生培训，（外交等的）方针[态度]的确定，环境判定；

[例句] ...a marketing orientation...

[例句] To a society which has lost its orientation he has much to offer...

n. 义愤，愤慨，暴行，骇人听闻的事件；vt. 引起…的义愤，激怒，凌辱，强奸，虐待，迫害，违反；

[例句] Many people have been outraged by some of the things that have been said...

[例句] Reports of torture and mass executions in Serbia's detention camps have outraged the world's religious leaders.

n. 义务，责任，证券，契约，债务，恩惠；

[例句] When teachers assign homework, students usually feel an obligation to do it...

[例句] Ministers are under no obligation to follow the committee's recommendations.

adj. 对人友好的，开朗的，出发的，外出的，即将离职的，乐于助人的；

[例句] ...the outgoing director of the Edinburgh International Festival.

[例句] All outgoing flights were grounded.

n. 观察，观察力，评论，观察所得；

[例句] ...careful observation of the movement of the planets...

[例句] In hospital she'll be under observation all the time.

n. 军官，警官，高级职员，公务员，船长；v. 指挥，统率，管理，配置军官；

[例句] ...a retired British army officer...

[例句] Her husband served during the Civil War as an officer in the White Army.

adv. 在[向]海外，在[向]国外；adj. （在）海外的，（在）国外的，（向或来自）外国的；

[例句] He has returned to South Africa from his long overseas trip.

[例句] ...overseas trade figures.