n. 全面检修，（系统、体制等的）全面修改，修订；vt. 彻底检修，全面改革（制度、方法等），赶上（赛跑对手）；

[例句] They had ensured the plumbing was overhauled a year ago...

[例句] Our car was towed away to have its suspension overhauled.

n. 组织，机构，团体；adj. 有组织的；

[例句] Most of these specialized schools are provided by voluntary organizations.

[例句] ...a report by the International Labour Organisation.

n. 认可，同意；v. 赞成或同意，批准；int. 行，用以表达准许或同意之意；adj. 可以，不错；

[例句] ...a shooting range where it's OK to use weapons...

[例句] Is it okay if I come by myself?...

n. 机构，器官，风琴，元件；

[例句] ...damage to the muscles and internal organs.

[例句] ...the reproductive organs.

n. 犯罪，违反，冒犯，触怒，攻击；

[例句] Thirteen people have been charged with treason — an offence which can carry the death penalty...

[例句] In Britain the Consumer Protection Act makes it a criminal offence to sell goods that are unsafe.

vt. 引起，创始，创作，开始，发生，发明；vi. 起源于，来自，产生，起航；

[例句] The disease originated in Africa...

[例句] All carbohydrates originate from plants...

vt. 打倒，推翻，使屈服，征服，使瓦解，撞倒；n. 推翻，打倒，打翻，倾倒，[棒]投得过高的球；

[例句] That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.

[例句] ...an attempt to overthrow the president.

vt.& vi. （使）翻倒；vt. 使垮台，推翻，撤销（判决等）；n. 推翻，垮台，瓦解，灭亡，毁灭；

[例句] The lorry veered out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall...

[例句] Alex jumped up so violently that he overturned his glass of sherry...

adj. 年长的，老的( old的比较级 )，古老的，以前的，（用于指称被替代的东西） 原来的；

[例句] ...a white-haired old man...

[例句] He was considered too old for the job.

n. 产量，输出，作品，[计]输出信号；vt. 输出；

[例句] Manual workers need a good breakfast for high-energy output...

[例句] Government statistics show the largest drop in industrial output for ten years.

n. 装饰，装饰物，[乐]装饰音；v. 装饰，美化；

[例句] ...a shelf containing a few photographs and ornaments.

[例句] ...Christmas tree ornaments.

adv. 在晚上，在夜里，突然，很快；adj. 一整夜的，晚上的，突然的，很快的；n. 前一天的晚上，一夜的逗留；vi. 过一夜；

[例句] The weather remained calm overnight...

[例句] The decision was reached overnight...

n. 障碍物，阻碍的行为或例子，阻碍，受阻，妨碍议事；

[例句] John was irritated by drivers parking near his house and causing an obstruction.

[例句] The boy was suffering from a bowel obstruction and he died.

vt. 对…作过高的评价，对…估计过高；n. 过高的估计，过分的评价；vi. 估计过高，评价过高；

[例句] With hindsight, he was overestimating their desire for peace.

[例句] The importance of participating in the life of the country cannot be overestimated...

vt. 伸突出，伸出，逼近，威胁，用悬挂物装饰；vi. 悬垂，逼近；n. 突出物，延伸量，伸出量，[航]突出船首（或船尾），（无法兑换黄金的）美元过剩额；

[例句] Part of the rock wall overhung the path at one point...

[例句] These restored houses overhang a system of quiet canals.

n. 经营者，操作员，电话接线员，运算符；

[例句] He dialled the operator and put in a call for Rome.

[例句] ...computer operators.

vt.& vi. 服从，听从；vt. 遵守，遵循；

[例句] Cissie obeyed her mother without question...

[例句] Most people obey the law...

n. 歹徒，亡命之徒，逃犯，被剥夺法律保护者，丧失公权者，烈马；vt. 宣布…为不合法，将…放逐，剥夺…的法律保护，剥夺，取缔；

[例句] In 1975 gambling was outlawed...

[例句] The German government has outlawed some fascist groups.

n. （强烈的）反对，敌对，（政府的）反对党，在野党，对抗，抵抗，相对，对照；adj. 反对的，对抗的；

[例句] The government is facing a new wave of opposition in the form of a student strike...

[例句] Much of the opposition to this plan has come from the media.

adv. 常常，经常，时常，再三；

[例句] They often spent Christmas at Prescott Hill...

[例句] Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards...