adj. 老的( old的最高级 )，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. （战争，怒气等的）爆发，突然发生；vi. 爆发；

[例句] The four-day festival ended a day early after an outbreak of violence involving hundreds of youths.

[例句] ...the outbreak of war in the Middle East...

n. 鱼雷，油井爆破筒，[鱼]电鯆，职业杀手；vt. 用鱼雷袭击，破坏，（在油井内）装置爆破筒，使失去（活动能力等）；

[例句] More than a thousand people died when the Lusitania was torpedoed.

[例句] These attacks are seen as an effort to torpedo the talks.

adj. 废弃的，老式的，已过时的，[生]已废退的；n. 废词，被废弃的事物；vt. 淘汰，废弃；

[例句] So much equipment becomes obsolete almost as soon as it's made.

adj. 规范的， 公认的， 普遍赞同的，正统的；

[例句] Payne gained a reputation for sound, if orthodox, views...

[例句] Many of these ideas are now being incorporated into orthodox medical treatment.

n. 否决权，否认权，行使否决权，否决理由；vt. 否决，不同意，不批准，禁止；vi. 否决，禁止；

[例句] De Gaulle vetoed Britain's application to join the EEC...

[例句] The President vetoed the economic package passed by Congress.

vt. 数量多于，比…多；

[例句] ...a town where men outnumber women four to one...

[例句] Donkeys outnumber cars in this landscape of tiny stonewalled fields.

n. 压迫，被压迫的状态，压迫物，沉闷，苦

[例句] ...an attempt to escape political oppression.

[例句] ...the oppression of the 19th-century poor by the rich.

n. 发生，出现，遭遇，事件；

[例句] Complaints seemed to be an everyday occurrence...

[例句] The food queues have become a daily occurrence across the country.

n. 橄榄，橄榄树，橄榄色，油橄榄；adj. 橄榄色的，黄褐色的，淡褐色的，橄榄绿的；

[例句] Olives look romantic on a hillside in Provence.

[例句] ...an olive grove.

vt. 使（在法律或道义上）负有责任或义务，对…施以恩惠；adj. 有义务的，必要的；

[例句] The ruling obligates airlines to release information about their flight delays...

[例句] Under a separation agreement, he was obligated to pay his ex-wife £50,000 a year for life.

vt. 对…要价过高，向…乱讨价，使…过度充电，压倒；n. 过高要价，超额装载，充电过度，装药过多；vi. 过度充电，讨价过高；

[例句] If you feel a taxi driver has overcharged you, say so...

[例句] She claims she was overcharged by £1,000.

adj. 手术的，（计划、法律等）实施中的，起作用的，最适合的，关键词句；n. 工作人员，（尤指）体力劳动者，密探，（尤指政府的）特工人员；

[例句] The commercial telephone service was no longer operative...

[例句] The Youth Training Scheme was operative by the end of 1983.

adv. 也，同样，并且；conj. 另外；

[例句] It is the work of Ivor Roberts-Jones, who also produced the statue of Churchill in Parliament Square...

[例句] He is an asthmatic who was also anaemic...

adv. 在户外，向户外；n. 户外，露天，野外，世间；

[例句] It was warm enough to be outdoors all afternoon...

[例句] The ceremony was being held outdoors.

n. 机会，适当的时机良机，有利的环境，条件；

[例句] I had an opportunity to go to New York and study...

[例句] The best reason for a trip to London is the super opportunity for shopping...

adj. 顺从的，服从的，忠顺的，孝顺的，驯良的；

[例句] He was very respectful at home and obedient to his parents...

[例句] What a sweet, obedient little girl she was in the sixth grade.

n. 器乐前奏曲，序曲，序乐，序诗，主动表示，提议；vt. 提议；

[例句] The programme opened with the overture to Wagner's Flying Dutchman.

[例句] He had lately begun to make clumsy yet endearing overtures of friendship...

vi. 渗出，慢慢地消失或减退，慢而稳地进步，出众；vt. 使液体缓缓流出，（秘密等）泄漏，溜走，充分地表露或散发；n. 软泥，渗出物，鞣皮用的浸液；

[例句] He saw there was a big hole in the back of the man's head, blood was still oozing from it...

[例句] The lava will just ooze gently out of the crater...

n. 局外人，圈外人，无取胜希望者，（比赛中的）冷门选手；

[例句] The most likely outcome may be to subcontract much of the work to an outsider.

[例句] Malone, a cop, felt as much an outsider as any of them.