n. 干，干燥，干性，干燥度；
[例句] Clean the metal with a soft dry cloth...
[例句] Pat it dry with a soft towel...
vt. 使直立，使竖起，建立，创立，安装，[医]使勃起；adj. 直立的，垂直的，（头、手等）朝上举的，直竖的，[医]勃起的；
[例句] Opposition demonstrators have erected barricades in roads leading to the parliament building...
[例句] The building was erected in 1900-1901...
n. 例外，一般情况以外的人（或事物），除外，反对，批评，[法律]异议，反对；
[例句] Few guitarists can sing as well as they can play; Eddie, however, is an exception...
[例句] There were no floral offerings at the ceremony, with the exception of a single red rose...
n. 扇子，风扇，迷，粉丝，扇形物，扬谷机；vt. 扇动，吹拂，扬去；vi. 成扇形；
[例句] If you're a Billy Crystal fan, you'll love this movie...
[例句] As a boy he was a Manchester United fan...
n. 树篱，保护手段，防止损失（尤指金钱）的手段；vt. 用树篱围起，受…的束缚；vt.& vi. 回避，避免；adj. 树篱下的，树篱旁的，偷偷摸摸的，名声不好的，低劣的；
[例句] You can hedge against redundancy or illness with insurance...
[例句] Today's clever financial instruments make it possible for firms to hedge their risks.
n. 清单，目录，倾斜，布边，布头，狭条；vt. 列出，列入，把…编列成表，记入名单内；vi. 列于表上；
[例句] We are making a list of the top ten men we would not want to be married to...
[例句] There were six names on the list.
vt.& vi. 提供，供给，供应；vt. 规定，提供(+for)，装备，预备；vi. 抚养，赡养(+for)，做准备，预约(for 或 against)；
[例句] I'll be glad to provide a copy of this...
[例句] They would not provide any details...
n. 交通，运输量，（非法的）交易，通信量，交际；vt. 用…作交换，在…通
[例句] There was heavy traffic on the roads...
[例句] Traffic was unusually light for that time of day.
conj. 在…期间，与…同时，虽然，
[例句] They were grinning and watching while one man laughed and poured beer over the head of another...
[例句] I sat on the settee to unwrap the package while he stood by...
n. 物种，种类，类型，[逻辑] 个体；
[例句] Pandas are an endangered species...
[例句] There are several thousand species of trees here.
n. 声明，（思想、观点、文章主题等的）表现，（文字）陈述，结算单；vi. （英国）对儿童进行特殊教育评估认定；vt. 申请（小孩）有特殊教育需要；
[例句] Andrew now disowns that statement, saying he was depressed when he made it...
[例句] 'Things are moving ahead.'— I found that statement vague and unclear.
n. 旅行，观光，巡回演出，任职期，轮班；vt. 到…旅游，在…巡回演出；vi. 观光，巡回；
[例句] The band are currently on a two-month tour of Europe...
[例句] It will be the first official cricket tour of South Africa for 22 years.
n. 勇气，精神，内脏，快而猛的拉，〈俚〉不及
[例句] I plucked a lemon from the tree...
[例句] He plucked a stalk of dried fennel.
vt. 重新开始，使更新，使恢复，补充；vi. 重申，重复强调，重新开始；
[例句] He renewed his attack on government policy towards Europe...
[例句] He believes the peace talks will be renewed soon...
vi. 凝视，盯着看，隐退，若隐若现，同等，比得上；n. 同辈，同等的人，贵族，同伴，伙伴；adj. 贵族的，（年龄、地位等）同等的，相匹敌的；
[例句] I had been peering at a computer print-out that made no sense at all...
[例句] He watched the Customs official peer into the driver's window.
n. 提议，建议，待处理的问题，主张；v. 向…提出下流的要求，求欢；
[例句] Making easy money has always been an attractive proposition...
[例句] Even among seasoned mountaineers Pinnacle Ridge is considered quite a tough proposition.
vt. 击退，使厌恶，抵制，使不愉快；
[例句] They have fifty thousand troops along the border ready to repel any attack.
[例句] Like poles repel, unlike poles attract...
vt. 镇压，压制，止住，忍住，禁止发表，阻止…的生长（或发展）；
[例句] ...drug traffickers, who continue to flourish despite international attempts to suppress them...
[例句] ...nationwide demonstrations for democracy, suppressed after 7 weeks by the army.
n. 过渡，转变，变迁，[语]转换，[乐]变调；v. 转变，过渡；
[例句] The transition to a multi-party democracy is proving to be difficult.
[例句] ...a period of transition.
n. 等候，（宫廷中的）侍奉，侍女，侍奉期间；adj. 等待的，（尤指因迟到）让人等候，服侍的，（用于告诉某人立刻行动）你还在等什么呢；v. 等候( wait的现在分词 )，等待，（尤指长期地）希望，盼望；
[例句] I walk to a street corner and wait for the school bus...
[例句] Stop waiting for things to happen. Make them happen...