vt. 发明，创造，虚构；
[例句] He invented the first electric clock...
[例句] Writing had not been invented as yet.
n. 层，层次，膜，[植]压条，放置者，计划者；vt. 把…分层堆放，借助压条法，生根繁殖，将（头发）剪成不同层次；vi. 形成或分成层次，[植]通过压条法而生根；
[例句] A fresh layer of snow covered the street...
[例句] ...the depletion of the ozone layer...
n. 租约，租契，租赁物，租赁权；vt. 出租，租借；
[例句] He took up a 10 year lease on the house at Rossie Priory.
[例句] He went to Toronto, where he leased an apartment...
n. 早晨，上午，黎明，早期，初期；
[例句] During the morning your guide will take you around the city...
[例句] On Sunday morning Bill was woken by the telephone...
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...
n. 电话，听筒，（发声或使用声音的）工具，说某种语言的；vt.& vi. 打电话（给某人）；
[例句] You can buy insurance over the phone...
[例句] She looked forward to talking to her daughter by phone...
adv. 或许，（表示不确定）也许，（用于粗略的估计）或许，（表示勉强同意或其实不赞成）也许；n. 假定，猜想，未定之事；
[例句] Millson regarded her thoughtfully. Perhaps she was right...
[例句] In the end they lose millions, perhaps billions...
n. 虫，蠕虫，（昆虫的）幼虫，寄生虫，懦夫；vt.& vi. 蠕动，曲折行进，给（动物）驱肠虫，使缓慢前进；
[例句] I worm all my birds in early spring...
[例句] All adult dogs are routinely wormed at least every six months.
n. 土堤斜坡，斜道，敲诈，（装车或上下飞机的）活动梯；vt.&vi. 敲诈；vi. 蔓延；
[例句] Lillian was coming down the ramp from the museum.
[例句] ...a ramp to facilitate entry into the pool from a wheelchair.
n. 锯，谚语，格言；vt.& vi. 往复移动，锯成，用锯，拉锯；v. 看见（ see的过去式），观看，领会，考虑；
[例句] He escaped by sawing through the bars of his cell...
[例句] Your father is sawing wood.
adv. 在内，在里面，在屋内，在心中，心里是；prep. 不超过，在…的范围内，在…能达到的地方，在…内，在…里面；n. 内部，里面；
[例句] Clients are entertained within private dining rooms...
[例句] An olive-coloured tent stood within a thicket of trees.
vt. 假装，伪装，假称，装扮；vi. 扮演，自称，假装，矫作；adj. 仿制的；
[例句] I pretend that things are really okay when they're not...
[例句] Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep...
n. 鄙视，轻蔑，不屑一顾，笑柄；vt. 轻视，看不起，蔑视，不屑做；vi. 表示轻蔑，表示鄙视，嘲笑；
[例句] Researchers greeted the proposal with scorn...
[例句] Franklin shared the family's scorn for his wife's new friends...
adj. 极度的，最大的，最远的；n. 极限，最大限度；
[例句] It is a matter of the utmost urgency to find out what has happened to these people...
[例句] Security matters are treated with the utmost seriousness...
n. 文字，写作，文章，笔迹；v. 写（ write的现在分词），写信；
[例句] 'It's from a notebook,' the sheriff said, 'And there's writing on it.'...
[例句] If you have a complaint about your holiday, please inform us in writing.
n. 暴徒，犯罪团伙，黑手党，民众，乌合之众，〈美俚〉匪帮，一群罪犯；vt. 聚众包围，大举包围，围攻，蜂拥进入；
[例句] Bottles and cans were hurled on the terraces by the mob...
[例句] The inspectors watched a growing mob of demonstrators gathering.
n. 划分，分开，分割，隔离物，隔墙；vt. 分开，隔开，区分，分割；
[例句] ...new offices divided only by glass partitions...
[例句] Her taxicab has a thick perspex partition between the passengers' seats and the driver.
n. 栖息处，栖枝，高处，鲈
[例句] He lit a cigarette and perched on the corner of the desk...
[例句] He perched himself on the side of the bed.
n. 优先，优先权，（时间，序上的）先，前，优先考虑的事，[数]优先次序；
[例句] Being a parent is her first priority...
[例句] The government's priority is to build more power plants...
adj. 词语的，言语的，口头的，动词的；
[例句] They were jostled and subjected to a torrent of verbal abuse...
[例句] We have a verbal agreement with her...