n. 午餐；vt.& vi. 吃午餐，供给午餐；
[例句] Shall we meet somewhere for lunch?...
[例句] He did not enjoy business lunches...
n. 处理者，经理，管理人，干事，理事，〈美〉（政党等的）领袖，策士，干才，干练的人；
[例句] The chef, staff and managers are all Chinese.
[例句] ...Linda Emery, marketing manager for Wall's sausages.
n. [生]机制，机能，[乐]机理，（机械）结构，机械装置[作用]，（故事的）结构，[艺]手法，技巧，途径，机械作用；
[例句] ...the locking mechanism...
[例句] A bomb has been detonated by a special mechanism.
adj. 军事的，军用的，讨厌的，好战的；n. 军人，军队，武装力量；
[例句] Military action may become necessary...
[例句] The president is sending in almost 20,000 military personnel to help with the relief efforts.
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?...
adj. 身材高的，高大的，（数量）大的，（俚）过分的，夸张的；adv. 夸大地，趾高气扬地；
[例句] Being tall can make you feel incredibly self-confident...
[例句] She was a young woman, fairly tall and fairly slim...
n. 警察部门，警方，警察，治安；vt. （警察、军队等）巡查，维护治安，（委员会等）监督，管制；adj. 警察的，有关警察的；
[例句] The police are also looking for a second car...
[例句] Police say they have arrested twenty people following the disturbances...
adj. 可怕的，危害极大的，劣质的，极度的；
[例句] Tens of thousands more suffered terrible injuries in the world's worst industrial disaster...
[例句] I often have the most terrible nightmares...
n. 国家，民族，国民，政府；
[例句] Such policies would require unprecedented cooperation between nations...
[例句] The Arab nations agreed to meet in Baghdad.
n. 名气，名声，好名声，信誉，声望，荣誉，名望；
[例句] Alice Munro has a reputation for being a very depressing writer.
[例句] ...Barcelona's reputation as a design-conscious, artistic city.
n. 奴隶，…。的奴隶，耽迷于…的人，奴隶般受控的人，苦工，[机]从动装置；vi. 奴隶般地工作，做苦工，买卖奴隶，运输奴隶；
[例句] The state of Liberia was formed a century and a half ago by freed slaves from the United States.
[例句] Movie stars used to be slaves to the studio system.
vt. 涂抹，敷，弄脏，污蔑，诋毁，〈俚〉彻底击败，摧毁；n. 污迹，污点，黏稠物，（显微镜的）涂片，诽谤，诋毁；vi. 被弄脏，变脏；
[例句] My sister smeared herself with suntan oil and slept by the swimming pool...
[例句] Smear a little olive oil over the inside of the salad bowl.
n. （发动机的）启动装置，参赛人，（主菜之前的）开胃小吃，（赛跑等的）发令员；
[例句] A car's starter is basically an electric motor.
[例句] Of the 10 starters, four were eliminated or retired.
n. 马甲，防护衣，内衣，（印有运动员编号的）运动背心；vi. 合法地被授予，给自己装上教服；vt. 授权，赋予，穿衣服，穿教服；
[例句] All authority was vested in the woman, who discharged every kind of public duty...
[例句] The mass media have been vested with significant power as social and political agents in modern developed societies...
adj. 看得见的，明显的，显然的，手头的，可得到的，可察觉到的；
[例句] The warning lights were clearly visible...
[例句] They found a bacterium visible to the human eye...
n. 福利，幸福，繁荣，安宁；
[例句] I do not think he is considering Emma's welfare...
[例句] He was the head of a charity for the welfare of children.
n. 胡说，废话，荒谬的念头，愚蠢的行为，胡闹；adj. 无意义的，荒谬的；int. 荒唐；
[例句] Most orthodox doctors however dismiss this as complete nonsense.
[例句] ...all that poetic nonsense about love...
vt. 使摆脱，解除，免除；
[例句] The owner needs to get rid of the car for financial reasons...
[例句] There's corruption, and we're going to get rid of it...
vt. 吃，喝，折叠（衣服的）褶，包起，裹起，挤进；n. 鼓声，喇叭声，活力，精力，（袖子等上的）褶皱，卷起，盖住；
[例句] He tried to tuck his flapping shirt inside his trousers...
[例句] She found a rose tucked under the windscreen wiper of her car one morning.
vt.& vi. （使）削弱，（使）变弱，衰减，变得优柔寡断；
[例句] The recession has weakened so many firms that many can no longer survive...
[例句] The Prime Minister's opponents believe that her authority has been fatally weakened...