adj. 小型的，微小的；n. 微型复制品，微小模型，微型画，微型人像画；vt. 使成小型，把…画成纤细画，缩写；
[例句] ...miniature roses...
[例句] He looked like a miniature version of his handsome and elegant big brother.
v. 使不知所措，使难以承受，淹没，征服，压倒，击败，（感情或感觉）充溢；
[例句] He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past...
[例句] The need to talk to someone, anyone, overwhelmed her.
n. 海盗，强盗，海盗船，侵害版权者，盗版者；vt. 抢劫（海上船只），剽窃，盗用；vi. 当海盗，从事劫掠行为；
[例句] In the nineteenth century, pirates roamed the seas.
[例句] Of course I knew Max was a rogue, a bit of a pirate.
n. 感觉，直觉，知觉，轰动；
[例句] Floating can be a very pleasant sensation...
[例句] A sensation of burning or tingling may be experienced in the hands.
n. 感情，情绪，情操，意见，观点，感伤；
[例句] Public sentiment rapidly turned anti-American...
[例句] He's found growing sentiment for military action.
vt.& vi. 缩短，变短；
[例句] Smoking can shorten your life...
[例句] The trading day is shortened in observance of the Labor Day holiday...
vi. 作证，声明，证明，证实；vt. 作证，证明，为…提供证明，公开宣称，宣布；
[例句] Several eyewitnesses testified that they saw the officers hit Miller in the face...
[例句] Eva testified to having seen Herndon with his gun on the stairs...
n. 授权证，许可证，正当理由，依据；vt. 保证，担保，授权，批准，辩解；
[例句] The allegations are serious enough to warrant an investigation...
[例句] No matter was too small to warrant his attention.
vt. 阻塞，堵塞，阻碍，阻止；vi. 阻塞，妨碍，（给…）设置障碍；
[例句] Tractors and container lorries have completely obstructed the road.
[例句] A number of local people have been arrested for trying to obstruct lorries loaded with logs...
vt. 下掷，由高处抛下，使提前或突然发生，[气象] 使凝结而下降，[化]使沉淀；vi. [气象]凝结，[化]沉淀，倒落，一头栽下；adj. 仓促行进的，匆促的，轻率的，冲动行事的水蒸气，降水，突然发生的；n. [化]沉淀物，结果，产物；
[例句] The killings in Vilnius have precipitated the worst crisis yet...
[例句] A slight mistake could precipitate a disaster.
n. 褶裥，混乱，（鼓的）轻擂声，急躁，生气；vt.& vi. 弄皱，激怒，连续地轻敲，扰乱；
[例句] 'Don't let that get you down,' he said ruffling Ben's dark curls.
[例句] The evening breeze ruffled the pond...
n. 悬浮，暂停，悬架，悬浮液；
[例句] A strike by British Airways ground staff has led to the suspension of flights between London and Manchester...
[例句] Art experts have appealed for the suspension of plans to restore one of Leonardo da Vinci's most celebrated paintings.
adj. 印刷的，已印好的；v. （在松软的表面）压印( print的过去式和过去分词 )，把…付印，用印刷体写，冲洗（照片）；
[例句] He started to print his own posters to distribute abroad...
[例句] The Slovene bank has printed a specimen bank note...
v. 撒布，伸开( spread的现在分词 )，展开，（使）传播，（使）散布；
[例句] She spread a towel on the sand and lay on it...
[例句] His coat was spread over the bed.
v. 伸展，拉紧( stretch的过去式和过去分词 )，延伸，拉长，损伤；
[例句] The procession stretched for several miles...
[例句] He had burns that stretched from his neck to his hips.
n. 地狱( hell的名词复数 )，苦难的经历，悲惨的境况，（有人认为含冒犯意）该死；
[例句] ...the hell of the Siberian labor camps...
[例句] Bullies can make your life hell.
n. 获得，购置物，获得物，收购；
[例句] ...the acquisition of a profitable paper recycling company.
[例句] ...the number of mergers and acquisitions made by Europe's 1,000 leading firms.
n. 同意，批准，赞成；
[例句] ...efforts to win congressional approval for an aid package for Moscow...
[例句] The chairman has also given his approval for an investigation into the case...
adv. 非常，在很大程度上，坏，拙劣地，不利地，有害地；
[例句] I was angry because I played so badly...
[例句] The whole project was badly managed...
n. 照相机，摄影机；
[例句] Her gran lent her a camera for a school trip to Venice and Egypt.
[例句] ...a video camera...