n. 风俗，习惯，习性，经常光顾；adj. 定做的，量身设计的；
[例句] The custom of lighting the Olympic flame goes back centuries...
[例句] Chung has tried to adapt to local customs.
n. 债务，负债情况，义务，罪，过失；
[例句] Three years later, he is still paying off his debts...
[例句] Shrinking economies mean falling tax revenues and more government debt.
vt. 放气，使缩小，紧缩（通货）；vt. 缩小，物价下降；
[例句] Like any actor he can be self-centred but I think I've worked out how to deflate him...
[例句] Britain's other hopes of medals were deflated earlier in the day.
n. 破坏，毁灭，消灭，灭亡，扑灭，驱除，摧毁，毁灭的原因，破坏手段，杀害；
[例句] ...an international agreement aimed at halting the destruction of the ozone layer.
[例句] ...weapons of mass destruction.
vt. 不顾，不理会，漠视，忽视，蔑视，轻视；n. 漠视，忽视，不理，不顾，不尊重；
[例句] He disregarded the advice of his executives...
[例句] Critics say he allowed the police and security forces to disregard human rights.
vi. 点滴留下；vt.& vi. （使液体）滴下或作细流，运球，带球；n. 口水，涓滴，细滴，运球，少量（液体）；
[例句] Sweat dribbled down Hart's face...
[例句] Dribble the hot mixture slowly into the blender.
n. 染料，染色，颜色；vt. 染色，给…染色；vi. 染上或粘上（颜色）；
[例句] The women prepared, spun and dyed the wool...
[例句] She had dyed black hair.
n. （性格中的）弱点，缺陷，短处；prep. 如果（某事）不发生，如果没有（某事物），如果（某人不在），如果没有（某人）；v. 在…中失败( fail的现在分词)，衰退，不及格(fail的ing形式)，破产；adj. 失败的，衰退中的，减弱中的；
[例句] Like many in Russia, she blamed the country's failings on futile attempts to catch up with the West...
[例句] He had invented an imaginary son, in order to make up for his real son's failings.
adj. 外国的，外交的，外来的，不相干的，[医]异质的；
[例句] ...in Frankfurt, where a quarter of the population is foreign...
[例句] She was on her first foreign holiday without her parents.
adj. 成形的，成形加工的；v. 形成，构成，产生( form的过去式和过去分词 )，是，（使）成形，结成（友谊）；
[例句] He contracted a rare form of cancer...
[例句] Doctors are willing to take some form of industrial action...
n. 听力，听觉，审问，听力所及的距离，听得见的范围，听证会，〈美〉意见听取会；v. 听到，听见( hear的现在分词)；
[例句] His mind still seemed clear and his hearing was excellent.
[例句] The judge adjourned the hearing until next Tuesday.
vt. 开始，发起，传授，创始，开辟，接纳新成员；n. 新加入某组织（或机构、宗教）的人，新入会的人，被传授初步知识的人；adj. 被传授初步知识的，新入会的；
[例句] They wanted to initiate a discussion on economics...
[例句] The trip was initiated by the manager of the community centre.
vt. 损害，毁坏，伤害（名誉、自尊等），（尤指事故中）伤害，伤害（感情，自尊心等）；
[例句] A number of bombs have exploded, seriously injuring at least five people...
[例句] Several policemen were injured in the clashes.
adj. 字面上的，原义的，逐字的，言辞刻板的；
[例句] In many cases, the people there are fighting, in a literal sense, for their homes.
[例句] A literal translation of the name Tapies is 'walls.'
adj. 海的，海产的，海军的，海事的；n. 水兵，海军陆战队士兵，海事，海运业；
[例句] ...breeding grounds for marine life.
[例句] ...research in marine biology.
vt.& vi. （使）结婚，娶，嫁，结合；vt. 为…主持婚
[例句] I thought he would change after we got married...
[例句] They married a month after they met...
adj. 陡峭的，险峻的，过分的，夸张的，极高的，急剧升降的；vt. 浸泡，使渗透或沉溺，使浸透；vi. 在液体中浸泡；n. 泡的行为或过程，被浸泡的状态，浸泡液；
[例句] San Francisco is built on 40 hills and some are very steep.
[例句] ...a narrow, steep-sided valley.
n. 食糖，一匙糖，宝贝儿，亲爱的；vt. 在…加糖，给…裹上（糖衣或类糖物）；vi. 形成糖；int. （做了蠢事或出现差错时表示懊恼，用作 shit 的委婉语）哎呀，真是的；
[例句] ...bags of sugar...
[例句] Ice cream is high in fat and sugar.
n. 磁带录像，录像磁带，录像机，电视，（指方法）录像；adj. 电视的，视频的，影像的，用录像磁带[录像带]的；vt. 录像，制作…的录像；
[例句] We were watching videos with her.
[例句] ...the makers of films and videos.
n. 付款，支付，报酬，报答，偿还，惩罚，报应；
[例句] Thousands of its customers are in arrears with loans and mortgage payments...
[例句] The fund will make payments of just over £1 billion next year.