n. 量度，份量，尺寸，测量法，（量得的）尺寸；
[例句] We took lots of measurements...
[例句] The measurements are extraordinarily accurate.
n. 河，江，溪，巨流；
[例句] ...a chemical works on the banks of the river.
[例句] ...boating on the River Danube.
vt. 抢劫，抢夺，掠夺，非法剥夺，使丧失；vi. 抢劫，掠夺；
[例句] Mrs Yacoub was robbed of her £3,000 designer watch at her West London home...
[例句] Police said Stefanovski had robbed a man just hours earlier.
conj. 虽然，尽管，即使，纵然；adv. 可是，但是，不过，然而，话虽这样说；prep. 但；
[例句] Gaelic has been a dying language for many years, though children are nowadays taught it in school...
[例句] After news of this new court case Ford broke down again, though he blamed the breakdown on his work...
num. 三，三个，第三（章，页等）；n. 三岁，三个人[东西]，三，三个；adj. 三的，三个的；
[例句] We waited three months before going back to see the specialist.
n. 护照，通行证，手段；
[例句] You should take your passport with you when changing money.
[例句] ...a South African businessman travelling on a British passport.
n. 耕作，耕地，犁，[天]北斗七星，〈英俚〉（主考人评定）不及
[例句] They ploughed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland.
[例句] ...a carefully ploughed field.
n. 可能，可能性，希望，可能发生的事物；
[例句] We were not in the least worried about the possibility that sweets could rot the teeth...
[例句] Tax on food has become a very real possibility.
n. 特权，特殊利益，荣幸，光荣，免责特权；vt. 给予特权，特别优待；
[例句] The Russian Federation has issued a decree abolishing special privileges for government officials.
[例句] ...the ancient powers and privileges of the House of Commons.
adj. 富有成效的，多产的，生产性的，具有创造性的；
[例句] Training makes workers highly productive...
[例句] More productive farmers have been able to provide cheaper food.
adj. 快速的，[摄]感光快的，险峻的；n. 急流，高速交通工具，高速交通网；
[例句] ...the country's rapid economic growth in the 1980's...
[例句] This signals a rapid change of mind by the government.
n. 研究，追究，探讨，探测，调查，探索；vi. 做研究，探究，（从市场调研中）得出所预测的结果；vt. 从事…的研究，为…而做研究；
[例句] 65 percent of the 1987 budget went for nuclear weapons research and production.
[例句] ...cancer research.
adj. 合适的，适当的，适宜的，恰当的；
[例句] Employers usually decide within five minutes whether someone is suitable for the job...
[例句] She had no other dress suitable for the occasion...
vt. 以呻吟声说出，悲叹，抱怨，哀
[例句] Tony moaned in his sleep and then turned over on his side...
[例句] 'My head, my head,' he moaned. 'I can't see.'
adj. 裸体的，裸露的，率直的，赤裸裸的，缺乏保护，不加掩饰的；
[例句] Her naked body was found wrapped in a sheet in a field...
[例句] The hot paving stones scorched my naked feet...
n. 装饰，装饰物，[乐]装饰音；v. 装饰，美化；
[例句] ...a shelf containing a few photographs and ornaments.
[例句] ...Christmas tree ornaments.
adv. 在晚上，在夜里，突然，很快；adj. 一整夜的，晚上的，突然的，很快的；n. 前一天的晚上，一夜的逗留；vi. 过一夜；
[例句] The weather remained calm overnight...
[例句] The decision was reached overnight...
n. 卷轴，卷盘，卷筒，绕在卷轴上的线（或金属丝、胶卷等）；vt. 卷，绕；vi. 蹒跚，摇晃，来回旋转，眩晕；
[例句] ...a 30m reel of cable.
[例句] I shall not reveal the movie's final reel.
vt. 切开，撕开，使有狭缝；n. 狭长切口，裂缝，投币口；
[例句] They say somebody slit her throat...
[例句] He began to slit open each envelope...
v. 用带捆扎，用皮带抽打，拼命工作；n. 带子，皮带，磨刀皮带，鞭打；
[例句] Nancy gripped the strap of her beach bag...
[例句] Brian pulled the straps through the buckles of his suitcase...