adj. 学院的，大学的，学会的，（学术，文艺）协会的，学究的，学理上的，空谈的，非实用的，〈美〉文科的，文学的，柏拉图学派的；n. 学者，大学教师，大学生，学会会员，纸上空论，空论，[A-]柏拉图哲学信奉者；
[例句] Their academic standards are high...
[例句] I was terrible at school and left with few academic qualifications...
adj. 足够的，适当的，恰当的，差强人意的，胜任的；
[例句] One in four people worldwide are without adequate homes...
[例句] The old methods weren't adequate to meet current needs...
vt. 加重，使恶化，使恼火，激怒；
[例句] Stress and lack of sleep can aggravate the situation...
[例句] He would only aggravate the injury by rubbing it.
vt. 使人发笑，逗乐，使消遣，娱乐；
[例句] The thought seemed to amuse him...
[例句] Their antics never fail to amuse.
n. 围裙，[航] 停机坪，[机]（防护）挡板，舞台口；vt. 用围裙围住，围绕；
adj. 艺术的，有美感的，风雅的，（尤指）有美术才能的；
[例句] They encourage boys to be sensitive and artistic...
[例句] Mary's got it all so nice — you remember how artistic she always was with colors.
n. 助手，助理，[化学]（染色的）助剂，辅助物，店员，伙计；adj. 助理的，辅助的，有帮助的，副的；
[例句] ...the Assistant Secretary of Defense.
[例句] ...a young assistant professor at Harvard.
adj. 贫瘠的，不结果实的，不孕的，无价值的；n. 荒原，不毛之地；
[例句] ...the country's landscape of high barren mountains.
[例句] He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
n. 海滩，海滨，岸上的沙子和卵石；vt. 将…拖上岸，将滑艇拖到小屋前面的岸边；
[例句] ...a beautiful sandy beach...
[例句] I just want to lie on the beach in the sun.
n. （上帝的）祝福，好事，福分，因祸得福；v. 祝圣( bless的现在分词)，称颂上帝，求神赐福于，（表示惊奇）；
[例句] Rivers are a blessing for an agricultural country.
[例句] ...the blessings of prosperity.
n. 早餐，早饭；v. 吃早饭，用早餐；
[例句] What's for breakfast?
[例句] ...breakfast cereal.
n. 亮度，明亮，光泽度，灯火通明；
[例句] ...a bright red dress.
[例句] ...the bright uniforms of the guards parading at Buckingham Palace.
vt.& vi. （在政治方面）游说，调查意见，为讨论而提出（意见等），详细检查；n. 检票员，游说者，讨论，细查，劝诱；vt. 揽（货）；
[例句] I'm canvassing for the Conservative Party...
[例句] Members of Parliament are spending the weekend canvassing opinion in their constituencies.
adj. 圆形的，环行的，迂回的，绕行的，供传阅的，流通的；n. 通知，通告，印制的广告，传单；
[例句] ...a circular hole twelve feet wide and two feet deep...
[例句] Place your hands on your shoulders and move your elbows up, back, and down, in a circular motion.
vt. 分类，归类，把…列为密件；
[例句] It is necessary initially to classify the headaches into certain types...
[例句] Rocks can be classified according to their mode of origin...
n. 丛，簇，串，群，[语言]辅音群；vi. 丛生，群聚；vt. 使密集，使聚集；
[例句] ...clusters of men in formal clothes...
[例句] There's no town here, just a cluster of shops, cabins and motels at the side of the highway.
n. 殖民地，聚居地，群体，聚居人群；
[例句] In France's former North African colonies, anti-French feeling is growing...
[例句] Puerto Rico, though it calls itself a Commonwealth, is really a self-governing American colony.
adj. 有能力的，能胜任的，能干的，称职的，足够的，充足的，有决定权的；
[例句] He was a loyal, distinguished and very competent civil servant.
[例句] ...a competent performance.
n. 和谐，一致，和睦；
[例句] They expressed the hope that he would pursue a neutral and balanced policy for the sake of national concord.
vt. 保护，保藏，保存，[化，物]使守恒，将…做成蜜饯；n. 果酱，蜜饯；
[例句] The republic's factories have closed for the weekend to conserve energy.
[例句] ...a big increase in US aid to help developing countries conserve their forests.