n. 行为，态度，（机器等的）运转状态，（事物的）反应；
n. 崩溃，倒塌，损坏，故障，分解，垮，衰竭；
[例句] ...the breakdown of talks between the US and EU officials.
[例句] ...the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage...
vt.& vi. 浏览，吃草，随意翻阅；n. 浏览，吃草，放牧；
[例句] I stopped in several bookstores to browse...
[例句] She browsed in an up-market antiques shop...
n. 米色，爱好者，黄褐色软皮革（尤指水牛皮或黄牛皮革），黄皮军装上衣；adj. 浅黄色的，米色的黄褐色软皮革（尤指水牛皮或黄牛皮革），黄皮革制的，健美的；vt. 用软物擦亮（金属），使皮革柔软，减低（力量），减弱；vi. 作缓冲器，缓冲；
[例句] He took a largish buff envelope from his pocket.
[例句] Judge Lanier is a real film buff...
adj. 被携带的，被运载的；v. 支撑( carry的过去式和过去分词 )，携带，输送，运载；
[例句] He was carrying a briefcase...
[例句] He carried the plate through to the dining room...
adj. 小心的，谨慎的，兢，恮，持重；
[例句] The scientists are cautious about using enzyme therapy on humans...
[例句] He is a very cautious man.
n. 气候，氛围，状况，局势；
[例句] ...the hot and humid climate of Cyprus.
[例句] The economic climate remains uncertain.
vi. （尤指两人）互相紧紧抱[扭]住；vt. 解决（争端、交易），达成（协议），敲弯；n. 钳子，夹子，敲弯；
[例句] Hibernian clinched the First Division title when they beat Hamilton 2-0...
[例句] This has fuelled speculation that he is about to clinch a deal with an American engine manufacturer.
n. 同伴，[天]伴星(=~star)，（用于书名）指南，同甘共苦的伙伴；vt. 同行，陪伴；
[例句] Fred had been her constant companion for the last six years of her life...
[例句] I asked my travelling companion what he thought of the situation in Algeria.
adj. 可比较的，比得上的；
[例句] ...paying the same wages to men and women for work of comparable value...
[例句] Farmers were meant to get an income comparable to that of townspeople...
adj. 比较（上）的，按比较估计的，相当的，还可以的；n. [语]（形容词或副词的）比较级形式，可匹敌者，可比拟物；
[例句] ...those who manage to reach the comparative safety of Fendel...
[例句] The task was accomplished with comparative ease.
v. 供认，坦白，承认，悔过；
[例句] He had confessed to seventeen murders...
[例句] Her husband confessed to having had an affair...
adj. 大陆的，大陆性的，欧洲大陆的，〈美〉（独立战争时）美洲殖民地的；n. 欧洲大陆人，〈美〉（独立战争中的）美国兵[纸币]，〈美俚〉（起源于英国的）欧洲大陆发式；
[例句] He sees no signs of improvement in the UK and continental economy.
[例句] He's very continental...
n. 棉，棉线，棉织物，（其他植物所生的绒毛状的）棉状物；vi. 喜欢，赞成，一致，交往；
[例句] ...a cotton shirt.
[例句] ...a large cotton plantation in Tennessee.
n. 勇气，胆量，魄力，肝胆；
[例句] General Lewis Mackenzie has impressed everyone with his authority and personal courage...
[例句] They do not have the courage to apologise for their actions.
n. 乌鸦，雄鸡的啼声；vi. 公鸡啼鸣，报晓，欢呼，（尤指在其他人不成功时）扬扬自得地夸口；
[例句] The cock crows and the dawn chorus begins.
[例句] Edwards is already crowing about his assured victory...
n. 好奇心，爱打听的癖性，奇人，奇物，古玩，奇特性；
[例句] Ryle accepted more out of curiosity than anything else...
[例句] ...an enthusiasm and genuine curiosity about the past...
vi. 存在，生存，生活，继续存在；
[例句] He thought that if he couldn't see something, it didn't exist...
[例句] Research opportunities exist in a wide range of pure and applied areas of entomology...
adj. 联邦（制）的，同盟的；n. 联邦主义者，同盟盟友；
[例句] Five of the six provinces are to become autonomous regions in a new federal system of government.
[例句] He does not believe in a federal Europe with centralising powers.
n. 第一（个人或事物）( first的名词复数 )；
[例句] She lost 16 pounds in the first month of her diet.
[例句] ...the first few flakes of snow...