n. 拱顶，穹窿，地下室，撑物跳，墓穴；vt. 进行撑竿跳，做成圆拱形，成穹状，（以手撑物或撑竿）跳过；vi. 跳跃，成穹状弯曲；
[例句] Most of the money was in storage in bank vaults...
[例句] The gold recovered so far is being held in a vault at a secret location.
v. 抑制，镇压，压抑；
[例句] People who repress their emotions risk having nightmares...
[例句] It is anger that is repressed that leads to violence and loss of control.
adj. （身体）柔软的，灵活的，易弯曲的，顺从的，巴结的；v. 使柔软，使柔顺，使顺从，驯（马），变柔软，变柔
[例句] The leather is supple and sturdy enough to last for years...
[例句] Traditional cheesemaking skills give our brie its soft, supple, creamy texture.
v. 汇款，免除，赦免；n. 职权范围，控制范围，影响范围；
[例句] That issue is not within the remit of the working group...
[例句] The centre has a remit to advise Asian businesses and entrepreneurs.
adj. 安静的，沉着的，镇静的，静肃的；vt. 使昏昏入睡，使镇静，给…服镇静剂；
[例句] She took them to visit her sedate, elderly cousins...
[例句] Her London life was sedate, almost mundane...
n. 寿衣，覆盖物，船的横桅索，[电] 护罩；vt. 覆盖，用裹尸布包；
[例句] ...a parked car huddled under a shroud of grey snow...
[例句] Ministers are as keen as ever to wrap their activities in a shroud of secrecy.
组成，补足，化妆，编造；
[例句] North Africans make up the largest and poorest immigrant group in the country...
[例句] Women officers make up 13 per cent of the police force...
n. 公司( company的名词复数 )，[军事]连，连队，客人；
[例句] Sheila found some work as a secretary in an insurance company.
[例句] ...the Ford Motor Company.
adj. 包金箔的；v. （使）打滚( roll的过去式和过去分词 )，（使）转动，卷，把…卷成筒状；
[例句] The ball rolled into the net...
[例句] Their car went off the road and rolled over...
n. 国旗，旗帜，船旗，军旗，颜色( colour的名词复数 )，肤色，彩色，（用于服装、旗帜等代表团队、学校、政党或国家的）色彩；v. （用颜料、彩色笔等）为…着色( colour的第三人称单数 )，（尤指负面地）影响，（因尴尬而）脸红；
[例句] 'What colour is the car?' — 'Red.'...
[例句] Her silk dress was sky-blue, the colour of her eyes...
adj. 撕开的，痛苦的；v. 撕( tear的现在分词 )，（使）分裂，撕碎，扯破；
[例句] Her eyes filled with tears...
[例句] I just broke down and wept with tears of joy...
adv. 公开地，由公众（或政府），为公众所同意，以公众名义；
[例句] Lauderdale House is now open to the public...
[例句] Pure alcohol is not for sale to the general public...
n. 回复( return的名词复数 )，利润，偿还；v. 返回，回来( return的第三人称单数 )，恢复，还，归还；
[例句] Blair will return to London tonight...
[例句] Our correspondent Stephen Sackur has just returned from the camps on the border...
n. 关系( concern的名词复数 )，关心，企业，（与某人）有关的事；
[例句] The group has expressed concern about reports of political violence in Africa...
[例句] The move follows growing public concern over the spread of the disease...
adv. 薄薄地，稀疏地，细细地，勉强地；
[例句] A thin cable carries the signal to a computer...
[例句] James's face was thin, finely boned, and sensitive.
adj. 向后的，退化的，恶化的，次序颠倒的；vi. 逆行，倒退，退步；vt. 使倒退；vi. 倒退地，向后地；
[例句] The Prime Minister described transferring education to central government funding as 'a retrograde step'.
n. 抱负，渴望得到的东西，追求的目标，夙愿；vt. 追求，有…野心；
[例句] His ambition is to sail round the world...
[例句] He harboured ambitions of becoming a Tory MP.
n. 坏，恶劣，有害，不吉祥；
[例句] The bad weather conditions prevented the plane from landing...
[例句] We have been going through a bad time...
vt. 放逐，驱逐，消除，排除；
[例句] John was banished from England...
[例句] I was banished to the small bedroom upstairs...
n. 络腮胡子，大鬓角，烧伤，烧痕( burn的名词复数 )；v. （使）燃烧( burn的第三人称单数 )，使用某物为燃料，烧毁，烧坏；
[例句] Fires were burning out of control in the center of the city...
[例句] There was a fire burning in the large fireplace...