v. 在…中失败( fail的第三人称单数 )，衰退，衰弱，破产；
[例句] The Workers' Party failed to win a single governorship...
[例句] He failed in his attempt to take control of the company...
vi. 回家（home的过去式与过去分词形式）；
[例句] Last night they stayed at home and watched TV...
[例句] ...his home in Hampstead.
n. 无关紧要的人[事]( nothing的名词复数 )；
[例句] I've done nothing much since coffee time...
[例句] Mr Pearson said he knew nothing of his wife's daytime habits...
vt. 剪（烛）花，扑灭，熄灭（烛光），消灭，扼杀，嗅；vi. 死去，熄灭（火焰），（伤风鼻阻时）呼呼地吸（气），吸入，闻，嗅；n. 烛花，灯花，鼻烟，气息；
[例句] He thought he was about to snuff it.
vt. 使简短，缩简，缩略，使用缩写词；n. 使用缩写词的人，缩短，缩写（词、短语、名字、名称）；
[例句] He abbreviated his first name to Alec.
conj. 尽管，虽然，但是，然
[例句] Although he is known to only a few, his reputation among them is very great...
[例句] Although the shooting has stopped for now, the destruction left behind is enormous.
n. （学习方面的）才能，资质，天资，适合性，倾向；
[例句] An aptitude for computing is beneficial for students taking this degree.
[例句] Some students have more aptitude for academic work than others.
n. 林荫路，大街，途径，手段，〈美〉（南北向）街道；
[例句] ...the most expensive stores on Park Avenue.
[例句] Talbot was presented with 80 potential avenues of investigation...
n. 肚子，腹部，（物体的）圆形或凸起部份，胃口，食欲，腹部…形的；vt.& vi. 膨胀；
[例句] She laid her hands on her swollen belly...
[例句] ...a horse with its belly ripped open...
n. 舞台场面设计，舞台调度，舞台场面调度设计，模块化；v. 堵塞( block的现在分词 )，阻碍，设计（电视录像的摄像镜头布局），[球类]（合法）阻挡（对手）；
[例句] ...blocks of council flats.
[例句] ...a white-painted apartment block.
n. 发辫，辫子，穗带，编织物；vt. 把（头发）编成辫子，把…打缏子，（用饰带等）镶缀，编织；
[例句] ...a plum-coloured uniform with lots of gold braid.
[例句] She had almost finished braiding Louisa's hair...
adj. 破碎的，打碎的，（腿，臂等）已骨折的，（线条）虚线的，断续的，被打断的；v. 打破，折断(break的过去分词)，打破（纪录），损坏；
[例句] A broken blue line means the course of a waterless valley.
[例句] She spoke for the first time about the traumas of a broken marriage...
n. 同性恋者，鸡奸者，兽奸者；vt. 与…鸡奸，毁坏；
n. 目录，一览表，（美）大学情况便览，展览目录，产品样本；vt. 为…编目录，登记分类，记载，列入目录，登记（某人、某事的）详情；
[例句] ...the world's biggest seed catalogue.
[例句] The Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded to observe and catalogue the stars.
n. 木底鞋，障碍；v. 阻碍，堵塞；
[例句] Dirt clogs the pores, causing spots...
[例句] The traffic clogged the Thames bridges.
adv. 通常地，一般地，平凡地，粗俗地；
[例句] His name was Hansen, a common name in Norway...
[例句] Oil pollution is the commonest cause of death for seabirds...
n. 连词，连接，联合，结合物，（恒星、行星等的）合；
[例句] ...the conjunction of two events.
[例句] ...a conjunction of religious and social factors.
n. 被征入伍者；adj. 被征入伍的；vt. 征兵；
[例句] He was conscripted into the German army...
[例句] Peter was conscripted like every other young man.
n. 阴谋，反叛，共谋；
[例句] Seven men, all from Bristol, admitted conspiracy to commit arson...
[例句] He believes there probably was a conspiracy to kill President Kennedy in 1963.
adj. 热诚的，诚恳的，兴奋的；n. 补品，兴奋剂，甘露酒；
[例句] He had never known him to be so chatty and cordial...
[例句] He said the two countries had close and cordial relations.