n. 类型，部门，种类，类别，类目，[逻，哲]范畴，体重等级；
[例句] This book clearly falls into the category of fictionalised autobiography...
[例句] The tables were organised into six different categories...
adj. 寒冷的，怕冷的，冷淡的，疏远的，使心恐惧的；
[例句] It was a chilly afternoon...
[例句] The rooms had grown chilly.
n. 喜剧，喜剧性，喜剧体裁，有趣的事情；
[例句] Actor Dom Deluise talks about his career in comedy.
[例句] ...a TV comedy series.
n. 复杂性，错综复杂的状态，复杂的事物，复合物；
[例句] ...a diplomatic tangle of great complexity.
[例句] ...the increasing complexity of modern weapon systems.
vi. 遵从，依从，顺从，应允，同意；
[例句] The commander said that the army would comply with the ceasefire...
[例句] Some beaches had failed to comply with European directives on bathing water...
vt. 使（某人）息怒或友好，安抚，劝慰；vt.& vi. （使）意见一致，调节；n. 安抚者，劝慰者；adj. 意图或可能抚慰或调解的；
[例句] His duty was to conciliate the people, not to provoke them...
[例句] The President has a strong political urge to conciliate...
n. 外形，轮廓，（地图上表示相同海拔各点的）等高线，概要，电路；vt. 画轮廓（等高线）；adj. 显示轮廓的；
[例句] ...the texture and colour of the skin, the contours of the body...
[例句] I cradled my video camera nervously on my lap, but its cold contours did nothing to comfort me.
n. 全体工作人员，全体乘务船员，全体船员，一群，一帮，专业团队；v. 当（尤指船上的）工作人员；
[例句] The mission for the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour is essentially over...
[例句] Despite their size, these vessels carry small crews, usually of around twenty men...
n. 碎屑（尤指面包屑或糕饼屑），面包心，些许，少许，可鄙的人物；v. 捏碎，弄碎，[烹]裹上面包屑用油煎；
[例句] I stood up, brushing crumbs from my trousers.
[例句] At last Andrew gave them a crumb of information...
n. 欺骗，谬见，错觉，妄想；
[例句] I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.
[例句] This was not optimism, it was delusion.
adj. 狡诈的，狡猾的，诡计多端的；v. 设计，绘制( design的现在分词 )，设计，计划，企图；
[例句] They wanted to design a machine that was both attractive and practical.
[例句] ...men wearing specially designed boots.
n. 侦查，察觉，发觉，检查；
[例句] ...the early detection of breast cancer.
[例句] They are cheating but are sophisticated enough to avoid detection.
n. 鄙视，轻蔑；vt. 鄙视，不屑于做，不愿意做；
[例句] Janet looked at him with disdain...
[例句] She shared her daughter's disdain for her fellow countrymen.
n. （事情的）处置，（自由）处置权，清理，排列；adj. 处理（或置放）废品的；
[例句] Do you have this information at your disposal?...
[例句] He has said he will use all the weapons at his disposal...
adj. 某地特有的，（尤指疾病）地方性的，风土的，（动，植物）某些特产的；n. 地方病，某地特产的植物[动物]；
[例句] Polio was then endemic among children my age.
[例句] Street crime is virtually endemic in large cities.
adj. （指厕所等）有人用的，已订婚的，（指电话）占线的，忙碌的；v. 与某人订婚，保证，约定，从事( engage的过去式和过去分词)，吸引或引起（注意、兴趣等）；
[例句] They found the three engaged in target practice.
[例句] ...the various projects he was engaged on.
n. 护送者，护航舰，陪同某人参加社交活动的人（尤指男人），受雇陪同某人外出社交的人（尤指女人）；vt. 护送，护卫；
[例句] He arrived with a police escort shortly before half past nine.
[例句] My sister needed an escort for a company dinner.
vt. 切除，删去，向…征税，向…索取高价；n. 国内货物税，消费税，执照税，（英国的）国产税务局；
[例句] ...this year's rise in excise duties...
[例句] New car buyers and smokers will be hit by increases in taxes and excise.
n. 陈列，展览，展览品，陈列品，表明，[法]（证据等的）提出；
[例句] ...an exhibition of expressionist art.
[例句] ...an exhibition on the natural history of the area.
n. 车库，汽车修理站，飞机库；vt. 把…送入车库，把（汽车）开进车库；
[例句] Nancy took her car to a local garage for a check-up...
[例句] Nelson Garage has the used car you're after.