adj. 完全的，荒凉的，光秃秃的，僵硬的；adv. 一丝不挂，赤裸，完全，明显地，质朴地；n. 斯塔克；
[例句] UK companies face a stark choice if they want to stay competitive...
[例句] In his celebration speech, he issued a stark warning to Washington and other Western capitals.
n. 用肘轻推，推动；vt. （用肘）轻推，推进；
[例句] I nudged Stan and pointed again...
[例句] 'Stop it,' he said, and nudged the boy lightly with his knee.
vt. （沸水等）烫伤（皮肤），把（尤指牛奶）加热到接近沸腾；n. （沸水或蒸汽造成的）烫伤；
[例句] A patient scalded herself in a hot bath.
[例句] ...a child with a scalded hand.
adj. 不健全的，不稳固的，无根据的，腐烂的；adv. 不健全地，情况不佳地，虚弱地，有缺点地；
[例句] The thinking is good-hearted, but muddled and fundamentally unsound...
[例句] The national tests were educationally unsound.
adj. 卑鄙的，〈口〉极坏的，讨厌的，〈古〉不足道，无价值的，粗鄙的，恶俗的；
[例句] The weather was consistently vile...
[例句] She was in too vile a mood to work.
n. 记录( record的名词复数 )，经历，（有关过去的）事实，最好的成绩；v. 记录，录音，拍摄( record的第三人称单数 )，标明，发表正式（或法律方面的）声明，演奏音乐供录制；
[例句] Keep a record of all the payments...
[例句] There's no record of any marriage or children...
结果是，关掉，制造，出席；
[例句] If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me...
[例句] Sometimes things don't turn out the way we think they're going to...
n. 助手( second的名词复数 )，第二名，秒，第二份食物；v. 支持( second的第三人称单数 )，临时调派，附议，赞成某提案；
[例句] For a few seconds nobody said anything...
[例句] It only takes forty seconds...
n. （居住、工作或做事情的）环境，（影响某事发生的）物质环境，承保险别，条件( condition的名词复数 )，状况，健康状况，环境；
[例句] He remains in a critical condition in a California hospital...
[例句] I received several compliments on the condition of my skin...
n. 力( strength的名词复数 )，优点，（光、声、色等的）力度，人力[数]；
[例句] She has always been encouraged to swim to build up the strength of her muscles...
[例句] He threw it forward with all his strength...
n. 梦( dream的名词复数 )，出神，梦幻状态，抱负；v. 做梦，向往( dream的第三人称单数 )，想到，料到，[常用于疑问句或否定句]考虑到，想到，料到，虚度（光阴），（在空想中）度过（时间），迷迷糊糊地度过（与 away,out 连用）；
[例句] He had a dream about Claire...
[例句] I had a dream that I was in an old study, surrounded by leather books.
n. （尤指一套中的）一件( piece的名词复数 )，片，条，部分；v. 凑合( piece的第三人称单数 )，凑成，修补，组合资料（以便了解情况）；
[例句] ...a piece of cake.
[例句] ...a piece of wood.
v. 放( put的第三人称单数 )，表达，给予（重视、信任、价值等），使处于（某种状态）；
[例句] Leaphorn put the photograph on the desk...
[例句] She hesitated, then put her hand on Grace's arm...
n. （数据）处理，整理，配置，工艺（生产方法）设计；v. 加工( process的现在分词 )，处理，审阅，审核；
[例句] There was total agreement to start the peace process as soon as possible...
[例句] They decided to spread the building process over three years...
n. 透明，透明度，透明性，透明的东西；
[例句] Cataracts is a condition that affects the transparency of the lenses.
[例句] The Chancellor emphasised his determination to promote openness and transparency in the Government's economic decision-making.
adj. 有动力装置的，用动力推动的；
[例句] She interviewed six women who have reached positions of great power and influence...
[例句] In a democracy, power must be divided.
v. 做梦，向往( dream的过去式和过去分词 )，想到，料到，[常用于疑问句或否定句]考虑到，想到，料到，虚度（光阴），（在空想中）度过（时间），迷迷糊糊地度过（与 away,out 连用）；
[例句] He had a dream about Claire...
[例句] I had a dream that I was in an old study, surrounded by leather books.
感觉，了解；
[例句] She stared at him again, unable to believe the evidence of her senses.
[例句] ...a keen sense of smell.
adj. 圆滑的，花言巧语的，有光泽的，时髦的，（动植物）喂养得好的，长得好的；vt. 使光滑，使有光泽，掩饰，隐瞒，使整洁；vi. 打扮整洁，滑动；
[例句] ...sleek black hair...
[例句] The horse's sleek body gleamed.
n. （小说、戏剧等中的）反面人物，罪犯，恶棍，淘气鬼，顽童；
[例句] If Mr Denny is indeed the villain of the piece, as the police claim he is, he should have been more carefully watched.