n. 店员，办事员，职员，书记员，牧师，教士；vi. 当职员，当销售员；
[例句] She was offered a job as an accounts clerk with a travel firm.
[例句] ...a hotel clerk.
n. 商业，商务，贸易；
[例句] They have made their fortunes from industry and commerce.
n. 隔间（尤指火车车厢中的），区划；vt. 分隔，划分；
[例句] On the way home we shared our first class compartment with a group of businessmen.
[例句] I put a bottle of champagne in the freezer compartment.
v. 计算，估算，推断，用计算机计算；n. 计算；
[例句] I tried to compute the cash value of the ponies and horse boxes.
adj. 有关（方面），被牵连的，担心的，烦恼的，关心政治的，关心社会的；vt. 涉及，关心，参与，卷入，使担忧；vi. 有关，利害关系，顾虑，装置；
[例句] We were very concerned to keep the staff informed about what we were doing.
adj. 相当大（或多）的，该注意的，应考虑的；
[例句] To be without Pearce would be a considerable blow...
[例句] Doing it properly makes considerable demands on our time...
n. 配偶，伙伴，僚舰，合作；vi. 结交，陪伴，符合；vt. 使陪伴，使联系；
[例句] He regularly consorted with known drug-dealers.
[例句] At teatime, Victoria sang duets with her Consort, Prince Albert...
adj. 建设的，建设性的，积极的，有助益的，构造上的，[法]推定的；
[例句] She welcomes constructive criticism...
[例句] After their meeting, both men described the talks as frank, friendly and constructive...
adj. 合作的，协助的，共同的，〈美〉（大学文科）有关[包含]各种实习活动的；n. 合作社，联合体；
[例句] They decided a housing co-operative was the way to regenerate Ormiston Crescent...
[例句] The restaurant is run as a co-operative.
n. 掩蔽物，遮盖物；v. 覆盖( cover的现在分词)；
[例句] Leave a thin covering of fat...
[例句] Sawdust was used as a hygienic floor covering.
n. 吊车，起重机，鹤；vt.& vi. 伸长，探头；vi. 迟疑，踌躇；
[例句] The little prefabricated hut was lifted away by a huge crane.
[例句] She craned her neck to get a better view...
adj. 文化的，教养的，修习的，耕作的，开垦的，栽培[培养]的；
[例句] ...a deep sense of personal honor which was part of his cultural heritage.
[例句] ...the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation which promotes cultural and educational exchanges between Britain and India.
vt. 抑制，使潮湿，使…沮丧，隔音，防音；vi. 变得潮湿，丧气；
[例句] Nothing seems to dampen his perpetual enthusiasm...
[例句] I hate to dampen your spirits but aren't you overlooking a couple of minor points.
n. 资料，材料，datum的复数，[计算机]数据，资料，从科学实验中提取的价
[例句] The study was based on data from 2,100 women...
[例句] ...the latest year for which data is available...
n. 行为，交易；v. [牌戏]分( deal的现在分词 )，分配，经营，施予；
[例句] ...a great deal of money...
[例句] I am in a position to save you a good deal of time.
n. 推演，推理，演绎，（推理所得出的）结论，扣除，减除，扣除的量；
[例句] It was a pretty astute deduction...
[例句] My mother had consequently made her own shrewd deductions about what was going on in my marriage.
vt. 公开指责，正式指控，告发，通告废除；
[例句] The letter called for trade union freedom and civil rights, but did not openly denounce the regime...
[例句] German leaders denounced the attacks and pleaded for tolerance...
n. 钻石，金刚石，菱形，方块；vt. 镶钻石于，用钻石装饰；adj. 金刚石的，菱形的，用钻石装饰的；
[例句] ...a pair of diamond earrings.
[例句] ...a sphere made of diamond without impurity or flaw.
n. 隔板，横隔膜，光圈，快门；adj. 光圈的，隔膜的；
vt. 使失望，使破灭，使落空；vi. 使失望；
[例句] She knew that she would disappoint him.
[例句] A spokesman for UNHCR said he was surprised and disappointed by the decision.