n. 生物圈，生物界，生物层；
n. 宽度，宽容，（知识、兴趣等的）广泛；
[例句] The breadth of the whole camp was 400 paces.
[例句] Older people have a tremendous breadth of experience...
n. 黄油，黄油状的食品，奉承话，焊膏；vt. 抹黄油于…上，用黄油煎食物，讨好；
[例句] ...bread and butter...
[例句] Pour the melted butter into a large mixing bowl.
vt.& vi. 擦热（尤指皮肤），擦痛，发怒，惹怒；n. 擦伤；
[例句] My shorts were chafing my thighs...
[例句] She turned him in the bed so that the sheets wouldn't chafe his skin into sores...
n. 确认，认可，证实，证明，[宗]坚信
[例句] X-rays have confirmed that he has not broken any bones...
[例句] These new statistics confirm our worst fears about the depth of the recession...
adj. 糊涂的，迷乱的，混杂的，不清楚的；v. 困惑(confuse的过去式)；
[例句] A survey showed people were confused about what they should eat to stay healthy...
[例句] Things were happening too quickly and Brian was confused.
n. 辅音，子音，辅音字母；adj. 一致的，符合的，协和音的，和音的；
[例句] I found their work very much consonant with this way of thinking.
n. 竞争，争论，争夺，论点；
[例句] This evidence supports their contention that the outbreak of violence was prearranged.
[例句] Sufficient research evidence exists to support this contention.
vi. 成功地应付，对付，对抗；n. 长袍，斗篷状覆盖物，墙帽；vt. 笼罩，给…盖墙压顶；
[例句] It was amazing how my mother coped with bringing up three children on less than three pounds a week...
[例句] The problems were an annoyance, but we managed to cope.
adj. 关键性的，极其显要的，决定性的，十字形的；
[例句] He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself...
[例句] ...the most crucial election campaign for years...
adj. 好奇的， 好求知的，奇妙的， 稀奇的；
[例句] Steve was intensely curious about the world I came from...
[例句] Children are naturally curious.
vt. 鄙视，看不起；
[例句] I can never, ever forgive him. I despise him...
[例句] She secretly despises his work...
adj. 坚定的，毅然的，确定的；v. （使）下决心，（使）做出决定( determine的过去式和过去分词)，决定，确定，使决定；
[例句] His enemies are determined to ruin him...
[例句] She is a remarkably adroit and determined politician...
n. 献身，奉献，忠诚，信仰，祈祷，热爱；
[例句] At first she was flattered by his devotion.
[例句] ...devotion to the cause of the people and to socialism...
n. 识别能力，洞察力，敏锐，精明；
[例句] ...their lack of discernment and acceptance of inferior quality.
vt. 隐瞒，掩饰，伪装，假装，化装，掩盖；n. 伪装，伪装品，用作伪装的东西，托辞，借口；
[例句] You'll have to travel in disguise...
[例句] He was wearing that ridiculous disguise...
n. 演练；v. 钻（孔）( drill的现在分词 )，打（眼），操练，训练；
[例句] ...pneumatic drills.
[例句] ...a dentist's drill.
vt. 发出，发射，颁布，发表；
[例句] The new device emits a powerful circular column of light.
[例句] ...the amount of carbon dioxide emitted.
adv. 完全地，完整地，全部地，彻底地；
[例句] ...an entirely new approach...
[例句] Fraud is an entirely different matter...
vt. 提高，提升，赞扬，使得意，加强；
[例句] However difficult she might have been, this book exalts her as both mother and muse...
[例句] His work exalts all those virtues that we, as Americans, are taught to hold dear.