adj. 破坏性的，毁灭性的，有害的；
[例句] ...the awesome destructive power of nuclear weapons...
[例句] Guilt can be very destructive.
n. 对话，（文学、戏剧、电影等中的）对话，对白，意见分歧者之间的意见交换；vt. 用对话表达；vi. 对话，进行非正式的意见交换；
[例句] People of all social standings should be given equal opportunities for dialogue...
[例句] They have begun dialogues to promote better understanding between both communities...
vt. 消除（疑虑等），驱散（云雾等），驱逐；
[例句] The President is attempting to dispel the notion that he has neglected the economy.
v. 做梦，向往( dream的现在分词 )，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.
n. 版次，版本，（报纸、杂志的）一份，（广播、电视节目的）一期，（书、报、杂志等的）一版印刷总数；
[例句] A paperback edition is now available at bookshops.
[例句] The second edition was published only in America.
vi. 上飞机，上船，着手，从事；vt. 使…上船或飞机，使从事，使着手，投资于；
[例句] He's embarking on a new career as a writer...
[例句] The government embarked on a programme of radical economic reform.
adj. 过度的，极度的，过分的，过多的，过逾；
[例句] ...the alleged use of excessive force by police...
[例句] The government says that local authority spending is excessive.
adv. 极端地，非常，很，去，绝；
[例句] My mobile phone is extremely useful...
[例句] These headaches are extremely common...
n. 联邦，同盟，联盟，联合会，联邦，联邦政府；
[例句] ...the Russian Federation.
[例句] ...the British Athletic Federation...
pron. （动词用复数）较少数；adj. 较少的，不多的( few的比较级 )，很少，（与复数名词和复数动词连用）有些，几个；
[例句] I gave a dinner party for a few close friends...
[例句] We had a few drinks afterwards...
v. 免除，释放( free的第三人称单数 )，使…免除，使…释放，使…。。摆脱；
[例句] The seminars are free, with lunch provided.
[例句] ...a free brochure with details of gift vouchers.
n. 先生，绅士，有身份地位的人；
[例句] ...this wonderful portrait of English gentleman Joseph Greenway.
[例句] He was always such a gentleman.
vi. 作呼噜声，（指人）发出类似的哼声；vt. 咕哝着说，发哼声，咕哝；n. （猪等的）呼噜声，咕哝，牢骚；
[例句] The driver grunted, convinced that Michael was crazy...
[例句] 'Rubbish,' I grunted...
n. 诚实，真诚，正直，〈古〉贞洁，[植]一年生缎花；
[例句] They said the greatest virtues in a politician were integrity, correctness and honesty.
adj. 水平的，卧式的，地平线的，[植]（枝条）平层的，同一行业的，同阶层的；n. 水平线，水平面，水平位置，水平的物体；
[例句] The board consists of vertical and horizontal lines...
[例句] Swing the club back until it is horizontal.
n. 轮轴，中心，焦点，（电器面板上的）电线插孔，[计]集线器；
[例句] The island's social hub is the Cafe Sport...
[例句] As a hub of finance and communications, Paris is now almost equal to London.
adj. 极大的，巨大的，浩瀚的，无边际的，〈口〉非常好的，弘道；
[例句] ...an immense cloud of smoke...
[例句] With immense relief I stopped running.
adj. 必要的，不可避免的，命令的，专横的，势在必行的，[语]祈使的；n. 必要的事，命令，规则，[语]祈使语气；
[例句] It was imperative that he act as naturally as possible...
[例句] That's why it is imperative to know what your rights are at such a time...
n. 抑制，压抑，禁止；
[例句] The whole point about dancing is to stop thinking and lose all your inhibitions...
[例句] They behave with a total lack of inhibition.
vt. 雕，刻，题写，题献；
[例句] Some galleries commemorate donors by inscribing their names on the walls...
[例句] She and Mark read the words inscribed on the inner walls of the monument.