vt.& vi. （通常因悲伤）哭泣，流泪，悲哀，哀
[例句] She wanted to laugh and weep all at once...
[例句] The weeping family hugged and comforted each other...
adj. 顽固的，固执的，难于控制的，方头不劣；
[例句] He is obstinate and determined and will not give up...
[例句] She was a wicked and obstinate child.
n. 劝说，说服（力），信仰；
[例句] Only after much persuasion from Ellis had she agreed to hold a show at all...
[例句] She was using all her powers of persuasion to induce the Griffins to remain in Rollway.
n. 生产率，生产力，[经济学] 生产率，[生态学]生产率；
[例句] The third-quarter results reflect continued improvements in productivity...
[例句] His method of obtaining a high level of productivity is demanding.
n. （达到）饱和状态，饱和度，浸透，浸润，饱和剂；
[例句] Reforms have led to the saturation of the market with goods...
[例句] Road traffic has reached saturation point.
vt.& vi. 逐渐变细，变尖，逐渐减弱；n. 细蜡烛，灯芯，锥形物；
[例句] Unlike other trees, it doesn't taper very much. It stays fat all the way up...
[例句] ...beautiful hands with long, tapering fingers...
n. 焦油，沥青，柏油，尼古丁，水手，水兵；vt. 以焦油或沥青覆盖或涂抹（某物）；
[例句] The oil has hardened to tar...
[例句] They drove across the river to New Hampshire on a hot tar road.
adj. 麻木的，失去感觉的，无动于衷的，没感情的；vt. 使麻木，使麻痹；
[例句] He could feel his fingers growing numb at their tips...
[例句] My legs felt numb and my toes ached.
vt. 养育，培育，滋养，培植；n. 教养，培育，营养物，食物，环境因素；
[例句] Parents want to know the best way to nurture and raise their child to adulthood...
[例句] The modern conservatory is not an environment for nurturing plants.
vi. 后退，减弱，（价值，品质等）跌落，低落，变坏，收回意见，退出（某种活动）；
[例句] Luke's footsteps receded into the night...
[例句] As she receded he waved goodbye.
n. 精炼，提纯，净化，改良品，细微的改良，极致，优雅，高贵的动作；
[例句] Older cars inevitably lack the latest safety refinements.
[例句] ...development and refinement of the game.
vt. 重建，重现，改造，复兴；
[例句] The government must reconstruct the shattered economy...
[例句] He had plastic surgery to help reconstruct his badly damaged face...
n. 名气，美名，声望，名誉；vt. 把…称为，认为；
[例句] He was a writer of repute...
[例句] Chicago has 6 graduate and professional schools of high repute.
n. 修订，修改，修订本，校对，复审，上诉；
[例句] The phase of writing that is actually most important is revision...
[例句] A major addition to the earlier revisions of the questionnaire is the job requirement exercise.
n. 坚硬，严格，刚直，死板；
[例句] Several colleges in our study have rigid rules about student conduct...
[例句] Hospital routines for nurses are very rigid.
n. 清漆，罩光漆，光泽面，假漆，虚饰，外表；vt. 在（某物）上涂清漆，使…有光泽，装饰，粉饰；
[例句] The varnish comes in six natural wood shades.
[例句] He brought out the fiddle, its varnish cracked and blistered.
vt. 赔偿，补偿，酬报，酬谢；n. 报酬，报应，惩罚；
[例句] He demands no financial recompense for his troubles...
[例句] Substantial damages were paid in recompense.
n. 圆材，晶石，[航]翼梁，拳斗，斗鸡；vi. （拳击练习中）不用力打，试击，争论，争吵，（鸡）用脚踢斗；
[例句] With protective gear on you can spar with a partner...
[例句] They sparred for a moment, on the brink of a full fight.
n. 暴风雨，似风暴般的事物，骚动，风波；vt. 使遭暴风雨（或雪），使骚动，使激动；vi. 起暴风雨（或雪），骚动，激动；
[例句] Torrential rain and a howling tempest cut a swathe of destruction across the country.
[例句] I hadn't foreseen the tempest my request would cause...
vt. （用不同的录音手段）转录，抄写，誊写，改编（乐曲）（以适应他种乐器或声部）；
[例句] She is transcribing, from his dictation, the diaries of Simon Forman...
[例句] Every telephone conversation will be recorded and transcribed.