n. 动机，主旨，（艺术作品的）主题，题材；adj. 运动的，动机的，发动的；vt. 促使；
[例句] Police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing.
[例句] ...the motives and objectives of British foreign policy...
n. 柱，台柱，顶梁柱，墩，柱脚，（组织、制度、信仰等的）核心；
[例句] ...the pillars supporting the roof.
[例句] The pillar of her economic policy was keeping tight control over money supply.
n. 比，比率，比例，系数；vt. 求出比值，除，使…成比例，将（相片）按比例放大[缩小]；
[例句] In 1978 there were 884 students at a lecturer/student ratio of 1:15...
[例句] The bottom chart shows the ratio of personal debt to personal income...
adv. 柔软地，静静地，温和地，柔和地；
[例句] Regular use of a body lotion will keep the skin soft and supple...
[例句] When it's dry, brush the hair using a soft, nylon baby brush.
adj. 超级的，极度的，过分的，超等的，极好的，面积的，平方的；n. 特级品，特大号商品；adv. 非常，过分地；v. 用上浆纱布装（书脊），担任跑龙套角色；
[例句] We had a super time...
[例句] That's a super idea...
n. （未获学士学位的）大学生，大学肄业生；adj. 大学生的，大学的；
[例句] Economics undergraduates are probably the brightest in the university.
[例句] ...undergraduate degree programmes.
vt. 松开，解开，取消，废除，毁灭，扰乱；vi. 撤销；
[例句] I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel...
[例句] I undid the bottom two buttons of my yellow and grey shirt...
vt. 使烦恼，使苦恼，使生气，详细讨论；v. 〈诗〉使激荡，使汹涌，纷纷议论，长期争论；
[例句] It vexed me to think of others gossiping behind my back...
[例句] Everything about her vexed him.
n. 高原，平稳时期，稳定水平，停滞期；v. 进入停滞期，达到平稳状态；
[例句] A broad valley opened up leading to a high, flat plateau of cultivated land.
[例句] The US heroin market now appears to have reached a plateau...
vt. 撤销，废除，否定，放弃；n. 废除，作废，撤销；
[例句] The government has just repealed the law segregating public facilities.
n. 君主，最高统治者，独立国，旧时价值为一镑的英国金币；adj. 独立自主的，拥有最高统治权的，至高无上的，极好的；
[例句] Lithuania and Armenia signed a treaty in Vilnius recognising each other as independent sovereign states...
[例句] The Russian Federation declared itself to be a sovereign republic.
vt. 使安心，使消除疑虑，再对…进行保险，再保证；
[例句] I tried to reassure her, 'Don't worry about it. We won't let it happen again.'...
[例句] She just reassured me that everything was fine.
n. （法庭上证人的）证词，证明，证据，表示，表明，声明，宣言；
[例句] His testimony was an important element of the Prosecution case...
[例句] Prosecutors may try to determine if Robb gave false testimony when he appeared before the grand jury.
n. 特点，特性，少许；
[例句] The study found that some alcoholics had clear personality traits showing up early in childhood...
[例句] Creativity is a human trait.
adj. 辛辣的，刺激性的，苦痛的，尖刻的；
[例句] The more herbs you use, the more pungent the sauce will be.
[例句] ...the pungent smell of burning rubber.
adj. 古色古香的，少见的，古怪的，离奇有趣的，，做得精巧的；
[例句] ...a small, quaint town with narrow streets and traditional half-timbered houses...
[例句] That's how concepts like general welfare start to sound quaint in this age.
n. 船桅（或船帆等）的装置，成套器械，捣蛋，恶作剧，阴谋，诡计；vt. 给（船、桅杆）装配帆及索具，用临时替代材料迅速搭起，（用不正当手段）操纵，垄断；
[例句] She accused her opponents of rigging the vote...
[例句] They rig their domestic markets in favour of local businesses.
vt. 消毒，使无菌，使失去生育能力，使不起作用；
[例句] Sulphur is also used to sterilize equipment...
[例句] The milk was sterilized and sealed in bottles.
vt. 解开，阐明，拆散；vi. 被解开，被拆散；
[例句] His government began to unravel because of a banking scandal...
[例句] When she returned to America, the marriage unravelled.
vi. 衰落，（月）亏，缺，结束，变暗淡；n. 衰退，衰退期，月亏期，缺角方木；
[例句] While his interest in these sports began to wane, a passion for rugby developed.
[例句] ...her mother's waning strength.