vt. 非难，指责，制止，阻止，使相形见绌，惩戒；n. 非难，指责，斥责，训斥；
[例句] The president rebuked the House and Senate for not passing those bills within 100 days.
vt. 反驳，报复，杀菌釜；vi. 回嘴，反驳；n. 反驳，回嘴，反驳的回答；
[例句] Was he afraid, he was asked. 'Afraid of what?' he retorted...
[例句] Others retort that strong central power is a dangerous thing in Russia.
n. 口头诽谤，口头诽谤罪；v. 口头诽谤，诋毁，中伤；
[例句] Dr. Bach is now suing the company for slander...
[例句] Korea has been a target of threats and slanders from the major western powers.
vt.& vi. 变直，把…弄直，整理，整顿，使…改正，使…好转；vi. 变好起来；
[例句] She sipped her coffee and straightened a picture on the wall.
[例句] ...tidying, straightening cushions and organising magazines.
n. 接替的人或事物，继承人，继任者；
[例句] He set out several principles that he hopes will guide his successors...
[例句] ...several critics hailed him then as the greatest living Scottish poet, the natural successor to his old friend Hugh MacDiarmid.
n. 论文，毕业论文，论点，论题，命题；
[例句] This thesis does not stand up to close inspection.
[例句] ...proponents of the thesis that computers can be programmed to do anything which a human mind does.
vt.& vi. 弥漫，遍布，渗入，渗透；vi. 感染，传播，渗入，遍及，贯穿，穿透某物；
[例句] Bias against women permeates every level of the judicial system...
[例句] An obvious change of attitude at the top will permeate through the system.
n. 综合征，综合症状，典型表现；
[例句] Irritable bowel syndrome seems to affect more women than men...
[例句] The syndrome is more likely to strike those whose immune systems are already below par.
vt. 取得，获得，实现，完成，导致；vi. 取得，介绍娼妓，拉皮条；
[例句] It remained very difficult to procure food, fuel and other daily necessities.
[例句] He procured girls of 16 and 17 to be mistresses for his influential friends.
vi. 长时间或辛苦地工作，艰难缓慢地移动，跋涉；n. 报酬很低的苦活，苦工，罗网，圈套；
[例句] People who toiled in dim, dank factories were too exhausted to enjoy their family life...
[例句] Workers toiled long hours.
n. 震颤，战栗，震颤声，大地的轻微震动；
[例句] News of 160 redundancies had sent tremors through the community...
[例句] Overproduction and consequent low market prices for wine caused economic tremors.
adj. 天阴的，多云的；vt. 使沮丧，包缝，遮蔽；n. [气象学]阴，阴天，遮盖物(尤指云、雾等，郁闷，忧愁，沮丧，[采矿]风桥；
[例句] For three days it was overcast...
[例句] The weather forecast is for showers and overcast skies...
n. 终止妊娠，结束，终止处，结局；
[例句] Her next remark abruptly terminated the conversation...
[例句] His contract terminates at the end of the season.
adj. 超自然的，神秘的，隐藏的；n. 神秘学；vt. 隐蔽，[天]（使）掩（星）；vi. 定时隐蔽；
[例句] ...sinister experiments with the occult.
[例句] ...books dealing with the occult.
n. 安慰，安慰物；vt. 安慰，慰藉，减轻，使快乐；
[例句] I found solace in writing when my father died three years ago...
[例句] Henry was inclined to seek solace in drink.
n. 重击，尖锐的评论，柄，握杆；vt. 重击，刷（磁卡），偷窃；vi. 猛打；
[例句] She swiped at Rusty as though he was a fly...
[例句] He swiped me across the shoulder with the poker.
adj. 永恒的，无穷的，可靠的，确实的；
[例句] He had the unfailing care and support of Erica, his wife...
[例句] ...a man of unfailing courtesy and kindness...
v. 问（某人）问题( question的过去式和过去分词 )，对（某事物）表示[感到]怀疑；
[例句] They asked a great many questions about England...
[例句] The President refused to answer further questions on the subject...
n. 五官的感觉，知觉，理性，理智，意义( sense的名词复数 )，见识，（对重大事情的）感觉，识别力；
[例句] She stared at him again, unable to believe the evidence of her senses.
[例句] ...a keen sense of smell.
adj. 有符号的，有正负之分的；
[例句] Equations are generally written with a two-bar equals sign.
[例句] They gave Lavalle the thumbs-up sign...