adj. 令人伤心或痛苦的，（指坏事）剧烈的，严重的，悲哀；
[例句] Their loss would be a grievous blow to our engineering industries...
[例句] Mr Morris said the victims had suffered from a very grievous mistake.
n. 卫兵( guard的名词复数 )，警戒，警卫队，防护装置；v. 保护，控制( guard的第三人称单数 )；
[例句] Gunmen guarded homes near the cemetery with shotguns...
[例句] ...the heavily guarded courtroom.
n. 健康状况，卫生，保健，昌盛，兴旺；
[例句] Caffeine is bad for your health.
[例句] In hospital they nursed me back to health.
adv. 在很大程度上，沉重地，大量地，缓慢又高声地；
[例句] 'I didn't even think about her,' he said heavily.
n. 使者，先驱，通报者，（旧时的）传令官；v. 传达，通报，预告，预示…的到来，欢
[例句] ...the sultry evening that heralded the end of the baking hot summer...
[例句] Their discovery could herald a cure for some forms of impotence.
n. （兽的）蹄，马蹄，〈俚〉（人的）脚，有蹄类动物；v. 走，步行，以蹄踢（踏）；
[例句] The horses' hooves often could not get a proper grip.
v. hot up 激烈起来，更加活跃( hot的第三人称单数 )；
[例句] When the oil is hot, add the sliced onion...
[例句] What he needed was a hot bath and a good sleep...
vt. 点燃，使燃烧，使激动，使灼热；vi. 点火，燃烧；
[例句] The bombs ignited a fire which destroyed some 60 houses...
[例句] The blasts were caused by pockets of methane gas that ignited.
vt. 照亮，照明，阐明，说明，装饰，使灿烂；vi. 照亮；
[例句] No streetlights illuminated the street...
[例句] The black sky was illuminated by forked lightning.
vt. 推动、推进或敦促某人做某事；
[例句] ...the courage and competitiveness which impels him to take risks...
[例句] I felt impelled to go on speaking.
adj. 无能力的，不胜任的，不适当的；n. 无能者，不胜任者；
[例句] The court declared him incompetent to manage his financial affairs...
[例句] I was incompetent at playing the piano...
n. 不方便，麻烦，为难之处，麻烦事；vt. 给…带来不便，给…添麻烦，打扰，使为难；
[例句] We apologize for any inconvenience caused during the repairs...
[例句] The practical inconveniences of long hair are negligible.
vt.& vi. 继承；vt. 经遗传获得（品质、身体特征等），继任；
[例句] He has no son to inherit his land.
[例句] ...paintings that he inherited from his father.
adj. 不重要的，微小的，毫无意义的，不足道；
[例句] In 1949 Bonn was a small, insignificant city.
v. 相互作用，互相影响，交流，沟通，合作；
[例句] While the other children interacted and played together, Ted ignored them.
[例句] ...rhymes and songs to help parents interact with their babies.
vt. 恐吓，威胁；
[例句] Jones had set out to intimidate and dominate Paul...
[例句] Attempts to intimidate people into voting for the governing party did not work.
n. 连接，接合，会合点，接合点，（公路或铁路的）交叉路口，（电缆等的）主结点；
[例句] Follow the road to a junction and turn left...
[例句] Leave the M1 at junction 25...
n. （通常用复数）绑腿，裹腿，护胫；
[例句] He was tapping his walking stick against his leg.
[例句] He moved on through wet grass that soaked his trouser legs.
n. 境界( limit的名词复数 )，界限，限度，限额；
[例句] Her love for him was being tested to its limits...
[例句] There is no limit to how much fresh fruit you can eat in a day...
n. 授权，任期，委任，命令；vt. 托管，批准；vi. 强制执行，委托办理；
[例句] The President and his supporters are almost certain to read this vote as a mandate for continued economic reform...
[例句] The union already has a mandate from its conference to ballot for a strike .