v. 洒，撒，用…点缀，下小雨；n. 小雨，少量；
[例句] Sprinkle the meat with salt and place in the pan...
[例句] At the festival, candles are blessed and sprinkled with holy water...
adv. 稳定地，持续地，稳固地；
[例句] Despite the steady progress of building work, the campaign against it is still going strong...
[例句] The improvement in standards has been steady and persistent, but has attracted little comment from educationalists...
adj. 不够和善的，不亲切的，冷酷的，无情的；
[例句] All last summer he'd been unkind to her...
[例句] No one has an unkind word to say about him...
n. 修改，修正，变更，改良，改进，缓和，减轻，限制，[语]修饰，（用变音符号的）母音改变，[生]诱发变异，变态，变体，变型；
[例句] The club members did agree to modify their recruitment policy...
[例句] The plane was a modified version of the C-130.
n. 巡逻，巡查，巡逻队，侦察队，童子军小队；vt.& vi. 巡逻，巡查；
[例句] Prison officers continued to patrol the grounds within the jail.
[例句] The army is now on patrol in Srinagar and a curfew has been imposed...
vt. 腌渍（泡菜等）；n. 腌菜，泡菜，腌制食品，遇到麻烦，处于困境；
[例句] Another strong Yorkshire country tradition is making pickles and chutneys.
[例句] ...jars of pickle.
vt. 使和好，使和解，调停，排解（争端等），[宗]使（场所等）洁净，[船]使（木板）接缝平滑；
[例句] It's difficult to reconcile the demands of my job and the desire to be a good father...
[例句] We suggest that it is possible to reconcile these apparently opposing perspectives...
vi. 讥笑，冷笑；n. 嘲笑，冷笑，讥笑的表情（言语）；
[例句] There is too great a readiness to sneer at anything the Opposition does...
[例句] If you go to a club and you don't look right, you're sneered at...
n. 规格，详述，说明书；
[例句] Troll's exclusive, personalized luggage is made to our own exacting specifications in heavy-duty PVC/nylon...
[例句] Legislation will require UK petrol companies to meet an EU specification for petrol.
vt. 拖，拉，牵引；n. 拖曳的行为或情况，被拖曳的某物，[印，纺]落纤，短麻屑；
[例句] He had been using the vehicle to tow his work trailer...
[例句] They threatened to tow away my car...
adj. 不幸的，悲惨的，可怜的，卑鄙的，恶劣的，（用于表示烦恼）讨厌的；
[例句] You have built up a huge property empire by buying from wretched people who had to sell or starve.
[例句] Wretched woman, he thought, why the hell can't she wait?...
vt. 阻止，排除，妨碍；
[例句] At 84, John feels his age precludes too much travel...
[例句] He would rebuff enquiries in such a way as to preclude any further discussion.
adj. 精明的，敏锐的，奸诈的，狡猾的，有眼光的，精于盘算的；
[例句] She's a shrewd businesswoman...
[例句] His grey eyes were shrewd but kindly...
adj. 不动的，固定的，静止的，不变的，常备军的，定居的；n. 不动的人，驻军，固定物；
[例句] Stationary cars in traffic jams cause a great deal of pollution...
[例句] The train was stationary for 90 minutes.
adj. 短暂的，转瞬即逝的，临时的；n. 临时旅客，瞬变现象，候鸟；
[例句] ...the transient nature of high fashion...
[例句] In most cases, pain is transient.
vt. 超过（范围），（尤指坏事或不欲之事）泛滥，蹂躏，蔓延；n. 泛滥成灾，超过限度；vi. 泛滥，超过限度；
[例句] A group of rebels overran the port area and most of the northern suburbs...
[例句] The centre of New Delhi was overrun by an armed mob which attacked government buildings.
vt. （正式地）否认，拒绝接受，拒绝与…往来，拒不履行（法律义务）；
[例句] Leaders urged people to turn out in large numbers to repudiate the violence...
[例句] The Prime Minister has repudiated racist remarks made by a member of the Conservative Party.
vt. 安慰，缓和，使平静，减轻痛苦；
[例句] He would take her in his arms and soothe her...
[例句] It did not take long for the central bank to soothe investors' fears.
n. 聚光灯，公众注意或突出显著，射光圈，探照灯；vt. 聚光照明，使公众注意，使突出醒目；
[例句] The budget crisis also spotlighted a weakening American economy.
[例句] ...a new book spotlighting female entrepreneurs.
vi. 屈服，死亡；
[例句] Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette...
[例句] The Minister said his country would never succumb to pressure.