n. 伤亡（人数），事故，横祸，受害者，死伤者，损坏；
[例句] Troops fired on demonstrators near the Royal Palace causing many casualties.
[例句] Fiat has been one of the greatest casualties of the recession.
vt. 描述（人或物）的特性，具有…的特征；vi. 塑造人物；
[例句] This election campaign has been characterized by violence...
[例句] A bold use of colour characterizes the bedroom.
n. 斜槽，滑道，降落伞；vt. 用斜槽或斜道运送；vi. 顺斜道而下，在斜槽或滑道中滑
[例句] Passengers escaped from the plane's front four exits by sliding down emergency chutes.
[例句] You can release the chute with either hand, but it is easier to do it with the left.
adj. 决定性的，令人信服的，确凿的，消除怀疑的；
[例句] Her attorneys claim there is no conclusive evidence that any murders took place...
[例句] Research on the matter is far from conclusive.
n. 承认，自首，忏悔，供认状，信条，教义；
[例句] They forced him to sign a confession.
[例句] The diaries are a mixture of confession and observation...
adj. 秘密的，机密的，表示信任的，亲密的；
[例句] She accused them of leaking confidential information about her private life...
[例句] We'll take good care and keep what you've told us strictly confidential, Mr. Lane.
adj. 连续的，连贯的，[语]表示结果的；
[例句] The Cup was won for the third consecutive year by the Toronto Maple Leafs...
[例句] Photographs taken at the same time on two consecutive sunny days can be quite different from one another.
adj. 不间断的，不停的，多次重复的，频繁的；
[例句] The school has been in continual use since 1883...
[例句] They felt continual pressure to perform well...
vt. 使相信，说服，使承认，使明白，使确信，使悔悟，使认错[罪]；
[例句] Although I soon convinced him of my innocence, I think he still has serious doubts about my sanity...
[例句] The waste disposal industry is finding it difficult to convince the public that its operations are safe.
adj. 矫正的，惩治的；n. 矫正物，改善法，补救药；
[例句] Scientific institutions have been reluctant to take corrective action...
[例句] He has received extensive corrective surgery to his skull.
adj. 可信的，可靠的，（因看似可能成功而）可接受的；
[例句] Baroness Thatcher's claims seem credible to many...
[例句] But in order to maintain a credible threat of intervention, we have to maintain a credible alliance.
adj. 水泄不通的，拥挤的，肩摩踵接；
[例句] He peered slowly around the small crowded room...
[例句] The street was crowded and noisy...
n. [史]十字军东征，（宗教性的）圣战，改革运动；v. 加入十字军，从事改革运动，讨伐；
[例句] Footballers launched an unprecedented crusade against racism on the terraces...
[例句] He made it his crusade to teach children to love books.
n. 拐杖，支持物，精神上的寄托，胯部；vt. 支撑，支持；
[例句] I can walk without the aid of crutches...
[例句] I was on crutches for a while.
n. 水坝，堰，水库，（牙科用的）橡皮障，〈比喻〉障碍；vt. 用水坝阻止，阻塞，抑制；
[例句] ...plans to build a dam on the Danube River.
[例句] ...the Aswan Dam.
adj. 美味的，可口的，有趣的，喷香；
[例句] There's always a wide selection of delicious meals to choose from...
[例句] Pecan nuts are delicious both raw and cooked.
adj. 令人满意的，值得拥有的，可取的，性感的；n. 称心如意的人[东西]；
[例句] Prolonged negotiation was not desirable...
[例句] The crowd moved indoors for what were deemed the most desirable items.
adv. 昏暗地，朦胧地，模糊地，依稀，影影绰绰，隐隐约约；
[例句] She stood waiting, in the dim light...
[例句] Below decks, the lights were dim.
vi. 吃饭，进餐；vt. 设宴款待，请客；
[例句] He dines alone most nights...
[例句] That night the two men dined at Wilson's club...
n. 散布，驱散，离差，差量；
[例句] The threat will force greater dispersion of their forces.