n. 账单( bill的名词复数 )，钞票，清单，广告；
[例句] They couldn't afford to pay the bills...
[例句] He paid his bill for the newspapers promptly.
n. 传记，档案，传记体文学，个人简介；
[例句] ...a volume of biography and criticism.
n. 呼喊，（从事某职业或活动的）欲望，职业，邀请；v. 叫( call的现在分词)，通电话，认为，估计；
[例句] He was a consultant physician, a serious man dedicated to his calling.
n. 癌症，恶性肿瘤，弊病，社会恶习，迅速蔓延的恶劣的或危险的事物，[天]巨蟹座，巨蟹宫；
[例句] Her mother died of breast cancer...
[例句] Jane was just 25 when she learned she had cancer...
adj. 很可能变化的，常变化的，易变的，可变的；
[例句] The forecast is for changeable weather.
n. 裂缝，（论点、性格等中易成为攻击目标的）弱点，叮当声；vi. 叮当响；vt. 使叮当响；
[例句] ...a chink in the wall...
[例句] He peered through a chink in the curtains.
n. 清楚，明晰，透明，明确，清晰度；
[例句] ...the ease and clarity with which the author explains difficult technical and scientific subjects.
[例句] In business circles he is noted for his flair and clarity of vision.
vt. 哄，用好话劝诱，哄骗，轻轻地弄好；vi. 哄劝，劝诱；n. 同轴电缆，花言巧语，油嘴滑舌的人；
[例句] After lunch, she watched, listened and coaxed Bobby into talking about himself...
[例句] The government coaxed them to give up their strike by promising them temporary residence permits.
vi. 黏合，联合，结合，（指看法、推理等）前后一致；
[例句] The various elements of the novel fail to cohere...
[例句] This coheres with Peel's championing of alternative music...
n. 圆锥体，球果，圆锥形东西；vt. 使成锥形；
[例句] ...a bowl of fir cones.
[例句] She stopped by the ice-cream shop and had a chocolate cone.
n. 布局，构造，配置，[化]（分子中原子的）组态，排列，[物]位形，组态；
[例句] ...Stonehenge, in south-western England, an ancient configuration of giant stones.
[例句] Prices range from $119 to $199, depending on the particular configuration.
adj. 有礼貌的，谦恭的，殷勤的，客气；
[例句] He was a kind and courteous man...
[例句] My friend's reply was courteous but firm.
vt. 把…弄成碎屑，弄碎；vi. 破碎，破裂，碎成粉末，瓦解，崩裂；n. 碎屑，面包屑，已崩溃的东西，瓦砾堆；
[例句] Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments...
[例句] Roughly crumble the cheese into a bowl.
n. 兽穴，贼窝，简陋污秽的小室，书斋；vi. 穴居，藏到洞里，进窝（冬眠），把…赶入洞中；
[例句] I could provide you with the addresses of at least three illegal drinking dens.
[例句] ...the crack dens of urban America.
n. 剥夺，丧失，免职，废止；
[例句] ...long-term patients who face a life of deprivation...
[例句] Millions more suffer from serious sleep deprivation caused by long work hours.
n. 消化，领悟，消化能力，细菌分解，（精神上的）同化吸收，融会贯通；
[例句] No liquids are served with meals because they interfere with digestion.
[例句] ...the digestion of fats.
adj. 暗淡的，无效的；v. （使）变暗淡( dim的过去式和过去分词 )，（使）变模糊，（使）减弱，变淡漠；
[例句] She stood waiting, in the dim light...
[例句] Below decks, the lights were dim.
vt. 使某物碎裂，崩裂，使某物衰微，瓦解，分崩离析；vi. 碎裂，崩裂，衰微，瓦解，分崩离析；
[例句] During October 1918 the Austro-Hungarian Empire began to disintegrate.
[例句] At 420mph the windscreen disintegrated.
vt. 使不安，使烦恼，使不平静；n. 忧虑，不安，内心不平静，烦
[例句] There is growing public disquiet about the cost of such policing.
[例句] This information disquieted him.
adj. 热心的，诚挚的，真挚的，重要的；n. 热心，认真，定钱，保证金，诚挚；
[例句] Campaigning will begin in earnest tomorrow...
[例句] The two countries can finally start negotiating in earnest about issues of mutual concern.