n. 认识，领会，实现；
[例句] As soon as we realised something was wrong, we moved the children away...
[例句] People don't realize how serious this recession has actually been...
vt.& vi. （使）变厚，使更厚；vt. 使（话等）不清晰，使模糊，使（情节等）复杂；vi. 变得不清晰，变得模糊，变复杂；
[例句] Thicken the broth with the cornflour...
[例句] Keep stirring until the sauce thickens.
n. 处女，童男，童贞玛利亚（耶稣之母）；adj. 处女的，纯洁的，原始的，未使用的；
[例句] I was a virgin until I was thirty years old...
[例句] They were both virgins when they met and married.
n. 全套装备，一套服装，集体，组织；vt. 装备，配置设备，供给服装；vi. 得到装备；
[例句] She was wearing an outfit she'd bought the previous day...
[例句] I spent lots of money on smart new outfits for work.
n. 寄生物，寄生虫，食客，寄生植物，天线反射器；
n. 前提，[复数]房屋，[复数][合同、契约用语]上述各点，（逻辑学中的）大[小]前提；vt. 预述（条件等），提出…为前提，假设，作出前提；
[例句] There is a kitchen on the premises...
[例句] The business moved to premises in Brompton Road.
n. 隐私，秘密，隐居，私事，不受公众干扰的状态；
[例句] He saw the publication of this book as an embarrassing invasion of his privacy...
[例句] Thatched pavilions provide shady retreats for relaxing and reading in privacy.
vt. 击晕，使昏厥，使震聋，使目瞪口呆，使大吃一惊；n. 打击，刺激；
[例句] Many cinema-goers were stunned by the film's violent and tragic end.
[例句] Sam stood his ground and got a blow that stunned him.
adj. 斜，倾斜的，[数]非直角的，非垂直的，斜角，斜面，拐弯抹角的，间接的，暗中的；v. 倾斜；n. 倾斜物；
[例句] It was an oblique reference to his mother...
[例句] Mr Golding delivered an oblique warning, talking of the danger of sudden action.
vi. 参加，参与，吃；n. 参与者，分担者；
[例句] They were happy to partake of our feast, but not to share our company.
[例句] You will probably be asked about whether you partake in very vigorous sports.
adj. 持续的，坚持不懈的，持久的，坚持不渝；
[例句] Her position as national leader has been weakened by persistent fears of another coup attempt...
[例句] His cough grew more persistent until it never stopped...
vt. 确定，准确地指出，精准定位；n. 针尖，尖头，精确位置，极小之物；adj. 精确的，精准的，详尽的；
[例句] It was almost impossible to pinpoint the cause of death.
[例句] ...if you can pinpoint exactly what the anger is about...
n. 公文包，代表作品集，证券投资组合，部长[大臣]的职位；
[例句] After dinner that evening, Edith showed them a portfolio of her own political cartoons.
[例句] Short-term securities can also be held as part of an investment portfolio.
n. 经济衰退，不景气，后退，撤退，凹处，退场；
[例句] The recession caused sales to drop off...
[例句] We should concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of recession...
n. （常用于录写正式文件的）纸卷，书卷，画卷，卷轴，涡卷形（装饰），〈古〉表，目录；vt. 使成卷形，（电脑屏幕上）从上到下移动（资料等），卷页；vi. （似卷轴般）卷起，（像展开卷轴般地）将文字显示于屏幕；
[例句] Ancient scrolls were found in caves by the Dead Sea.
[例句] ...a handsome suite of chairs incised with Grecian scrolls.
vi. 伸开四肢坐[躺]，蔓延，杂乱无序地拓展；n. （城市）杂乱无序拓展的地区，随意扩展，蔓延，蔓延物；
[例句] She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up...
[例句] They sprawled in lawn chairs, snoozing...
n. 淀粉，含淀粉的食物，形式主义，古板，僵硬，元气；vt. 把（衣服）上浆，给…上浆，浆硬，使僵硬；
[例句] She reorganised her eating so that she was taking more fruit and vegetables and less starch, salt, and fat.
[例句] I took down the curtains, washed, and starched them.
adj. 陆地的，地球的，人间的，类地行星的；n. 地球人，陆地生物；
[例句] Terrestrial and aquatic fauna may sometimes be found resting together under a loose stone.
[例句] ...terrestrial life forms.
n. 水汽，水蒸气，无实质之物，自夸者，幻想 [药]吸入剂 [古]忧郁（症）；v. 自夸，（使）蒸发；
n. 精力，元气，树液，活力，坑道；vt. 使衰竭，使伤元气，挖掘使倒
[例句] I was afraid the sickness had sapped my strength...
[例句] Analysts say the recession in Japan has sapped investor confidence.