v. 接受( accept的现在分词 )，领受，承担责任，承兑；
[例句] Eventually Sam persuaded her to accept an offer of marriage...
[例句] Your old clothes will be gratefully accepted by jumble sale organisers...
adj. 管理的，行政的，行政职位，非战斗性行政勤务的；
[例句] Other industries have had to sack managers to reduce administrative costs...
[例句] The project will have an administrative staff of 12.
n. 广告，做广告，登广告，广告业；adj. 广告的，广告业的；v. 公告，为…做广告(advertise的ing形式)；
adj. 农业的，耕种的，农艺的，农学的；
[例句] ...agricultural land.
[例句] ...corn and other agricultural products.
adv. 高声，大声；
[例句] When we were children, our father read aloud to us...
[例句] 'You fool,' he said aloud.
adj. 含糊的，不明确的，引起歧义的，有两种或多种意思的，模棱两可；
[例句] This agreement is very ambiguous and open to various interpretations...
[例句] The Foreign Secretary's remarks clarify an ambiguous statement issued earlier this week.
adj. 和蔼可亲的，温和的；
[例句] She had been surprised at how amiable and polite he had seemed.
n. [解剖]动脉，干线，要道；
[例句] ...patients suffering from blocked arteries.
[例句] Clarence Street was one of the northbound arteries of the central business district.
adj. 向后的，倒行的，返回的，落后的；adv. 向后，往后，倒，逆；
[例句] The diver flipped over backwards into the water...
[例句] He took two steps backward...
n. 破产，倒闭，彻底失败，（勇气）完全丧失；
[例句] It is the second airline in two months to file for bankruptcy...
[例句] Many established firms were facing bankruptcy.
n. 玩笑，逗乐，〈美方〉挑战；vi. 开玩笑，说笑，逗乐；vt. （善意地）取笑，逗弄；
[例句] She heard Tom exchanging good-natured banter with Jane.
[例句] The soldiers bantered with him as though he was a kid brother...
n. 奖金，额外津贴，红利，额外股息，退职金，额外令人高兴的事情；
[例句] Workers in big firms receive a substantial part of their pay in the form of bonuses and overtime.
[例句] ...a £15 bonus.
n. 胸部，乳房，衣服的胸襟，家庭般的温暖，胸怀；vt. 怀抱，把…藏在心中；adj. 心爱的，亲密的；
[例句] ...a large young mother with a baby resting against her ample bosom.
[例句] Joan was delighted to welcome her boyfriend into the bosom of her large, close-knit family.
n. （吃水线以上的）舷侧，（书面或口头的）猛烈抨击，全部舷侧炮，宽阔面；adv. 侧对着，侧向地，漫无目标地，胡乱地；vt. 撞上（车）的一侧；
[例句] The Social Democratic leader launched a broadside against both monetary and political union.
[例句] The ship was moored broadside to the pier.
n. 扶壁，支撑物；vt. 支持，鼓励，用扶壁支撑，加固；
[例句] He sought to buttress some of his arguments with quotations from Mein Kampf...
[例句] The president's tough line is, however, buttressed by a democratic mandate.
adj. 率直的，坦白的，公正的，偷拍的；
[例句] Nat is candid about the problems she is having with Steve...
[例句] I haven't been completely candid with him.
n. 地下室，地窖，酒窖，（都市住宅的）地下煤窖，[机]油盒；vt. 把…藏入地窖（酒窖）；
[例句] The box of papers had been stored in a cellar at the family home.
[例句] ...the restaurant's extensive wine cellar.
adj. 幼稚的，孩子气的，不复杂的；
[例句] ...childish enthusiasm.
[例句] ...Penny's selfish and childish behaviour...
n. 线索，提示，（帮助警方破案的）线索，（纵横填字谜、游戏或问题的）提示词语；vt. 为…提供最新情况（消息等）；
[例句] Geneticists in Canada have discovered a clue to the puzzle of why our cells get old and die...
[例句] How a man shaves may be a telling clue to his age.
adj. 殖民地的，殖民地化的，[生]群体的，集群的，英领殖民地时期的；n. 殖民地居民，殖民时代建筑；
[例句] ...the 31st anniversary of Jamaica's independence from British colonial rule.
[例句] ...the colonial civil service.