n. 鱼雷，油井爆破筒，[鱼]电鯆，职业杀手；vt. 用鱼雷袭击，破坏，（在油井内）装置爆破筒，使失去（活动能力等）；
[例句] More than a thousand people died when the Lusitania was torpedoed.
[例句] These attacks are seen as an effort to torpedo the talks.
adj. 废弃的，老式的，已过时的，[生]已废退的；n. 废词，被废弃的事物；vt. 淘汰，废弃；
[例句] So much equipment becomes obsolete almost as soon as it's made.
adj. 规范的， 公认的， 普遍赞同的，正统的；
[例句] Payne gained a reputation for sound, if orthodox, views...
[例句] Many of these ideas are now being incorporated into orthodox medical treatment.
adj. 貌似真实的，貌似有理的，花言巧语的，有眉有
[例句] A more plausible explanation would seem to be that people are fed up with the Conservative government...
[例句] That explanation seems entirely plausible to me.
n. 约会，约会的地点，集结地；vi. 约会，会合；vt. 在指定地点与…相会；
[例句] I had almost decided to keep my rendezvous with Tony.
[例句] Their rendezvous would be the Penta Hotel at Heathrow Airport.
vt. 将（书等）放置在架子上，将…搁在一边，装搁架于，罢免；vi. （陆地）逐渐倾斜；
[例句] Atlanta has shelved plans to include golf in the 1996 Games...
[例句] Sadly, the project has now been shelved.
n. 碎片，破布，少量；vt.& vi. 撕碎，切碎，用撕毁机撕毁（文件）；
[例句] They may be shredding documents...
[例句] Finely shred the carrots, cabbage and cored apples.
adj. 可忍受的，过得去的，可宽恕的，还算健康的；
[例句] The levels of tolerable pain vary greatly from individual to individual…
[例句] He described their living conditions as tolerable.
n. 助长者，发起人，促进者；
[例句] ...one of the top boxing promoters in Britain.
[例句] Aaron Copland was an energetic promoter of American music.
adj. 不利的，相反的，令人不快的，不吉利的；
adj. 反动的，保守的，[化]反应的；n. 反动派，保守分子；
[例句] It grew ever more clear to everyone that the Minister was too reactionary, too blinkered...
[例句] As long as I have strength, I shall be trying to remove the reactionary forces from the party.
vt.& vi. 结结巴巴地说，不顺畅的工作，时断时续地移动；n. 结巴，口吃；
[例句] He spoke with a pronounced stutter.
[例句] I was trembling so hard, I thought I would stutter when I spoke.
adj. 时间的，世俗的，暂存的，表示时间的；n. 暂存的事物，世间的事物，世俗的权力，一时的事物，俗事；
[例句] ...their spiritual and temporal leader.
[例句] ...firmly believing in the need for the clergy not to become preoccupied with temporal matters.
vt. （网球等）从下削球，廉价出售，较便宜的工资工作；n. （网球等）下旋球，牛的)腰部肉，里脊；vi. 底切；
[例句] The firm will be able to undercut its competitors whilst still making a profit.
[例句] ...promises to undercut air fares on some routes by 40 per cent...
vi. 协防，补防，支持，堵塞，复制，往后退；
[例句] Radio signals received from the galaxy's centre back up the black hole theory...
[例句] Her views are backed up by a 1989 Home Office report on crime.
v. 付给( pay的第三人称单数 )，付款，有利可图，（对…）有利；
[例句] Accommodation is free — all you pay for is breakfast and dinner...
[例句] We paid £35 for each ticket...
adj. 更富有的，富人( rich的比较级 )，深的，富裕的，强烈的；
[例句] You're going to be a very rich man...
[例句] Their one aim in life is to get rich...
n. 交易( market的名词复数 )，市集，需求，交易情况；v. 在市场上出售某物( market的第三人称单数 )，推销，去市场买东西；
[例句] He sold boots on a market stall.
[例句] The foreign market was increasingly crucial.
n. 射手( shot的名词复数 )，开枪，发射，注射；
[例句] He had murdered Perceval at point blank range with a single shot...
[例句] A man fired a volley of shots at them.
adj. 退休的，退职的，退役的，偏远的，幽静的，与世隔绝的；n. 退休；v. 退职，退役，（使）退休( retire的过去式)；
[例句] ...a seventy-three-year-old retired teacher from Florida.