n. 水闸，（用水闸控制的）水，有闸人工水道，漂洗处；vt. 冲洗，（指水）喷涌而出，漂净，给…安装水闸；
[例句] He sluiced the bath and filled it...
[例句] Ten minutes later we were sluicing off dust at the fountain in the town centre.
vi. 反跳，跳回，退却，后退，报应；n. （尤指枪炮的）反冲，后退，退缩，反跳，跳回，反冲力；
[例句] For a moment I thought he was going to kiss me. I recoiled in horror...
[例句] We are attracted by nice smells and recoil from nasty ones.
n. 良心上的不安，顾虑，顾
[例句] ...a man with no moral scruples.
adj. 伤感的，多愁善感的，感情用事的，寓有情感的；
[例句] I'm trying not to be sentimental about the past...
[例句] It's a very sentimental play.
n. 护套，鞘，叶鞘，紧身装；v. 包，盖；
adj. 未被打搅的，泰然自若的，镇静的，未扰动；
[例句] The desk looked undisturbed...
[例句] Peonies react badly to being moved and are best left undisturbed.
n. 顶点， 极点；
[例句] His career is now at its zenith...
[例句] The zenith of Perugia's influence came with the defeat of Siena in 1358.
n. 规诫，戒律，箴言；
[例句] ...an electoral process based on the precept that all men are born equal.
[例句] ...the precepts of Buddhism.
vi. 无精打采地立、坐或行走，低垂，耷拉；vt. 使下垂，使耷拉；n. （帽边等的）下垂，笨拙的人，懒散的人，没精打采[垂头丧气]的姿态；
[例句] Try not to slouch when you are sitting down...
[例句] She has recently begun to slouch over her typewriter.
n. 拖网，排钩绳；vt.& vi. 用拖网捕
[例句] A team of officers is trawling through the records of thousands of petty thieves...
[例句] Her private secretary has carefully trawled the West End for a suitable show.
adj. 空想的，幻想的，预言性的，有远见的，有智慧的；n. 空想家，预言家，有远见的人，有智慧的人；
[例句] Visionaries are constantly fighting conventional wisdom because they see the world ahead in terms of what it can be...
[例句] An entrepreneur is more than just a risk taker. He is a visionary.
vi. 沉迷，打滚，簸在海浪中颠；n. （动物）打滚的地方，堕落，泥坑；
[例句] His tired mind continued to wallow in self-pity...
[例句] I wanted only to wallow in my own grief.
n. 征用，（财产或材料的正式）征用令，申请书；vt. 征用，征发；
[例句] Authorities requisitioned hotel rooms to lodge more than 3,000 stranded Christmas vacationers.
[例句] ...a requisition for a replacement photocopier.
n. 证明，证实，（指通过经验）证明（某命题正确），核实；
[例句] I verified the source from which I had that information...
[例句] A clerk simply verifies that the payment and invoice amount match.
尚可，（确保对方同意或理解）如何，可允许（的），正确的；
[例句] Is it all right with you if we go now?...
[例句] 'How was school?' — 'It was all right.'
带，接管，帮…学习，在…上花费；
[例句] A British newspaper says British Airways plan to take over Trans World Airways.
[例句] The Belgians took over Rwanda under a League of Nations mandate...
解决，作出，锻炼，了解某人的本质；
[例句] Negotiators are due to meet later today to work out a compromise...
[例句] It took me some time to work out what was causing this...
n. (plural form of plant,plant的复数形式)植物，农作物，植物( plant的名词复数 )，工厂，发电厂，幼苗；v. 种植( plant的第三人称单数 )，建立，移植（动物、植物），在（某处）栽种；
[例句] Water each plant as often as required.
[例句] ...exotic plants.
n. 兴趣( interest的名词复数 )，利益，利息，关注；
[例句] There has been a lively interest in the elections in the last two weeks...
[例句] His parents tried to discourage his interest in music, but he persisted...
n. 害怕( fear的名词复数 )，可能性，（对神等的）敬畏，忧虑；v. 畏惧( fear的第三人称单数 )，为…忧虑（或担心、焦虑），敬畏（神等），感到害怕；
[例句] I was sitting on the floor shivering with fear.
[例句] ...boyhood memories of sickness and fear of the dark...