n. 传教士，宣传者；adj. 传教（士）的；
[例句] You should be in missionary work.
[例句] She had a kind of missionary zeal about bringing culture to the masses.
adj. 顺从的，服从的，忠顺的，孝顺的，驯良的；
[例句] He was very respectful at home and obedient to his parents...
[例句] What a sweet, obedient little girl she was in the sixth grade.
adj. 外围的，次要的，（神经）末梢区域的；n. 外部设备；
[例句] Companies are increasingly keen to contract out peripheral activities like training...
[例句] ...peripheral and boring information...
adj. 可疑的，有疑问的；adv. 可疑地，不真实地；
[例句] He has been dogged by allegations of questionable business practices...
[例句] It is questionable whether the expenditure on this project is really justified...
adj. 相互的，互惠的，倒数的；n. 倒数，互相关联的事物；
[例句] They expected a reciprocal gesture before more hostages could be freed...
[例句] The department said many countries had reciprocal agreements for health care with Britain.
vt.& vi. 使凝固，固化，使结晶，使团结；vt. 使团结一致，凝固；vi. 具体化，团结，凝固；
[例句] The thicker lava would have taken two weeks to solidify...
[例句] The Energy Department plans to solidify the deadly waste in a high-tech billion-dollar factory.
n. 用户直通电报，电传，电传收发机；vt. 用直通电报拍发；vi. 发电传；
[例句] He sent a telex to the British High Commission in Delhi.
[例句] The embassy says it has telexed their demands to the foreign ministry...
n. [物]动量，势头，动力，要素，契机；
[例句] This campaign is really gaining momentum...
[例句] They are each anxious to maintain the momentum of the search for a solution.
n. （正式限定的）定量，定额，配额，指标；
[例句] The quota of four tickets per person had been reduced to two.
[例句] The bill would force employers to adopt a quota system when recruiting workers.
adj. 最小的，极少的，极小的；n. 最简单派艺术作品；
[例句] The co-operation between the two is minimal...
[例句] One aim of these reforms is effective defence with minimal expenditure.
n. 灾祸，不幸事故；
[例句] After a number of mishaps she did manage to get back to Germany...
[例句] The plot passed off without mishap.
adj. （兴趣、精神、思想等）病态的，疾病的，有成见的，令人毛骨悚然的，恐怖的；
[例句] Some people have a morbid fascination with crime.
[例句] ...morbid curiosity about the convicted murderer.
vt. 使中立化，使无效，宣布中立，中
[例句] The US is trying to neutralize the resolution in the UN Security Council...
[例句] The intruder smashed a window to get in and then neutralized the alarm system.
n. 器乐前奏曲，序曲，序乐，序诗，主动表示，提议；vt. 提议；
[例句] The programme opened with the overture to Wagner's Flying Dutchman.
[例句] He had lately begun to make clumsy yet endearing overtures of friendship...
n. 顶峰，顶点，尖顶，[建]（哥德式建筑的）小尖塔；vt. 为…加尖塔，把…放在高处；
[例句] A walker fell 80ft from a rocky pinnacle.
[例句] John Major has reached the pinnacle of British politics...
adj. 沉重的，笨重的，呆板的，沉闷的；
[例句] He had a dense, ponderous style.
[例句] His steps were heavy and ponderous.
adj. 衣着破烂的，衣衫褴褛的，参差不齐的，凹凸不平的，粗糙刺耳的；
[例句] The five survivors eventually reached safety, ragged, half-starved and exhausted.
[例句] She could hear his ragged breathing, as if he had been running...
adj. 行动迟缓的，反应慢的，不机警的，懒散的，不活泼的，无精打采的；
[例句] The economy remains sluggish...
[例句] Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.
adj. 有男子气概的，有生殖力的，强壮的，刚健的；
[例句] He wanted his sons to become strong, virile, and athletic like himself.
[例句] ...a tall, virile man with rugged good looks.
vi. 渗出，慢慢地消失或减退，慢而稳地进步，出众；vt. 使液体缓缓流出，（秘密等）泄漏，溜走，充分地表露或散发；n. 软泥，渗出物，鞣皮用的浸液；
[例句] He saw there was a big hole in the back of the man's head, blood was still oozing from it...
[例句] The lava will just ooze gently out of the crater...