adj. 硬结的，长茧的，铁石心肠的，无情的；vt. （使）变硬，（使）起茧，（使）冷酷无情；
[例句] ...his callous disregard for human life.
n. 谷类植物，谷物，粮食，荞麦食品；adj. 谷物的，谷物制成的；
[例句] I have a bowl of cereal every morning.
[例句] ...the rich cereal-growing districts of the Paris Basin.
n. 文明，文化，开化，教化，修养，文明社会；
[例句] The ancient civilizations of Central and Latin America were founded upon corn...
[例句] It seemed to him that western civilization was in grave economic and cultural danger.
vt.& vi. 凝结，拥塞；n. 凝块，（人，动物等的）聚集；
[例句] He needed emergency surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain.
[例句] The patient's blood refused to clot...
n. 涂层，覆盖层，（食品上的）面衣，糖衣，涂料，外衣布料上衣料，细呢，花呢；v. 给…穿上外衣，覆盖，“coat”的现在分词；
[例句] Under the coating of dust and cobwebs, he discovered a fine French Louis XVI clock.
[例句] ...fluffy chocolate mousse, topped off with a crisp chocolate coating.
n. 收藏家，采集者，收集器，收税员，[电子学] 集流器；
[例句] ...a stamp-collector.
[例句] ...a respected collector of Indian art...
vi. 屈尊，俯就，故意表示和蔼可亲；
[例句] When he condescended to speak, he contradicted himself three or four times in the space of half an hour.
[例句] Don't condescend to me.
adj. 视…而定的，[语]条件的，假定的，[心]有条件的，由一定条件诱发的；n. 条件（从句），条件语；
[例句] Their support is conditional on his proposals meeting their approval.
[例句] ...a conditional offer.
adj. 确认的，坚定的，根深蒂固的；v. 批准(confirm的过去式和过去分词)，证实；
[例句] I'm a confirmed bachelor...
[例句] Leonard, a confirmed atheist, simply could not understand.
n. 装运的货物，托运的货物，托运，运送，委托，托管；
[例句] The first consignment of food has already left Bologna.
vt. 弄脏，污染，损害，毒害；vi. 玷污，毒害，腐蚀（人的思想或品德）；adj. 〈古〉污染的；
[例句] Have any fish been contaminated in the Arctic Ocean?
[例句] ...vast tracts of empty land, much of it contaminated by years of army activity.
n. 乡村，郊野，乡下的全体居民；
[例句] I've always loved the English countryside...
[例句] We are surrounded by lots of beautiful countryside.
n. 板条箱，柳条箱，装货箱，一箱（之量），（俚）破旧的汽车（飞机）；vt. （用篮筐或板条箱）把…装入箱中；
[例句] ...a pile of wooden crates...
[例句] A crane was already unloading crates and pallets.
vt. 把（某人）钉死在十字架上，折磨，虐待，抑制，克制，处以钉在十字架的死刑；
[例句] ...the day that Christ was crucified.
[例句] She'll crucify me if she finds you still here...
adj. 危险的；
[例句] It's a dangerous stretch of road.
[例句] ...dangerous drugs...
adj. 献身的，忠诚的，挚爱的，专心的；v. 献身于…，致力于…(devote的过去分词)；
[例句] ...a loving and devoted husband...
[例句] 50 years on, the couple are still devoted to one another.
n. 挖掘；v. 挖，掘（ dig的现在分词 ），（如用铲、锨或推土机等）挖掘，挖得，寻找；
[例句] They tried digging in a patch just below the cave...
[例句] Dig a largish hole and bang the stake in first...
n. 救济物，失业救济金，施舍物；v. 发放，分发（钱，食物等），（以小份）分配；
[例句] It's not easy living on the dole.
n. 排水，泄水，排泄；v. （使）流干， （使）逐渐流走( drain的现在分词 )，喝光，喝干，使（精力、金钱等）耗尽；
[例句] Miners built the tunnel to drain water out of the mines...
[例句] Now the focus is on draining the water...
n. 戏剧，剧本，戏剧效果，戏剧文学[艺术]，戏剧性事件[场面]；
[例句] He acted in radio dramas.
[例句] He knew nothing of Greek drama...