n. 迷信，迷信行为，邪教；
[例句] Fortune-telling is a very much debased art surrounded by superstition...
[例句] The phantom of the merry-go-round is just a local superstition.
adj. 未付的，（债等）未还、未缴纳的，不支付薪水服务的；
[例句] Even unpaid work for charity is better than nothing...
[例句] The unpaid volunteers do the work because they love it.
n. 边，边缘，界限，范围，起始点；vi. 接近，逼近，处于边沿或边缘；
[例句] The country was on the verge of becoming prosperous and successful...
[例句] Carole was on the verge of tears.
n. 细须，连鬓胡子，〈美俚〉腮帮子，[化]须晶；
[例句] ...wild, savage-looking fellows, with large whiskers, unshaven beards, and dirty faces.
[例句] A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker (7 million to 6.9 million)...
n. 法令，法规，规则，条例；
[例句] The new statute covers the care for, bringing up and protection of children...
[例句] The independence of the judiciary in France is guaranteed by statute.
n. 鼹鼠，防波堤，痣，间谍；
[例句] He had been recruited by the Russians as a mole and trained in Moscow.
adj. 海上的，近海的，投放海外的，离岸的；adv. 在近海岸；
[例句] ...Britain's offshore oil industry.
[例句] ...offshore islands.
n. 麻烦，辛苦，痛苦( pain的名词复数 )，劳苦，令人厌烦的人[事物]，身体某部分的疼痛[不适]；
[例句] ...back pain.
[例句] ...a bone disease that caused excruciating pain...
vt.& vi. 毁坏，劫掠；n. 破坏，蹂躏；
[例句] For two decades the country has been ravaged by civil war and foreign intervention.
[例句] ...the ravaged streets of Sarajevo.
vt. 使康复，使复原，修复，使恢复原状，使恢复名誉；
[例句] Considerable efforts have been made to rehabilitate patients who have suffered in this way.
[例句] Ten years later, Dreyfus was rehabilitated...
vi. 急匆匆地走，使急赶，催促；n. 快步急跑，疾走，仓皇奔跑声，骤雨，骤雪，短距离赛马；
[例句] The attack began, sending residents scurrying for cover...
[例句] The rats scurry around, searching for scraps of food in the rubbish.
vi. 旋转，打旋，眩晕，盘绕，大口喝酒；vt. 使成漩涡，使眼花，打转，弯曲盘旋；n. （水，风等的）旋转，漩涡，弯曲，涡状形，卷状的东西；
[例句] She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass...
[例句] The black water swirled around his legs, reaching almost to his knees...
n. 旷课的小学生， 逃学生，逃避责任者，懒散的人；adj. 逃学的，玩忽职守的，懒散的；vi. 逃学，逃避责任，偷懒；
[例句] In his fourth year he was truanting regularly.
[例句] She was getting into trouble over playing truant from school.
n. [航]涡流，[物]涡旋，（动乱，争论等的）中心，旋风；
[例句] The polar vortex is a system of wintertime winds.
[例句] ...the spiralling vortex airflow that slows the plane.
n. 兴趣，热情，风味，滋味，风趣，热功率热核反应装置；v. 给…调味；
[例句] He retired from professional chess because he had lost the zest for winning...
[例句] He has a zest for life and a quick intellect.
n. 协商，谈判，转让，通过；
[例句] We have had meaningful negotiations and I believe we are very close to a deal...
[例句] After 10 years of negotiation, the Senate ratified the strategic arms reduction treaty.
n. 掠夺，劫掠，大乌鸦，渡鸦；adj. （指头发）乌亮的；v. 掠夺，狼吞虎咽地吃；
[例句] ...a striking woman with long raven hair...
[例句] The picture shows a dreamy, raven-haired young woman.
adj. 快的，迅速的，敏捷的；
[例句] We wish Bill a speedy recovery...
[例句] This would be a very speedy trial...
adj. 肆无忌惮的，不择手段的，无道德原则的，没有节操的，恣意；
[例句] These kids are being exploited by very unscrupulous people.
[例句] ...the unscrupulous use of hostages.
n. 死亡数，死亡率，必死性，必死的命运；
[例句] ...the relationships between mortality and unemployment...
[例句] The nation's infant mortality rate has reached a record low.