adv. 几乎，差不多，将近，快要，近乎；
[例句] The couple had been dating for almost three years...
[例句] Storms have been hitting almost all of Britain recently...
adj. 防腐的，无菌的，异常洁净的，诚实无欺的；n. 防腐剂，杀菌剂，消毒剂；
[例句] She bathed the cut with antiseptic.
[例句] These vegetables and herbs have strong antiseptic qualities.
n. 志向，抱负，渴望，发送气音；
[例句] ...the needs and aspirations of our pupils...
[例句] He is unlikely to send in the army to quell nationalist aspirations.
vt. 暗杀，行刺，中伤，诋毁；
[例句] Would the USA be radically different today if Kennedy had not been assassinated?...
[例句] The plot to assassinate Martin Luther King had started long before he was actually killed.
n. 资产，财产，有价值的人或物，有用的东西，优点；
[例句] Her leadership qualities were the greatest asset of the Conservative Party...
[例句] His Republican credentials made him an asset.
adj. 听得见的；
[例句] The Co-lonel's voice was barely audible...
[例句] There was an audible sigh of relief.
adv. 自动地，无意识地，不自觉地，机械地；
[例句] Modern trains have automatic doors.
[例句] He drew his automatic and began running in the direction of the sounds...
vt. 防止，避免，转移；
[例句] Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike...
[例句] A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.
n. 察觉，觉悟，意识；
[例句] Smokers are well aware of the dangers to their own health...
[例句] He should have been aware of what his junior officers were doing...
n. 獾，獾皮，（大写）獾州人（美国威斯康星州人的别称），毛鼻袋熊；vt. 纠缠不休，吵着要，烦扰；
[例句] She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him to do something...
[例句] They kept phoning and writing, badgering me to go back...
adj. 生物学的，生物的，与生物学相关的，有血亲关系的；n. [药]生物制品，生物制剂；
[例句] The living organisms somehow concentrated the minerals by biological processes...
[例句] This is a natural biological response.
n. 公告，公报，新闻快报，小报，期刊；vt. 公布，公告，用公报发表；
[例句] ...the early morning news bulletin.
[例句] At 3.30 p.m. a bulletin was released announcing that the president was out of immediate danger.
n. 浮标，救生圈，航标；vt. 使浮起，支持，鼓励；
[例句] In May they danced in the streets, buoyed by their victory...
[例句] German domestic consumption buoyed the German economy.
n. 滑稽模仿，（包括脱衣舞的）滑稽歌舞杂剧；adj. 嘲弄地模仿的，滑稽剧的，用滑稽剧的；vt.& vi. （嘲弄地）模仿，（通过模仿）取笑；
[例句] The book read like a black comic burlesque.
[例句] ...a trio of burlesque Moscow stereotypes.
n. 藏物处，隐藏处，藏匿的珍宝，快速缓冲贮存区；vt. 贮藏；vi. 躲藏；
[例句] A huge arms cache was discovered by police.
[例句] ...a cache of weapons and explosives.
n. 平静，冷静，镇静；
[例句] She is usually a calm and diplomatic woman...
[例句] Try to keep calm and just tell me what happened...
n. 运河，沟渠，管道，气管，食道；vt. 建运河，疏
[例句] ...the Grand Union Canal.
[例句] ...Venetian canals and bridges.
n. 圣诞之歌，（宗教）颂歌，卡罗尔舞蹈；vi. 欢乐地唱，唱圣诞颂
[例句] The singing of Christmas carols is a custom derived from early dance routines of pagan origin...
[例句] ...carol singers at the door.
n. 城堡，堡垒，象棋中的车；vt. 把…置于城堡中，（下国际象棋时）用车护（王）；
n. 触媒，催化剂，〈比喻〉触发因素，促进因素，〈口〉有感染力的人；
[例句] I very much hope that this case will prove to be a catalyst for change...
[例句] He said he saw the bank's role as a catalyst to encourage foreign direct investment.