adj. 仅仅，只不过，小的，轻微的，纯粹的；n. 小湖，池塘，〈英〉边境（线）；
[例句] ...successful exhibitions which go beyond mere success...
[例句] There is more to good health than the mere absence of disease...
adj. 痛苦的，（肉体）疼的，费力的，（工作）困难的，讨厌的，使人厌烦的；
[例句] Her glands were swollen and painful...
[例句] Sampras awaits the results of a bone scan on a painful left shin.
vt. 污染，玷污，亵渎，破坏（品性），使堕落；
[例句] Heavy industry pollutes our rivers with noxious chemicals...
[例句] A number of beaches in the region have been polluted by sewage pumped into the Irish Sea.
adv. 大概，或许，很可能，备不住；
[例句] The White House probably won't make this plan public until July...
[例句] Van Gogh is probably the best-known painter in the world.
vt. 回收利用，使再循环；vi. 重复利用；
[例句] The objective would be to recycle 98 per cent of domestic waste...
[例句] All glass bottles which can't be refilled can be recycled...
n. 饭店，餐馆，饭馆，菜馆；
[例句] They ate in an Italian restaurant in Forth Street...
[例句] We had dinner in the hotel's restaurant.
pron. 某人，有人；n. 大人物，重要的人物；
pron. 他[她，它]们自己，他们亲自，“himself”的复数，“herself”的复数；
[例句] They all seemed to be enjoying themselves...
[例句] The men talked amongst themselves...
prep. 朝，向，对于，接近，为了；
[例句] Caroline leant across the table towards him...
[例句] Anne left Artie and walked down the corridor towards the foyer...
n. 火鸡，蠢货，失败之作；
n. 周末，星期六和星期日（或略长一点的）休息时间；vi. 过周末，度周末；adj. 周末的；
[例句] She had agreed to have dinner with him in town the following weekend...
[例句] He told me to give you a call over the weekend.
pron. 你自己，（用以加强语气）亲自，你的正常或健康的情况；
[例句] Have the courage to be honest with yourself and about yourself...
[例句] Your baby depends on you to look after yourself properly while you are pregnant...
n. 王子，巨头，（某些欧洲国家的）贵族，小国的君主；
[例句] ...Prince Edward and other royal guests...
[例句] The Prince won warm applause for his ideas.
adj. 最近的，新近的，近代的，[地]全新世的；
[例句] In the most recent attack one man was shot dead and two others were wounded...
[例句] Sales have fallen by more than 75 percent in recent years.
n. 食谱，处方，秘诀；
[例句] ...a traditional recipe for oatmeal biscuits.
[例句] ...a recipe book.
n. 重建，再现，重建物，复原物；
[例句] ...America's part in the post-war reconstruction of Germany.
[例句] Work began on the reconstruction of the road.
vt.& vi. 排练，排演，公开练习；vt. 详述，在排演中指挥，经训练使熟练掌握，复述，背诵；
[例句] A group of actors are rehearsing a play about Joan of Arc...
[例句] Tens of thousands of people have been rehearsing for the opening ceremony in the workers' stadium...
n. 男巫，行家，奇才，向导（程序）；
[例句] ...a financial wizard...
[例句] Accountant John Talbot is a wizard with numbers.
n. 松树，松木；vi. 憔悴，痛苦，渴望；vt. 为…悲哀，哀悼，消瘦，渴望，渴慕；
[例句] ...high mountains covered in pine trees.
[例句] She'd be sitting at home pining for her lost husband...
n. （船舶，飞机或火车上的）服务员，乘务员，（私人家中的）管家， （比赛、游行等公共活动的） 组织者；
[例句] The Earl didn't have the money or good judgement to employ a steward to manage the place for him.
[例句] The steward at the march stood his ground while the rest of the marchers decided to run.