vt. 总结，概述；
[例句] Table 3.1 summarizes the information given above...
[例句] Basically, the article can be summarized in three sentences...
n. 爱国者，爱国主义者；
[例句] They were staunch British patriots and had portraits of the Queen in their flat.
vt. （尤指宗教或政治信仰的）迫害，烦扰，困扰，强求，死缠着要；
[例句] Mr Weaver and his family have been persecuted by the authorities for their beliefs...
[例句] They began by brutally persecuting the Catholic Church.
vt. 解（渴），终止（某事物），（用水）扑灭（火焰等），将（热物体）放入水中急速冷却；
[例句] He stopped to quench his thirst at a stream.
n. 丑闻，丑名，丑事，丑行，丢脸的事件，舞弊案件，耻辱，流言蜚语，闲话，诽谤；
[例句] ...a financial scandal.
[例句] He loved gossip and scandal...
vi. 打呼噜，打鼾；n. 呼噜，鼾声；
[例句] His mouth was open, and he was snoring.
n. 闲逛，漫步；vi. 散步，奔波；vt. 溜达；
[例句] He collected some orange juice from the refrigerator and, glass in hand, strolled to the kitchen window...
[例句] Afterwards, we strolled back, put the kettle on and settled down with the newspapers.
adj. [物]超声的，超音速的；n. 超声波，〈口〉超音速飞机；
[例句] There was a huge bang; it sounded like a supersonic jet.
adj. 可疑的，猜疑的，怀疑的，多疑的，不信任的，多心；
[例句] He was rightly suspicious of meeting me until I reassured him I was not writing about him...
[例句] He has his father's suspicious nature.
vt. 使甜，把…弄香，使温和，使愉快，使悦耳；vi. 变甜；
[例句] He liberally sweetened his coffee...
[例句] The Australians fry their bananas and sweeten them with honey.
n. 神话，神怪故事，奇人，奇事，虚构的人，虚构的事；v. 使神话化；
[例句] There is a famous Greek myth in which Icarus flew too near to the Sun.
[例句] ...the world of magic and of myth.
n. 变化，转变，突变，变异；
[例句] The virus mutates in the carrier's body...
[例句] A newer anti-HIV drug called pyridinone caused HIV to mutate into a form which could not reproduce or infect new cells...
adj. 无数的，多种的，各式各样的；n. 无数，极大数量，[古语] 一万；
[例句] They face a myriad of problems bringing up children...
[例句] These myriads of fish would be enough to keep any swimmer entranced for hours.
n. 麻醉药，镇定剂；adj. 麻醉的，催眠的，起麻痹作用的，吸毒成瘾的；
[例句] He was indicted for dealing in narcotics...
[例句] He appears to be high on some sort of narcotic.
vt. 遍及，弥漫，渗透，充满；
[例句] The smell of sawdust and glue pervaded the factory...
[例句] ...the corruption that pervades every stratum of the country...
adj. 美丽的，别致的，生动的，奇特的，独创的；
[例句] Alte, in the hills northwest of Loule, is the Algarve's most picturesque village.
[例句] Every inn had a picturesque name — the Black Locust Inn, the Blueberry Inn.
n. （厚）木板，支持物，政纲条目；vt. 在…上铺板，重重放下，立即付款；
[例句] It was very strong, made of three solid planks of wood.
[例句] Encouraging people to shop locally is a central plank of his environment policy.
adj. 毫不吝惜的，慷慨的，挥霍的，浪费的；
[例句] ...a remedy that produces profuse sweating.
[例句] Then the policeman recognised me, breaking into profuse apologies.
adj. 暂时的，临时的，暂定的；n. 临时性，临时人员；
[例句] ...the possibility of setting up a provisional coalition government...
[例句] If you have never held a driving licence before, you should apply for a provisional licence...
n. 神志正常，心智健康，头脑清楚，通情达理；
[例句] He and his wife finally had to move from their apartment just to preserve their sanity.
[例句] Rafsanjani has been considering various ways of introducing some sanity into the currency market.