adv. 从学术观点，关于学院或大学，关于学会或协会，以学者风度；
[例句] Their academic standards are high...
[例句] I was terrible at school and left with few academic qualifications...
adv. 依照；v. 给予( accord的现在分词 )，使和谐一致，使符合，使适合；
[例句] ...a fitting way to celebrate the peace accord.
[例句] His predecessor was accorded an equally tumultuous welcome...
n. 积累，堆积物，累积量；
[例句] ...an accumulation of experience and knowledge.
[例句] ...accumulations of dirt.
n. [化]气溶胶，喷雾剂，悬浮微粒，喷雾器；adj. 喷雾的，喷雾器的；
vt. 扩大某人的权力，提高某人的地位，夸大，吹捧；
[例句] At the dinner table, my father would go on and on, showing off, aggrandising himself...
[例句] ...plans to aggrandise the building.
n. 两栖动物，水陆两用车，水旱两生植物，水陆两用飞行器；adj. 两栖（类）的，水陆两用的，具有双重性格的；
vt. 分摊，分配；
[例句] The experts are even-handed in apportioning blame among EU governments...
[例句] The allowable deduction is apportioned between the estate and the beneficiaries.
vt. 为…复仇，为…报复；vi. 报复，报仇；
[例句] He has devoted the past five years to avenging his daughter's death...
[例句] She had decided to avenge herself and all the other women he had abused.
vt.& vi. 作物物交换，以货换货，拿…进行易货贸易；n. 换货，实物交易，交易品，互换品，[数]换算法，易货贸易；vi. 进行易货贸易，[贸易]作物物交换，讨价还价；
[例句] They have been bartering wheat for cotton and timber...
[例句] The market-place and street were crowded with those who'd come to barter...
n. 新手，初学者，创立人，鼻祖，初学者的好运气（或意外成功）；
[例句] The course is suitable for beginners and advanced students...
[例句] I am a complete beginner to bird-keeping.
n. （基督教某些教派管辖大教区的）主教，（国际象棋的）象，香甜葡萄酒；
adj. 野蛮的，残忍的，不讲理的，无情的；
[例句] He was the victim of a very brutal murder.
[例句] ...the brutal suppression of anti-government protests...
n. （植物的）溃疡，（动物）耳溃疡，腐败的影响，腐蚀因素；vt. 使溃疡；vi. 受到腐蚀，生黑腐病，溃烂；
[例句] ...the canker of jealousy.
[例句] In gardens, cankers are most prominent on apples and pear trees.
adj. 仪式的，正式的，讲究仪式的；n. 仪式，礼节；
[例句] He represented the nation on ceremonial occasions...
[例句] Feathers of various kinds are used by Native Americans for ceremonial purposes.
n. 碎屑，破片，刨削；
[例句] I had fish and chips in a cafe...
[例句] Frank Browne shook more sauce over his chips.
adj. 谨慎小心的，周到的；
[例句] The banks should have been more circumspect in their dealings...
[例句] You seem to be implying, in your usual circumspect manner, that perhaps it might not be a wonderful idea.
n. （液体的）澄清，净化，澄清法，（意义等的）澄清、说明；
[例句] Thank you for writing and allowing me to clarify the present position...
[例句] A bank spokesman was unable to clarify the situation.
adj. 清洁的( clean的最高级 )，整齐的，新的，正派的；
[例句] He wore his cleanest slacks, a clean shirt and a navy blazer...
[例句] Disease has not been a problem because clean water is available...
vt. 紧握，抓紧，钉牢，[航海] 系紧：用绳结捆绑；n. 抓紧，咬紧，抓紧用具；
[例句] Alex clenched her fists and gritted her teeth...
[例句] She pulled at his sleeve and he turned on her, fists clenching again before he saw who it was.
vt. 没收，充公，查抄，征用；adj. 被没收的，被充公的，被征用的；
[例句] There is concern that police use the law to confiscate assets from people who have committed minor offences...
[例句] They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material.