n. 制造者，制造商，[法] 签署本票的一方，上帝，〈古〉诗人；
[例句] ...Japan's two largest car makers.
[例句] ...the makers of chocolates, sweets and biscuits.
vt. 污蔑，诽谤，中伤，说坏话；adj. 恶性的，恶意的，有害的；
[例句] We maligned him dreadfully when you come to think of it...
[例句] Either the managers have been maligned or they are not telling the truth.
n. 旋律，曲调，美妙的音乐，和谐的调子，好听的声音，歌曲；
[例句] Her voice was full of melody.
n. 扩音器，麦克风，话筒；
n. 百万；adj. 百万的，无数的；
[例句] Up to five million people a year visit the county...
[例句] Profits for 1999 topped £100 million.
n. （网球等）球拍，〈美俚〉勒索金钱，讹诈，敲诈，骗局，（四周有围墙的）拍打回力网球，硬壁回力球，喧骚，吵闹，嚷闹，扰嚷，喧骚嘈杂的集会，狂欢；v. 嚷闹，吵闹，纵情欢闹，用球拍打；
[例句] He makes such a racket I'm afraid he disturbs the neighbours...
[例句] My dream was interrupted by the most awful racket coming through the walls...
n. 强盗，盗
[例句] Armed robbers broke into a jeweller's through a hole in the wall.
adv. 意外地，忽然地，奄，勃，霍然；
[例句] Suddenly, she looked ten years older...
[例句] Her expression suddenly altered...
n. 超级市场，自动售货商店；
[例句] Most of us do our food shopping in the supermarket...
[例句] How do those prawns find their way from Norway to the supermarket shelf?
n. 大衣，外套，保护层，护膜；
adj. 严守时刻的， 准时的，正点的；
[例句] He's always very punctual. I'll see if he's here yet.
n. 共和国，共和政体，（成员具有平等权利的）团体；
[例句] In 1918, Austria became a republic.
[例句] ...the Baltic republics.
adj. 自私的，利己的；
[例句] I think I've been very selfish. I've been mainly concerned with myself.
[例句] ...the selfish interests of a few people.
n. 观众，旁观者；
[例句] Thirty thousand spectators watched the final game.
n. 手提箱，衣箱；
[例句] It did not take Andrew long to pack a suitcase.
vi. 哀痛，服丧，咕哝；vt. 表示深深的遗憾，哀悼，悲哀地说；
[例句] Joan still mourns her father...
[例句] The whole nation had mourned the death of their great leader...
adj. 即可使用的，（用于）操作的，经营的，军事行动的；
[例句] The whole system will be fully operational by December 1995.
[例句] The nuclear industry was required to prove that every operational and safety aspect had been fully researched.
adj. 视觉的，视力的，眼睛的，光学的；
[例句] ...optical telescopes.
[例句] ...the optical effects of volcanic dust in the stratosphere.
adv. 永久地，长期不变地；
[例句] Heavy drinking can cause permanent damage to the brain...
[例句] ...a permanent solution to the problem...
adv. 适当地，恰当地，正确地，完全，非常；
[例句] You're too thin. You're not eating properly...
[例句] There needs to be a properly informed public debate.