n. 祝贺，恭喜，贺词；
[例句] She congratulated him on the birth of his son...
[例句] I was absolutely astonished by the reaction to our engagement. Everyone started congratulating us.
n. 铜，铜币，紫铜色，警察；adj. 铜制的；vt. 镀铜；
[例句] Chile is the world's largest producer of copper.
[例句] ...a copper mine.
adj. 相当的，对应的，通信的，符合的，符合。。，一致的；v. 相符合( correspond的现在分词)，类似(correspond的ing形式)，相配；
[例句] Racegoers will be given a number which will correspond to a horse running in a race...
[例句] A 22 per cent increase in car travel corresponds with a 19 per cent drop in cycle mileage per person...
n. 胆小鬼，懦夫；adj. 怯懦的，胆小的；
[例句] She accused her husband of being a coward.
v. 缩短，剥夺（特权，官衔等），削减；
[例句] NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region...
[例句] I told Louie that old age would curtail her activities in time...
n. 瞒骗，欺诈，骗局；
[例句] He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception...
[例句] You've been the victim of a rather cruel deception.
n. 不法行为，少年罪犯，过失， 罪过；
[例句] He had no history of delinquency.
[例句] ...a whole range of crimes and delinquencies.
adj. 不尽责的，怠工的，有过失的，拖欠债务的；n. 流氓，少年罪犯，失职者；
[例句] ...remand homes for delinquent children.
[例句] ...a delinquent borrower.
n. （资产等）折旧，货币贬值，跌价；
[例句] Countries may also find their currency is depreciating in foreign markets.
[例句] The demand for foreign currency depreciates the real value of local currencies...
adj. 可耻的，丢脸的，不光彩的，不名誉的，丑，臭；
[例句] It's disgraceful that they have detained him for so long...
[例句] I complained about his disgraceful behaviour...
n. 不同，不等，不一致，悬殊；
[例句] ...the economic disparities between East and West Berlin.
[例句] ...the great disparity of wealth between rich and poor countries.
vt. 使分离；vi. 分离；
[例句] It is getting harder for the president to dissociate himself from the scandal.
[例句] Almost the first lesson they learn is how to dissociate emotion from reason.
n. （各种释义的）蒸馏（过程），蒸馏物，蒸流，升华；
[例句] The whisky had been distilled in 1926 and sat quietly maturing until 1987...
[例句] You can't actually drink the water from the marshland. But you can distil it...
adj. 思想不集中的，心烦意乱的，遭受矛盾的感情的；vt. 使分心(distract的过去式和过去分词)；
[例句] She had seemed curiously distracted...
[例句] She seemed less like a poetess than a distracted housewife.
n. （口技演员使用的）木偶，玩偶，纨绔子弟，漂亮的姑娘；vt. 把…打扮漂亮；
adv. 在楼下，向[往]楼下；adj. 楼下的；
[例句] Denise went downstairs and made some tea.
[例句] The telephone was downstairs in the entrance hall...
adv. 在商业（闹市）区，到闹市区；adj. 商业区的，市中心的；
[例句] ...an office in downtown Chicago.
n. 钻入水中，闪避，急速的低头；
[例句] Chickens and ducks scratch around the outbuildings.
[例句] I brought in one drake and three ducks.
adv. 迟钝地，沉闷地，呆滞地，乏味地；
[例句] They are both nice people but can be rather dull...
[例句] I felt she found me boring and dull...
n. 收入，所得，工资，报酬，收益，利润；
[例句] Average weekly earnings rose by 1.5% in July...
[例句] He was satisfied with his earnings as an accountant.