adj. 挑选出来的，精选的，上帝所选的；v. 挑选( choose的过去分词 )，选择，选定，喜欢；
n. 境况，境遇，（尤指）经济状况，命运，环境( circumstance的名词复数 )，事件，境遇，机遇；
[例句] Recent opinion polls show that 60 percent favor abortion under certain circumstances...
[例句] The strategy was too dangerous in the explosive circumstances of the times...
n. 喧哗声，喧闹，大声的要求或抗议；vi.&vt. 喧哗，吵闹，大声地要求或抗议；
[例句] ...competing parties clamouring for the attention of the voter...
[例句] At breakfast next morning my two grandsons were clamouring to go swimming.
adj. 乌云密布的，阴的，有暗影的；
[例句] ...the varied shapes of the clouds...
[例句] The sky was almost entirely obscured by cloud.
n. 同事，同僚，同
[例句] Without consulting his colleagues he flew from Lisbon to Split...
[例句] A colleague urged him to see a psychiatrist, but Faulkner refused.
adj. 引人入胜的，扣人心弦的，非常强烈的，不可抗拒的；v. 强迫，使不得不( compel的现在分词)；
[例句] Factual and forensic evidence makes a suicide verdict the most compelling answer to the mystery of his death...
[例句] My second and more compelling reason for going to Dearborn was to see the Henry Ford Museum.
vt. 汇编，编辑，编制，编译；
[例句] Councils were required to compile a register of all adults living in their areas...
[例句] The book took 10 years to compile...
n. （受人咨询的）顾问，会诊医生，（顾问）医生，求教者，（与人）商议者，征求意见者，查阅者，咨询者；
[例句] Shirley's brother is now a consultant heart surgeon in Sweden.
[例句] He was a consultant to the Swedish government.
n. 扭曲，弄歪，歪曲；
[例句] I had to admire the contortions of the gymnasts.
n. 协调，和谐；
[例句] ...the lack of co-ordination between the civilian and military authorities.
[例句] ...the co-ordination of economic policy.
n. [电]耦合，联结，[机]管箍，（火车的）车钩；v. 连接(couple的现在分词)；
[例句] Before driving away, re-check the trailer coupling.
[例句] Anton the chef concocts a sensual coupling of lobster and asparagus...
n.& adj. 爬行（的）；v. 蹑手蹑足地走( creep的现在分词 )，缓慢地行进，爬行，匍匐；
[例句] Back I go to the hotel and creep up to my room...
[例句] The rabbit creeps away and hides in a hole.
vt.& vi. （使）起皱；n. （布或纸上的）皱纹；
[例句] He shrugged whimsically, his eyes crinkling behind his glasses...
[例句] When she laughs, she crinkles her perfectly-formed nose...
adj. 耕种的，栽培的，有教养的；v. 耕作(cultivate的过去式和过去分词)，促进增长，教养，改善，陶冶思想[感情]建立（友谊）；
[例句] His mother was an elegant, cultivated woman.
[例句] ...a mixture of wild and cultivated varieties.
adj. 可治愈的；
[例句] Most skin cancers are completely curable if detected in the early stages.
adj. 漂亮的，娇小可爱的，机灵的，精明的，矫揉造作的；
[例句] Oh, look at that dog! He's so cute.
[例句] ...a cute little house.
n. 圆筒，圆柱，汽缸，（尤指用作容器的）圆筒状物；
[例句] ...a cylinder of foam...
[例句] It was recorded on a wax cylinder.
英语字母表中的第四个字母，（学生成绩）丁；
[例句] I got a D+.
vi. 悬荡，垂着摆动，尾随，追逐；vt. 使摇晃地挂着或摆荡，悬而未定；
[例句] A gold bracelet dangled from his left wrist...
[例句] Crystal chandeliers dangled from every ceiling...
n. 度( degree的名词复数 )，程度，学位，（组织损伤的）深度；
[例句] These man-made barriers will ensure a very high degree of protection...
[例句] Politicians have used television with varying degrees of success.