vt. 最大化，使（某事物）增至最大限度，极为重视，[数学]解函数的最大值，最大限度利用（某事物）；vi. 尽可能广义地解释，达到最大
[例句] In order to maximize profit the firm would seek to maximize output...
[例句] They were looking for suitable ways of maximising their electoral support.
n. 大都市，大都会，首府，首都，大主教区，大城市；
[例句] ...the bustling metropolis of Chengdu.
pron. 谁，什么人，关系代词，有先行词，孰；
[例句] Who's there?...
[例句] Who is the least popular man around here?...
n. 科技（总称），工业技术，工艺学，[总称]术语；
[例句] Technology is changing fast...
[例句] They should be allowed to wait for cheaper technologies to be developed.
adj. 不幸运的，倒霉的，不吉祥的，不顺利的，不凑巧的；
[例句] Owen was unlucky not to score on two occasions...
[例句] Others were unlucky victims of falling debris.
n. 动机，动力，诱因；
[例句] Money is my motivation...
[例句] The timing of the attack, and its motivations, are unknown.
adj. 使人惊讶的，出人意料的，惊人的，惊人的，意外的，奇怪的，不可思议的；v. 使惊奇，使诧异( surprise的现在分词)，意外发现[撞见]，出其不意获得；
[例句] It is not surprising that children learn to read at different rates...
[例句] A surprising number of customers order the same sandwich every day.
adj. 美味的，可口的，高雅的，有品味的，有趣的；n. 可口的东西，引人入胜的东西；
[例句] Try this tasty dish for supper with a crispy salad...
[例句] I thought the food was very tasty.
adj. 未必的，不一定有把握的，不太可能的，不可能发生的，不像是真的；
[例句] A military coup seems unlikely...
[例句] As with many technological revolutions, you are unlikely to be aware of it...
adv. 实际上，实质上，事实上，几乎，无形中，无形；
[例句] Virtually all cooking was done over coal-fired ranges...
[例句] It would have been virtually impossible to research all the information.
vt.& vi. 焊接，使紧密结合；n. 焊接点，黄色植物染料；
[例句] It's possible to weld stainless steel to ordinary steel...
[例句] They will also be used on factory floors to weld things together...
n. 芥末，芥菜，芥末色，深黄色，强烈的兴趣，热情的人；
[例句] ...a pot of mustard...
[例句] Thinly paint the lamb with Dijon mustard.
n. 乐观，乐观主义；
[例句] The Indian Prime Minister has expressed optimism about India's future relations with the USA.
[例句] ...a mood of cautious optimism.
n. 步行者，行人；adj. 徒步的，平淡无奇的，一般的；
[例句] In Los Angeles a pedestrian is a rare spectacle...
[例句] More than a third of all pedestrian injuries are to children.
n. 政治制度，政权，政体，管理，方法，[医]养生法，（病人等的）生活规则；
[例句] ...the collapse of the Fascist regime at the end of the war...
[例句] Pujol was imprisoned and tortured under the Franco regime.
vt. 再分，细分；vi. 细分，再分；
[例句] The verbs were subdivided into transitive and intransitive categories.
vt. 低估，对…估计不足，看轻，把…的价值估计过低；n. 低估，估计不足，过低评价，过低估价，轻视；
[例句] None of us should ever underestimate the degree of difficulty women face in career advancement...
[例句] Never underestimate what you can learn from a group of like-minded people.
n. 境况，困境，誓约；vt. 保证，约定；
[例句] ...the worsening plight of Third World countries plagued by debts.
vt. 浸湿，浸透，使充满，[化]使饱和，使渗进，使湿透；adj. 浸透的，渗透的，饱和的，颜色浓[深]的；
[例句] In the last days before the vote, both sides are saturating the airwaves...
[例句] As the market was saturated with goods and the economy became more balanced, inflation went down.
adj. 必须的，应尽的，义务的，强制性的；
[例句] Most women will be offered an ultrasound scan during pregnancy, although it's not obligatory...
[例句] These rates do not include the charge for obligatory medical consultations.