n. 电报；vt. 电报：用电报机发送的信息；
[例句] Scores of congratulatory telegrams and letters greeted Franklin on his return...
[例句] The President received a briefing by telegram.
n. 气味，臭气，声望，名誉；
[例句] The whole herb has a characteristic taste and odour...
[例句] The taste is only slightly bitter, and there is little odour.
adj. 复数的，复数形式的，多样的，多元的；n. 复数，复数形式，复数词；
[例句] 'Data' is the Latin plural form of 'datum'.
[例句] ...his use of the plural pronoun 'we'.
adv. 很快地，迅速地，立即；
[例句] ...the country's rapid economic growth in the 1980's...
[例句] This signals a rapid change of mind by the government.
adj. 各自的，分别的；
[例句] Steve and I were at very different stages in our respective careers...
[例句] They went into their respective bedrooms to pack.
adj. 粘性的，热湿的，闷热的，极不愉快的，不动的；
[例句] ...sticky toffee...
[例句] If the dough is sticky, add more flour...
n. 学费，教学，讲授；
[例句] The courses will give the beginner personal tuition in all types of outdoor photography.
[例句] Angela's $7,000 tuition at University this year will be paid for with scholarships.
adj. 虔诚的，信神的，伪善的，尽责的，孝敬的，可赞的，好心的；
[例句] He was brought up by pious female relatives.
[例句] ...pious acts of charity.
n. 灭亡，毁灭，失败，挫败，船只失事，（海滩上的）失事船残骸；vt. 使失事，使毁灭，使失败；
[例句] He was drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Spain.
[例句] ...the perils of storm and shipwreck.
vt. 筛分，精选，撒，审查；vi. 筛，细查；
[例句] Sift the flour and baking powder into a medium-sized mixing bowl.
[例句] Police officers have continued to sift through the wreckage following yesterday's bomb attack...
n. 俚语，黑话；vt. 用粗话骂，用俚语；
[例句] Archie liked to think he kept up with current slang.
[例句] ...a slang term.
n. 斗争，争吵，冲突，[古]奋斗；
[例句] Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages...
[例句] The boardroom strife at the company is far from over...
adj. 闷热的，不通气的，古板的，保守的，枯燥无味的，一本正经的；
[例句] Why were grown-ups always so stuffy and slow to recognize good ideas?
[例句] ...a firm of lawyers in Lincoln's Inn, immensely stuffy and respectable.
n. 敲打，碰撞，振动，打击乐器，[医]扣诊法；
n. 过多，过剩，冗长，裁员，（机器的）多余度；
[例句] The ministry has said it hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies.
[例句] Thousands of bank employees are facing redundancy as their employers cut costs...
n. 缓和，减轻，宽恕，豁免，〈罕〉寄钱，汇款；
[例句] Brain scans have confirmed that the disease is in remission...
[例句] After six years of remission, cancer reappeared.
vt. 征服，战胜，克服，抑制；
[例句] A happy ending is only possible because the hero has first vanquished the dragons...
[例句] With knowledge and wisdom, evil could be vanquished on this earth.
adj. 有道德的，有德行的，善良的，贞洁的，有效力的；
[例句] Louis was shown as an intelligent, courageous and virtuous family man.
[例句] I cleaned the flat, which left me feeling virtuous.
n. 彩色蜡笔或粉笔；vt.& vi. 用彩色蜡笔[粉笔]画；
adj. 有意于，有…倾向的，愿意的，想干的；v. 使倾向于，处理(dispose的过去式和过去分词)；
[例句] We passed one or two dwellings, but were not disposed to stop...
[例句] I might have been disposed to like him in other circumstances...