adj. 易弯的，柔韧的，柔顺的，能适应的；
[例句] As your baby grows bigger, his bones become less pliable...
[例句] The finely twined baskets are made with young, pliable spruce roots.
n. 愤恨，不满；
[例句] She expressed resentment at being interviewed by a social worker...
[例句] But the problems of inflation and unemployment still cause a lot of resentment.
adj. 不足的，缺乏的，将近的，吝啬的；vt. 限制，节省，吝惜；
[例句] She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car.
[例句] ...forces that have shown scant respect for Red Cross markings or UN flags...
n. 同义词；
[例句] The term 'industrial democracy' is often used as a synonym for worker participation.
vt. 使断奶，使断念；n. 〈英〉婴儿；
[例句] The baby would be weaned and she would bring it home...
[例句] When would be the best time to start weaning my baby?...
n. 以掠夺为生的人，捕食其他动物的动物，食肉动物；
[例句] The company is worried about takeovers by various predators.
n. 鹌鹑，鹌鹑肉，女大学生；vi. 沮丧，畏缩，胆怯，感到恐惧；vt. 使沮丧，使畏缩；
[例句] I've shot hundreds of quail with that gun.
[例句] The very words make many of us quail...
n. 严格，严酷，严密，（由惊吓或中毒等导致的身体）僵直；
adj. 有鳞状斑点的，有鳞的；
[例句] However, he underestimates the scale of the problem...
[例句] You may feel dwarfed by the sheer scale of the place...
vi. （靠很少的钱或食物）维持生活，生存下去；
[例句] The prisoners subsisted on one mug of the worst quality porridge three times a day...
[例句] Almost every employee must moonlight in second jobs simply to subsist.
adj. 被解雇的，失业的，不在使用中的，未用的；n. 失业者；
[例句] The problem is millions of people are unemployed...
[例句] This workshop helps young unemployed people in Grimsby...
vt. 夸大（某事），把…讲得过分，夸张；
[例句] The authors no doubt overstated their case with a view to catching the public's attention...
[例句] The importance of health education cannot be overstated.
adj. 断然的，不容置辩的，傲慢的，专横的；
[例句] With a brief, almost peremptory gesture he pointed to a chair.
vt. 安抚，抚慰，使平静，使和解，平息；
[例句] He smiled, trying to placate me...
[例句] 'I didn't mean to upset you,' Agnew said in a placating voice.
adj. 有远见的，节俭的；
vi. 删除，减少；vt. 修剪（树木等），删除，剪去，精简某事物，除去某事物多余的部分；n. 西梅脯，西梅干，深紫红色，傻瓜，〈美〉没趣的人，讨厌的人；
[例句] You have to prune a bush if you want fruit...
[例句] There is no best way to prune.
n. 吹毛求疵的反对意见或批评，遁词，模棱两可的话；vi. 使用遁词，含糊其辞，吹毛求疵；
[例句] Council members spent the day quibbling over the final wording of the resolution...
[例句] Let's not quibble.
adj. 饶有趣味的，非常精彩的，引人入胜的；n. 铆接（法）；v. 铆接( rivet的现在分词 )，把…固定住，吸引，引起某人的注意；
[例句] I find snooker riveting though I don't play myself.
vt.& vi. 发出沙沙的声音；n. 沙沙声，急忙，飒飒声；
[例句] The leaves rustled in the wind...
[例句] She rustled her papers impatiently...
vi. 皱眉，怒视；vt. 皱眉表示，对…沉下脸；n. 愁容，怒容；
[例句] He scowled, and slammed the door behind him...
[例句] She scowled at the two men as they entered the room.