n. 马刺，鞭策，激励，（公路或铁路的）支线；v. 鼓动， 激励，使更快发生，策马前进；
[例句] It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats...
[例句] His friend's plight had spurred him into taking part.
n. 紧张，不安，紧张气氛，[物]张力，拉力，矛盾；vt. 紧张，使紧张；
[例句] The tension between the two countries is likely to remain...
[例句] ...continued tension over the killing of demonstrators...
adj. （级别、地位等）较高的，资深的，年长的，最高年级的；n. 上级，毕业班学生，较年长者，地位较高的，资历较深的；
[例句] ...senior officials in the Israeli government.
[例句] ...the company's senior management...
n. 成见，偏见，歧视，侵害，伤害；vt. 使有偏见，不利于，损害；
[例句] There was a deep-rooted racial prejudice long before the two countries became rivals and went to war...
[例句] There is widespread prejudice against workers over 45...
n. 大街，街道；
[例句] He lived at 66 Bingfield Street...
[例句] Boppard is a small, quaint town with narrow streets.
n. 鞋，蹄铁，（汽车轮的）制动器，煞车，外胎；vt. 为…钉蹄铁，给…穿上鞋，装防护物；
[例句] ...a pair of shoes...
[例句] Low-heeled comfortable shoes are best...
n. 冰雹，一阵；vi. 下冰雹，如冰雹般地降下；vt. 致敬，打招呼，打信号示意（计程车等）停下，赞扬（或称颂）…为（尤用于报章等）；
[例句] Faulkner has been hailed as the greatest American novelist of his generation...
[例句] US magazines hailed her as the greatest rock'n'roll singer in the world...
n. 谷物，粮食，（沙，金，盐等的）颗粒，谷粒，籽粒，（木材，大理石等的）纹理；vt. 把…作成细粒，把…漆[画]成木纹，染透，刮去（皮上的）毛；vi. 成谷粒；
[例句] ...a grain of wheat.
[例句] ...rice grains.
vt. 陈列，展览，呈现，证明，[法]提交证据；vi. 公开展览某物，展出；n. 展览，陈列，展览品，公开展示，[法]证据；
[例句] He has exhibited symptoms of anxiety and overwhelming worry...
[例句] Two cats or more in one house will also exhibit territorial behaviour...
vt. 不期而遇，遭遇，对抗；n. 相遇，碰见，遭遇战，对决，冲突；vi. 碰见，尤指不期而遇；
[例句] Every day of our lives we encounter stresses of one kind or another...
[例句] Environmental problems they found in Poland were among the worst they encountered.
vt.& vi. 拥抱；vt. 包括，包含，接受，信奉；n. 拥抱，怀抱；
[例句] Penelope came forward and embraced her sister...
[例句] At first people were sort of crying for joy and embracing each other...
n. 瑕疵，毛病，欠缺，缺点；vi. 叛逃，背叛；
[例句] He was born with a hearing defect.
[例句] ...a defect in the aircraft caused the crash...
n. 循环，周期，自行车，时代，一段时间，整套；vi. 周而复始，循环，骑自行车，轮转；vt. 运转，循环，使轮转；
[例句] He cycled to Ingwold...
[例句] Britain could save £4.6 billion a year in road transport costs if more people cycled...
adj. 批评的，爱挑剔的，关键的，严重的，极重要的；
[例句] The incident happened at a critical point in the campaign...
[例句] Environmentalists say a critical factor in the city's pollution is its population...
vt. 组成，构成，调解，[印刷]排（字），使安定；vt.& vi. 创作（乐曲、诗歌等），为…谱曲；vi. 构图，构成；
[例句] The force would be composed of troops from NATO countries...
[例句] Protein molecules compose all the complex working parts of living cells...
vt.& vi. 咀嚼，咬，深思，考虑；n. 咀嚼，咀嚼物；
[例句] Be certain to eat slowly and chew your food extremely well...
[例句] Daniel leaned back on the sofa, still chewing on his apple.
vt. 允许，承认，给予，准许（做某事）；vi. 容许，考虑；
[例句] The children are not allowed to watch violent TV programmes...
[例句] The Government will allow them to advertise on radio and television...
v. 站起身，提高（价格等）( up的现在分词 )，突然移动，突然（做意想不到的事）；
[例句] They were climbing up a narrow mountain road...
[例句] I ran up the stairs and saw Alison lying at the top...
v. 站起身，提高（价格等）( up的过去式和过去分词 )，突然移动，突然（做意想不到的事）；
[例句] They were climbing up a narrow mountain road...
[例句] I ran up the stairs and saw Alison lying at the top...
vt.& vi. 猛推，逼迫，强行推入，延伸；n. 刺，推力，[军]突击，[地]逆断层；vi. 插入，用力向某人刺去，猛然或用力推；
[例句] They thrust him into the back of a jeep...
[例句] She grabs a stack of baby photos and thrusts them into my hands.