n. 敏感，感受性，仪器等的)灵敏性，[摄]感光度；
[例句] The classroom teacher must be sensitive to a child's needs...
[例句] He was always so sensitive and caring.
n. 镶嵌，环境，装置，（某事、戏剧、小说等的）背景；v. 放( set的现在分词)，安插，树立，安排；
[例句] Rome is the perfect setting for romance...
[例句] Perth was the setting for the SNP's conference this year...
n. 耙子，放荡的男人，舞台等的倾斜度；vt.& vi. 搜索，以耙子耙平（泥土等），用耙子把…耙在一起，（翻阅旧记录、文件等以）搜寻事实等；
[例句] Rake the soil, press the seed into it, then cover it lightly...
[例句] The beach is raked and cleaned daily.
vt. 破坏，毁灭，使破产，使没落，使堕落，变成废墟；n. 毁灭，灭亡，废墟，遗迹，[灭亡]的原因，祸根，损失；vi. 被毁灭，破产，堕落；
[例句] My wife was ruining her health through worry...
[例句] Entire villages have been washed away. Roads and bridges have been destroyed and crops ruined.
n. 脉搏，[无线电]（电磁波等）脉动，活力，有节奏的跳动（或拍打）；vi. （心脏）跳动，脉动，搏动，震动；vt. 使跳动，有节奏地驱动（机器等），[电子学]施以脉冲，[无线电]脉冲地调节（电磁波）；
[例句] Mahoney's pulse was racing, and he felt confused.
[例句] ...the repetitive pulse of the music.
vt. 吐，吐出；n. 唾沫，口水，烤肉叉；vi. 吐痰，吐口水，发出劈啪声；
[例句] The gang thought of hitting him too, but decided just to spit...
[例句] They spat at me and taunted me...
n. 北方，北部，（美国南北战争时与南方作战的）北部各州，北方发达国家（尤指欧洲和北美各国）；adj. 北方的，北部的，朝北的，（风，光线）来自北方的；adv. 在北方，自北地，向北方；
[例句] In the north the ground becomes very cold as the winter snow and ice covers the ground...
[例句] Birds usually migrate from north to south.
aux. 表示可能，表示许可，表示询问情况；n. 力气，力量，威力，权力；v. 可以，应该；
[例句] Smoking might be banned totally in most buildings...
[例句] The two countries might go to war...
n. 信息，消息，要旨，教训；v. 给…发消息，给…留言；
[例句] I got a message you were trying to reach me...
[例句] Would you like to leave a message?...
adj. 自主的，不相关连的，无党派的，不相干的人所做的（或提供的）；n. 独立自主的人，无党派人士；
[例句] Your questions should be independent of each other...
[例句] We're going independent from the university and setting up our own group...
adj. 健康的，健全的，大量的，有益于健康的；
[例句] Most of us need to lead more balanced lives to be healthy and happy...
[例句] She had a normal pregnancy and delivered a healthy child.
vi. 挥舞，茂盛，繁荣，活跃，蓬勃；vt. 挥动，挥舞；n. 挥舞，挥动，花样，华丽的辞藻，夸张的行为或手势，花式吹奏；
[例句] Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 roubles a day...
[例句] Racism and crime still flourish in the ghetto.
adv. 断然地，干脆地，直截了当地，单调地；
[例句] Sara lives with her husband and children in a flat in central London...
[例句] It started a fire in a block of flats...
adj. 相等的，相当的，等效的，等价的，等积的，[化学]当量的；n. 对等物，[化学]当量；
[例句] The equivalent of two tablespoons of polyunsaturated oils is ample each day...
[例句] Even the cheapest car costs the equivalent of 70 years' salary for a government worker.
n. 结果，后果，重要性；
[例句] Her lawyer said she understood the consequences of her actions and was prepared to go to jail...
[例句] An economic crisis may have tremendous consequences for our global security.
vt. 产（后代），生，产生，导致，优生交配，养育，训练；vi. 产仔，繁殖，旺盛生长；n. 属，种类，类型，血统；
[例句] ...rare breeds of cattle...
[例句] Certain breeds are more dangerous than others.
n. 注意，注意力，照料，关怀，殷勤；int. [口令]立正；
[例句] You have my undivided attention...
[例句] Later he turned his attention to the desperate state of housing in the province.
adj. 任何的，一点，一些，普通的，任何，随便哪一个；pron. 任何，无论哪个，若干；adv. 稍微，少许，什么，一些，一点；
[例句] I never make any big decisions...
[例句] I'm not making any promises...
adj. 指定的；v. 确定( name的过去式和过去分词 )，决定，给…取名，说出…的名字；
[例句] 'What's his name?'—'Peter.'...
[例句] I don't even know if Sullivan's his real name...
n. 大步，阔步，步幅，进展，一跨（的宽度）；vt.& vi. 大踏步走，跨过；vi. 跨；vt. 跨坐在…；
[例句] They were joined by a newcomer who came striding across a field...
[例句] He turned abruptly and strode off down the corridor.