adj. 默认的；

[例句] Perhaps you are too acquiescent.

n. 疾病（尤指微恙），不安；

[例句] The pharmacist can assist you with the treatment of common ailments.

n. 分配，分配物，养家费，命运；

[例句] His meager allotment of gas had to be saved for emergencies.

n. 命令，吩咐，请求；

[例句] In 1970, at his new wife's behest, they moved to Southampton...

[例句] The policy document was produced at the behest of John Major and other world leaders.

vt. （以言辞或表情）威逼，恫吓；

[例句] ...attempts to deceive, con, or browbeat the voters...

[例句] When I backed out of the 100 metres, an older kid tried to browbeat me into it.

adj. （尤指气候）温和的，宽大的，仁慈的；

adj. 察知的，认识（某事物）的；

[例句] We are cognizant of the problem.

n. 专栏作家；

[例句] Clarence Page is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune.

[例句] ...the gossip columnists' favourite target.

n. [天]彗星，孛；

[例句] Halley's Comet is going to come back in 2061.

n. 女修道院；

n. [医]囊肿，囊，泡囊，膀胱，[植]包囊；

[例句] He had a minor operation to remove a cyst.

n. 迁延，延期，暂缓；

[例句] ...the deferment of debt repayments.

vt. 使为难，使狼狈，使挫折，挫败；

[例句] He will be particularly discomfited by the minister's dismissal of his plan...

[例句] The opposition leader has regularly discomfited him in parliament.

adj. 不服从的，不顺从的，违抗的，反抗的；

[例句] Her tone was that of a parent to a disobedient child.

n. 启迪，启发，教化，开导，启蒙运动；

[例句] Stella had a moment of enlightenment.

[例句] ...a sense of deep peace and spiritual enlightenment.

n. 全范围，全部，音阶，音域；

[例句] Varied though the anthology may claim to be, it does not cover the whole gamut of Scottish poetry...

[例句] As the story unfolded throughout the past week, I experienced the gamut of emotions: shock, anger, sadness, disgust, confusion.

n. 理发，发型，发式；

[例句] Your hair is all right; it's just that you need a haircut.

[例句] Who's that guy with the funny haircut?

n. 头盔，钢盔，盔形物，盔状物，[植]盔状花冠；vt. 给…戴上头盔；

n. 大黄蜂，马蜂，马蜂窝，一大堆麻烦；

adj. 不准确的，不精确的，不确切；

[例句] Both explanations were inexact...

[例句] Forecasting was an inexact science.