n. 对句，对联；

[例句] ...rhyming couplets.

n. 消耗，减量，缩减；

n. 皮肤病学家，皮肤科医生；

v. （使）脱节，（使）解体，（使）脱

n. 疏远，失和，不

[例句] The trip will bring to an end years of estrangement between the two countries...

[例句] That day marked the beginning of a 20-year estrangement.

adj. 刺激性的，使兴奋的；n. 兴奋剂，刺激物；

n. 天空，苍穹；

[例句] There are no stars in the firmament.

[例句] He was rich, and a rising star in the political firmament.

adj. 幸福的( happy的最高级 )，幸运的，乐意的，感到（或显得）幸福的；

[例句] Marina was a confident, happy child...

[例句] I'm just happy to be back running...

adj. 不妥协的，不让步的；n. 不妥协的人，不让步者；

[例句] They put pressure on the Government to change its intransigent stance...

[例句] The worry is that the radicals will grow more intransigent.

n. 左派的人，急进派，左撇子；adj. 左派的，左撇子的，激进的；

[例句] Two of the men were leftists and two were centrists.

[例句] ...Chilean leftists.

adj. （孩子）宠坏的，惯坏的，（食物）变质的，spoil的过去式和过去分词；v. 变质( spoil的过去式和过去分词 )，损坏，毁掉，破坏；

n. 协力，配合，联合作业，集体工作；

[例句] Today's complex buildings require close teamwork between the architect and the builders.

n. 回归线，热带，热带地方；adj. 热带的，[生]向性的；

adj. 单调的，沉闷的，声调平板的，无音调的；adv. 声调平板地；

[例句] 'What shall we do?' Milton said again in a toneless voice.

n. 侵害者，违反者，侵入者；

[例句] They were trespassing on private property...

[例句] You're trespassing!

adj. 无所不在的，同时遍在的，无往不在；

[例句] The sound of sirens was an omnipresent background noise in New York...

[例句] The obsessive thoughts became so omnipresent that her memory was affected.

n. 锯末，木屑；

[例句] ...a layer of sawdust.

adj. 破烂的，衣衫褴褛的，粗糙的，低劣的；

[例句] There were a lot of guest houses which were very tatty.

[例句] ...a very tatty old bathrobe.

n. 止血带；

n. 琐事，不足道的细枝末节，（中世纪大学的）三学科( trivium的名词复数)，薄物细故；

[例句] The two men chatted about such trivia as their favourite kinds of fast food...

[例句] The newspaper is now weighted in favour of trivia.