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. 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...

vt. 犯罪，做错事，把…托付给，保证（做某事、遵守协议或遵从安排等），承诺，使…承担义务；

[例句] I have never committed any crime...

[例句] This is a man who has committed murder.

n. 客人，旅客，特邀嘉宾，[动]寄生虫；v. 做特邀嘉宾，做客串，做特约演员；adj. 客人的，客座的，为客人准备的；

[例句] She was a guest at the wedding...

[例句] Their guests sipped drinks on the veranda.

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.

vt.& vi. 投资，花费；vt. 授予，使就职，给…穿衣，装饰，使充满，覆盖；

[例句] They intend to invest directly in shares...

[例句] He invested all our profits in gold shares...

vt. 谢谢，感谢，责怪，把…归于；n. 感谢，谢谢，道谢的话；

[例句] Thank you very much for your call...

[例句] Thanks for the information...

n. 带子，胶带，磁带，卷尺；vt. 用带子捆起来，录音；vt.& vi. 录音；

[例句] Tape is expensive and loses sound quality every time it is copied...

[例句] Many students declined to be interviewed on tape.

vt.& vi. 轻拍，爱抚，拍成，拍至；n. 轻拍，轻拍某物发出的声音，小团，小块；adj. 恰好的，适当的，熟练的，过于巧合的，人为的，快活的，活泼的；vt. 表扬，称赞（某人/自己）；

[例句] 'Don't you worry about any of this,' she said patting me on the knee...

[例句] The landlady patted her hair nervously...

n. 用具，装备，索具，阻挡，阻截队员；vt. 着手处理，[橄榄球]擒住并摔倒（一名对方球员），给（马）配上挽具；vi. 擒住并摔倒一名对手；

[例句] The first reason to tackle these problems is to save children's lives...

[例句] Firemen later tackled the blaze.

n. 票，入场券，标签，传票，交通违规的通知单，候选人名单；vt. 售票，给…门票，加标签于，指派，对。。开交通违章通知单；

[例句] I queued for two hours to get a ticket to see the football game...

[例句] I love opera and last year I got tickets for Covent Garden...

vt.& vi. 呼喊，叫喊，高声说或发出喊叫声；n. 大叫，大叫着说，呐喊；

[例句] He had to shout to make himself heard above the near gale-force wind...

[例句] 'She's alive!' he shouted triumphantly...

n. 性情，脾气，特征，（钢等）回火，怒气；vt. 调和，使回火，锻炼，缓

[例句] He had a temper and could be nasty...

[例句] His short temper had become notorious...

n. 单位，单元，装置，个体，[数]单位数；

[例句] Agriculture was based in the past on the family as a unit.

[例句] ...the health services research unit...

n. 事件，大事，活动，经历，结果，运动项目；

[例句] ...the events of Black Wednesday...

[例句] ...in the wake of recent events in Europe...

adj. 微弱的，模糊的，软弱的，无勇气的，将昏倒似的；vi. 头晕，昏过去，渐渐不明，消失；n. 昏厥，昏倒；

[例句] He became aware of the soft, faint sounds of water dripping...

[例句] The room held the faint, sweet odour of pipe tobacco...

adv. 同时，在一起，一致地，不间断地；adj. 稳定可靠的，做事有效率的；

[例句] We went on long bicycle rides together...

[例句] He and I worked together on a book…

vt. 拒绝，抛弃，扔掉，排斥，吐出或呕吐；n. 被拒绝或被抛弃的人或事物；

[例句] The British government is expected to reject the idea of state subsidy for a new high speed railway...

[例句] Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript before Jenks saw its potential.

n. 解决，结算，金钱或财产的转让（契约），沉淀，定居点；

[例句] Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement...

[例句] They are not optimistic about a settlement of the eleven year conflict.

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.