adj. 时间的，世俗的，暂存的，表示时间的；n. 暂存的事物，世间的事物，世俗的权力，一时的事物，俗事；

[例句] ...their spiritual and temporal leader.

[例句] ...firmly believing in the need for the clergy not to become preoccupied with temporal matters.

n. 诱惑，引诱，诱惑物；

[例句] Will they be able to resist the temptation to buy?

[例句] ...the many temptations to which you will be exposed.

n. 手推车，触轮，电车，有轨电车，空中吊运车；vt.&vi. 载运用有轨电车运送（乘客），乘电车；

[例句] A porter relieved her of the three large cases she had been pushing on a trolley.

[例句] ...supermarket trolleys.

n. 拖网，排钩绳；vt.& vi. 用拖网捕

[例句] A team of officers is trawling through the records of thousands of petty thieves...

[例句] Her private secretary has carefully trawled the West End for a suitable show.

带，接管，帮…学习，在…上花费；

[例句] A British newspaper says British Airways plan to take over Trans World Airways.

[例句] The Belgians took over Rwanda under a League of Nations mandate...

n. 出租车，滑

[例句] The taxi drew up in front of the Riviera Club...

[例句] He set off by taxi.

n. 教学，教义，所教的东西，学说；adj. 教学的，教导的；v. 教( teach的现在分词)，教书，训练，教育；

[例句] The Government funds university teaching.

[例句] ...the teaching of English in schools.

adj. 有效的，显著的，生动的，说明问题的；v. 讲述( tell的现在分词)，告诉；

[例句] Herbert sat quietly through the telling of this saga...

[例句] These stories grow in the telling.

n. 试验( test的名词复数 )，考验，测验，化

[例句] Either measure the temperature with a bath thermometer or test the water with your wrist...

[例句] Here the army has its ranges where Rapier missiles and other weaponry are tested...

n. 条约，协议，协商，谈判；

[例句] …the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Community.

[例句] ...negotiations over a 1992 treaty on global warming.

n. 用户直通电报，电传，电传收发机；vt. 用直通电报拍发；vi. 发电传；

[例句] He sent a telex to the British High Commission in Delhi.

[例句] The embassy says it has telexed their demands to the foreign ministry...

adj. 紧的，绷紧的，整洁的，整齐的，紧张的；

[例句] When muscles are taut or cold there is more chance of injury or strain...

[例句] The clothes line is pulled taut and secured.

n. 诱捕；v. 诱骗( trap的现在分词 )，使受限制，困住，使（水与气体等）分离；

[例句] The locals were encouraged to trap and kill the birds.

[例句] He failed to keep a rendezvous after sensing a police trap…

n. 调谐，调整，调音；v. 调音( tune的现在分词 )，调整，（给收音机、电视等）调谐，使协调；

[例句] She was humming a merry little tune.

[例句] She'll also be playing your favourite pop tunes.

n. 洗手间，坐便器，梳洗；

[例句] She made Tina flush the pills down the toilet.

[例句] Annette ran and locked herself in the toilet...

adv. 完全，整个地，全部地，百分之百，干净；

[例句] The companies have a total of 1,776 employees.

[例句] They said that the total number of cows dying from BSE would be twenty thousand…

n. 移植，移植法，移居，移民；

[例句] He was recovering from a heart transplant operation.

[例句] ...the controversy over the sale of human organs for transplant.

vt.& vi. （使）发出丁当声，（使）发铃铃声；vt. 叮当响着发出，铃铃响着报出；n. 丁当声，铃铃声，一次电话；

[例句] A fresh cascade of splintered glass tinkled to the floor...

[例句] We strolled past tinkling fountains and perfumed gardens.

adj. 可[置]信的，无错的；v. 相信，信任( trust的过去式和过去分词 )，认为可靠，想，希望；

[例句] 'I trust you completely,' he said...

[例句] He did argue in a general way that the president can't be trusted.

vt.& vi. （使）抽动，（使）颤动，猛拉，（使）发生剧痛；n. 痉挛，抽筋，猛拉，猛抽，马勒；

[例句] When I stood up to her, her right cheek would begin to twitch...

[例句] His left eyelid twitched involuntarily…