adj. 钝的，不锋利的，迟钝的，直率的，呆板的；vt. 使迟钝，使钝；n. 钝的东西，小雪茄烟；

[例句] She is blunt about her personal life...

[例句] She told the industry in blunt terms that such discrimination is totally unacceptable.

vt. 把…除外，不计；prep. 除…外；conj. [口语]要不是，除非，除…以外；vi. 反对，表示异议（与 to 或 against连用）；

[例句] I wouldn't have accepted anything except a job in Europe...

[例句] I don't take any drugs whatsoever, except aspirin for colds...

adj. 精确的，绝对的，严格的，严谨的，[植]笔直的；

[例句] The officials had issued strict instructions that we were not to get out of the jeep...

[例句] French privacy laws are very strict...

n. 学说，理论，原理，推测；

[例句] Marx produced a new theory about historical change based upon conflict between competing groups...

[例句] Einstein formulated the Theory of Relativity in 1905.

vt. 许可，准许，默许，放任，允许，容许；vi. 许可，允许；n. 许可，准许，许可证，执照；

[例句] He can let the court's decision stand and permit the execution...

[例句] The guards permitted me to bring my camera and tape recorder...

n. 代理人，代理商，药剂，特工；vt. 由…作中介，由…代理；adj. 代理的；

[例句] You are buying direct, rather than through an agent.

[例句] ...a written declaration by someone, authorizing another person to act as his agent.

vt. 使直立，使竖起，建立，创立，安装，[医]使勃起；adj. 直立的，垂直的，（头、手等）朝上举的，直竖的，[医]勃起的；

[例句] Opposition demonstrators have erected barricades in roads leading to the parliament building...

[例句] The building was erected in 1900-1901...

n. 清单，目录，倾斜，布边，布头，狭条；vt. 列出，列入，把…编列成表，记入名单内；vi. 列于表上；

[例句] We are making a list of the top ten men we would not want to be married to...

[例句] There were six names on the list.

n. 交通，运输量，（非法的）交易，通信量，交际；vt. 用…作交换，在…通

[例句] There was heavy traffic on the roads...

[例句] Traffic was unusually light for that time of day.

n. 声明，（思想、观点、文章主题等的）表现，（文字）陈述，结算单；vi. （英国）对儿童进行特殊教育评估认定；vt. 申请（小孩）有特殊教育需要；

[例句] Andrew now disowns that statement, saying he was depressed when he made it...

[例句] 'Things are moving ahead.'— I found that statement vague and unclear.

n. 旅行，观光，巡回演出，任职期，轮班；vt. 到…旅游，在…巡回演出；vi. 观光，巡回；

[例句] The band are currently on a two-month tour of Europe...

[例句] It will be the first official cricket tour of South Africa for 22 years.

n. 过渡，转变，变迁，[语]转换，[乐]变调；v. 转变，过渡；

[例句] The transition to a multi-party democracy is proving to be difficult.

[例句] ...a period of transition.

n. 运货马车，手推车，一车之量；vt. 用推车或卡车运送，费力搬运，强行带走，抓走；

[例句] ...a country where horse-drawn carts far outnumber cars.

[例句] After both their parents died, one of their father's relatives carted off the entire contents of the house...

n. 海岸，滑坡；vi. （汽车或自行车）（尤指不用动力向山坡下）滑行，（做事）不出力，不费力地取得成功，（不用多少动力）快速平稳地移动；vt. 沿海岸航

[例句] Camp sites are usually situated along the coast, close to beaches.

[例句] ...the west coast of Scotland.

vi. 爆发，喷发，突然发生，出疹；vt. 爆发；

[例句] The volcano erupted in 1980, devastating a large area of Washington state...

[例句] Scientists say Mount Pinatubo could erupt again soon.

n. 收割，收获季节，收成，结果；vt.& vi. 收割，收成；vt. 收到，收割（庄稼），捕猎（动物、鱼）；

[例句] There were about 300 million tons of grain in the fields at the start of the harvest.

[例句] ...a bumper potato harvest...

adj. 最低的，最底下的，最小的；

[例句] ...the low garden wall that separated the front garden from next door...

[例句] She put it down on the low table...

n. 校长，总统，总裁，董事长；

[例句] ...President Mubarak...

[例句] The White House says the president would veto the bill.

vt. 使负担重，消耗精力，向…征税，责备，谴责；n. 税，税额，负担；

[例句] No-one enjoys paying tax...

[例句] They are calling for large spending cuts and tax increases.

vt. 使倾斜，（在马上）拿枪扎，抨击，攻击；vi. 倾斜，〈美〉有倾向性，偏袒，抨击；n. 倾斜，歪斜，斜坡，坡度，马上刺枪比赛，跳动锤，落锤；

[例句] She tilted the mirror and began to comb her hair...

[例句] Leonard tilted his chair back on two legs and stretched his long body...