n. 点，小圆点；vt. 打点于，散布于，点缀，以小圆点标出；

[例句] Soon they were only dots above the hard line of the horizon.

[例句] Small coastal towns dot the landscape.

n. 专利，专利品，专利权，专利证；adj. 专利的，显然，显露，明摆着的；vt. 获得…专利，给予…专利权，取得专利权；

[例句] P&G applied for a patent on its cookies...

[例句] He held a number of patents for his many innovations...

n. 马的小跑，人快步走，摇摇摆摆学步的孩子，〈古〉老太婆；vi. 小跑，快速前进，赶紧；vt. 使小跑，使快步走；

[例句] I trotted down the steps and out to the shed...

[例句] They trotted along behind him…

n. 安排，排列，约定，改编；

[例句] The staff is working frantically on final arrangements for the summit...

[例句] She telephoned Ellen, but made no arrangements to see her.

n. （用电子邮件发送的）附件，附属物，依恋，依附，扣押财产逮捕，扣押（人，财产）；

[例句] As a teenager she formed a strong attachment to one of her teachers...

[例句] Mother and child form a close attachment.

adj. 确信的，深信的，有信心的，沉着的，大胆的，过分自信的，厚颜无耻的；n. 知己，心腹朋友；

[例句] I am confident that everything will come out right in time...

[例句] Mr Ryan is confident of success...

n. 泥土，污垢，污泥，下流想法，恶意中伤的话；

[例句] I started to scrub off the dirt.

[例句] They all sit on the dirt in the dappled shade of a tree.

vt. 侮辱，凌辱，辱骂，损害；

[例句] I did not mean to insult you...

[例句] Buchanan said he was insulted by the judge's remarks.

n. 价值，优点，[宗教]（行善得到的）功德，功绩，功勋，荣誉；vt. 值得，应获得，[宗教]（因行善而）应得（善报）；vi. 值得，应得，[宗教]积德；

[例句] The argument seemed to have considerable merit...

[例句] Box-office success mattered more than artistic merit...

vt. 加标签于，附加，起诉，紧跟；vi. 跟在…后面，随从；n. 标签，附属物，口头禅，称

[例句] Staff wore name tags.

[例句] ...baggage tags.

n. 补充，补足语，补充物，补集（数）；vt. 补足，补充，补助；

[例句] Nutmeg, parsley and cider all complement the flavour of these beans well.

[例句] There will be a written examination to complement the practical test...

adj. 遥远的，冷漠的，冷淡的，远离的，远隔的，不太清晰的；

[例句] The mountains rolled away to a distant horizon.

[例句] ...the war in that distant land.

adj. 明显的，清楚的，卓越的，不寻常的，有区别的，确切的；

[例句] Engineering and technology are disciplines distinct from one another and from science...

[例句] This book is divided into two distinct parts.

n. 父亲（或母亲），先辈，根源，起源，保护者；

[例句] Children need their parents...

[例句] This is where a lot of parents go wrong...

n. 工作，任务，作业，苦差事；vt. 交给某人（任务），使过于劳累；

[例句] Walker had the unenviable task of breaking the bad news to Hill...

[例句] She used the day to catch up with administrative tasks.

n. 拷问，折磨，痛苦，（精神上或肉体上的）折磨；vt. 使痛苦，使苦恼，使焦急，曲解；

[例句] French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed...

[例句] Three members of the group had been tortured to death…

vt. 声称，断言，维护，坚持，坚持自己的主张，生效；

[例句] Mr. Helm plans to assert that the bill violates the First Amendment...

[例句] The defendants, who continue to assert their innocence, are expected to appeal...

vi. 商议，商量，[医]会诊，咨询，充当顾问；vt. 请教，翻阅，求教于，顾及；

[例句] Consult your doctor about how much exercise you should attempt...

[例句] He needed to consult with an attorney...

adj. 占优势的，统治的，支配的，[生]显性的，高耸的；n. [生]显性性状，显性基因，优势物种，[乐]全阶第五音，主因，要素；

[例句] ...a change which would maintain his party's dominant position in Scotland...

[例句] She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.

n. 努力，尝试，工作，成就，杰作；

[例句] He made no effort to hide his disappointment...

[例句] Finding a cure requires considerable time and effort.