vt. 发明，创造，虚构；

[例句] He invented the first electric clock...

[例句] Writing had not been invented as yet.

adj. 极度的，最大的，最远的；n. 极限，最大限度；

[例句] It is a matter of the utmost urgency to find out what has happened to these people...

[例句] Security matters are treated with the utmost seriousness...

n. （出版物的）版式，[自]（数据安排的）形式，电视节目的总安排（或计划）；vt. 使格式化，安排…的格局，设计…的版面；vi. 设计一个版式；

[例句] I had met with him to explain the format of the programme and what we had in mind.

[例句] ...a large-format book.

adj. 整洁的，整齐的，（数量）相当大的，相当好的，健康的；n. 盛零碎物品的容器，椅子的背罩；vt.& vi. 使整洁，弄整齐，使有条理，整理，收拾；

[例句] Having a tidy desk can seem impossible if you have a busy, demanding job...

[例句] I'll do your garden, I'll keep that tidy for you.

n. [乐]主题，主旋律，题目，话题，（学生的）作文；adj. 以奇想主题布置的；

[例句] The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe...

[例句] 'That's another element in choosing a style of writing, you see,' he says, returning to his main theme...

adj. 典型的，特有的或特别的，代表性的；

[例句] Cheney is everyone's image of a typical cop: a big white guy, six foot, 220 pounds...

[例句] Carole goes in for such typical schoolgirl pastimes as horse-riding and watching old films…

n. 收据，发票，收入；vt. 开收据，[美国英语]给…开收据，承认收到；

[例句] I wrote her a receipt for the money.

[例句] The film opened to healthy box office receipts before rapidly falling off...

n. 黎明，黄昏，暮光，暮年，晚期，晚年，衰退期，没落时期，暮光之城；

[例句] They returned at twilight, and set off for one of the promenade bars.

[例句] ...the deepening autumn twilight.

n. 争论，争吵，论据，[数]幅角，主题，情节；

[例句] There's a strong argument for lowering the price...

[例句] The doctors have set out their arguments against the proposals...

vt. 面对，使面对面，使对质，碰到，遇到，比较；

[例句] She was confronted with severe money problems...

[例句] Ministers underestimated the magnitude of the task confronting them.

n. 面包皮，外壳，硬外皮，地壳；vt. 用外皮覆盖，在…上结硬皮，生痂儿；vi. 结成外壳，结硬皮；

[例句] As the water evaporates, a crust of salt is left on the surface of the soil.

[例句] Earthquakes leave scars in the earth's crust.

vt. 使分心，使混乱；

[例句] Tom admits that playing video games sometimes distracts him from his homework...

[例句] Don't let yourself be distracted by fashionable theories...

vt. 剪辑（影片，录音），编辑，校订，主编；n. 编辑；

[例句] The majority of contracts give the publisher the right to edit a book after it's done.

[例句] ...an edited version of the speech.

adj. 重要的，权威的，有势力的，有地位的；

[例句] Her sons are the most important thing in her life...

[例句] The planned general strike represents an important economic challenge to the government...

vt. 教，讲授，教导，指导，通知，命令；

[例句] The family has instructed solicitors to sue Thomson for compensation...

[例句] 'Go and have a word with her, Ken,' Webb instructed...

pron. 它，他，正好是所需的，事实[情况]；n. 傻瓜，笨蛋，绝妙的人，理想的东西，登峰造极；

[例句] He saw the grey Land-Rover down the bypass. It was more than a hundred yards from him...

[例句] It's a wonderful city, really. I'll show it to you if you want...

n. （中古时代的）武士，骑士，爵士，（国际象棋中）马；vt. 封…为爵士；

[例句] He was knighted in the Queen's birthday honours list in June 1988.

[例句] Love songs trick us into believing in knights in shining armor.

vt.& vi. 翻译，解释，转化，被翻译；

[例句] Only a small number of Kadare's books have been translated into English...

[例句] Martin Luther translated the Bible into German...

n. 对手，反对者，敌手；adj. 对立的，敌对的；

[例句] ...Mr Kennedy's opponent in the leadership contest...

[例句] He described the detention without trial of political opponents as a cowardly act.

adj. 足够的，充足的，充分的；

[例句] One metre of fabric is sufficient to cover the exterior of an 18-in-diameter hatbox...

[例句] Lighting levels should be sufficient for photography without flash...