n. 神权政治（国家）；

[例句] ...a medieval theocracy run by Buddhist monks.

vi. 蹒跚，踉跄，摇摇欲坠；n. 蹒跚的步子，动摇，摇晃；

[例句] He tottered to the fridge, got a beer and slumped at the table...

[例句] The baby began to crawl, then managed her first tottering steps.

n. 曲调，曲子( tune的名词复数 )；v. 调音( tune的第三人称单数 )，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.

adj. 无味的，味道差的，乏味的，无判断力、鉴赏力等的；

[例句] ...a flat crammed with spectacularly tasteless objets d'art.

[例句] I think that is the most vulgar and tasteless remark I ever heard in my life.

v. 摇晃，蹒跚，上下动，前后动，犹豫不决，使…上下晃动；n. 踉跄，摇摆，跷跷板；

[例句] Three of the hotels are in receivership, and others are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy...

[例句] His voice teetered on the edge of hysteria.

vi. 敷衍，拖延，顺应时势，暂时同意；

[例句] They are still temporizing in the face of what can only be described as a disaster...

[例句] 'Not exactly, sir,' temporized Sloan.

adj. 易处理的，驯服的，温顺的，听话，驯良；

[例句] He could easily manage his tractable and worshipping younger brother.

[例句] ...the country's least tractable social problems.

adj. 锐利的，简明的，有力的，清晰的；

[例句] He was shattered and bewildered by this trenchant criticism...

[例句] His comment was trenchant and perceptive.

（使）转身，（使）好转，改变意见，使变得完全不

[例句] Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond...

[例句] He had reached over to turn round a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show...

v. 旅行（ travel的过去式和过去分词 ），走遍；adj. 有过…次旅行的，到过…地方的，走的；

[例句] You had better travel to Helsinki tomorrow...

[例句] Granny travelled down by train…

v. 描绘( trace的过去式和过去分词 )，追溯，发现，跟踪；

[例句] The exhibition traces the history of graphic design in America from the 19th century to the present...

[例句] I first went there to trace my roots, visiting my mum's home island of Jamaica…

n. 疲劳，倦怠；

[例句] Michael is tired and he has to rest after his long trip.

[例句] Cucumber is good for soothing tired eyes…

n. 随身携带物，随身行李，圈套( trap的名词复数 )，（对付人的）计谋，（练习射击用的）抛靶器，（捕捉动物的）夹子；v. 诱骗( trap的第三人称单数 )，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…

v. 谢谢，感谢( thank的过去式和过去分词 )，责怪；

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

[例句] Thanks for the information...

v. 谢谢，感谢( thank的现在分词 )，责怪；

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

[例句] Thanks for the information...

n. 被套料，嘀嘀声；

[例句] His exercise books were full of well deserved red ticks...

[例句] Place a tick in the appropriate box.

adj. 时髦的，赶时髦的，追随时髦的；n. 时髦人物，赶时髦的人，领导时尚的人；

[例句] ...a trendy London night club.

[例句] …middle-class kids in trendy clothes.

n. 青少年（等于teenager），伤害，损坏，痛苦，悲伤，愤怒；adj. 十几岁的，13-19岁的；

[例句] Most people who smoke began smoking in their teens...

[例句] My late teens and early twenties were really rough years...

n. 定时器，计时器，点火调节装置，跑表，时计；

[例句] ...electronic timers that automatically switch on the lights when it gets dark.

n. 磁带录音；v. 用带子捆起来( tape的现在分词 )，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.