adj. 可怕的，危害极大的，劣质的，极度的；

[例句] Tens of thousands more suffered terrible injuries in the world's worst industrial disaster...

[例句] I often have the most terrible nightmares...

n. 马甲，防护衣，内衣，（印有运动员编号的）运动背心；vi. 合法地被授予，给自己装上教服；vt. 授权，赋予，穿衣服，穿教服；

[例句] All authority was vested in the woman, who discharged every kind of public duty...

[例句] The mass media have been vested with significant power as social and political agents in modern developed societies...

vt. 吃，喝，折叠（衣服的）褶，包起，裹起，挤进；n. 鼓声，喇叭声，活力，精力，（袖子等上的）褶皱，卷起，盖住；

[例句] He tried to tuck his flapping shirt inside his trousers...

[例句] She found a rose tucked under the windscreen wiper of her car one morning.

n. 感情，情绪，情操，意见，观点，感伤；

[例句] Public sentiment rapidly turned anti-American...

[例句] He's found growing sentiment for military action.

vi. 作证，声明，证明，证实；vt. 作证，证明，为…提供证明，公开宣称，宣布；

[例句] Several eyewitnesses testified that they saw the officers hit Miller in the face...

[例句] Eva testified to having seen Herndon with his gun on the stairs...

n. 授权证，许可证，正当理由，依据；vt. 保证，担保，授权，批准，辩解；

[例句] The allegations are serious enough to warrant an investigation...

[例句] No matter was too small to warrant his attention.

vt. 阻塞，堵塞，阻碍，阻止；vi. 阻塞，妨碍，（给…）设置障碍；

[例句] Tractors and container lorries have completely obstructed the road.

[例句] A number of local people have been arrested for trying to obstruct lorries loaded with logs...

adj. 一致的，连续的，不矛盾的，坚持的；

[例句] Becker has never been the most consistent of players anyway.

[例句] ...his consistent support of free trade.

n. 选民，成分，构成部分，委托人；adj. 构成的，组成的，选举的，有选举权的；

[例句] Caffeine is the active constituent of drinks such as tea and coffee.

[例句] ...a plan to split the company into its constituent parts and sell them separately.

vt. 修建，建造，构成，创立，[数]作图；n. 结构（物），构想，概念；

[例句] The French constructed a series of fortresses from Dunkirk on the Channel coast to Douai...

[例句] The boxes should be constructed from rough-sawn timber...

n. 感谢，谢谢，感谢，谢谢，道谢的话( thank的名词复数 )；int. 感激（的），致谢（的）；v. 谢谢，感谢( thank的第三人称单数 )，责怪；

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

[例句] Thanks for the information...

adj. 透明的，清澈的，易识破的，显而易见的；

[例句] ...a sheet of transparent coloured plastic...

[例句] I looked at his thin face with its almost transparent skin.

vi. 跌倒，摔倒，被绊倒，倒塌，翻来覆去，翻腾；vt. 使跌倒，使完全翻转，弄乱，搞乱，推翻，颠覆；n. 摔倒，（价格，价值等）暴跌，混乱，翻筋斗；

[例句] A small boy tumbled off a third floor fire escape...

[例句] The dog had tumbled down the cliff…

vi. 聊天，闲谈，参加网络闲聊；n. （尤指非正式的）谈话，鸣禽，[植] 柔荑花序（如柳絮）；vt. 与…攀谈，与…搭讪（或调情）；

[例句] The women were chatting...

[例句] I was chatting to him the other day...

n. 音乐会，一致，和谐；vt. 通过双方协议来计划或安排，调整，解决；vi. 协调一致行动；

[例句] ...a short concert of piano music...

[例句] I've been to plenty of live rock concerts.

n. 债务，负债情况，义务，罪，过失；

[例句] Three years later, he is still paying off his debts...

[例句] Shrinking economies mean falling tax revenues and more government debt.

n. 付款，支付，报酬，报答，偿还，惩罚，报应；

[例句] Thousands of its customers are in arrears with loans and mortgage payments...

[例句] The fund will make payments of just over £1 billion next year.

adj. 临时的，暂时的，短暂的；n. 临时工，临时雇员；

[例句] His job here is only temporary...

[例句] Most adolescent problems are temporary.

adj. 突出的，杰出的，突起的，著名的；

[例句] ...a prominent member of the Law Society.

[例句] ...the children of very prominent or successful parents.

n. 门槛，入口，开始，阈，[物理学]阈值；阀值；临界值，级限协定，[航空学]跑道入口；

[例句] He stopped at the threshold of the bedroom...

[例句] The bride was carried over the threshold.