conj. 虽然，尽管，即使，纵然；adv. 可是，但是，不过，然而，话虽这样说；prep. 但；

[例句] Gaelic has been a dying language for many years, though children are nowadays taught it in school...

[例句] After news of this new court case Ford broke down again, though he blamed the breakdown on his work...

num. 三，三个，第三（章，页等）；n. 三岁，三个人[东西]，三，三个；adj. 三的，三个的；

[例句] We waited three months before going back to see the specialist.

n. 护照，通行证，手段；

[例句] You should take your passport with you when changing money.

[例句] ...a South African businessman travelling on a British passport.

n. 装饰，装饰物，[乐]装饰音；v. 装饰，美化；

[例句] ...a shelf containing a few photographs and ornaments.

[例句] ...Christmas tree ornaments.

adv. 在晚上，在夜里，突然，很快；adj. 一整夜的，晚上的，突然的，很快的；n. 前一天的晚上，一夜的逗留；vi. 过一夜；

[例句] The weather remained calm overnight...

[例句] The decision was reached overnight...

vt. 切开，撕开，使有狭缝；n. 狭长切口，裂缝，投币口；

[例句] They say somebody slit her throat...

[例句] He began to slit open each envelope...

adj. 迅速的，敏捷的，立刻的，突然发生的；n. 雨燕，环球金融同业电讯会，[人]斯威夫特，《格利佛游记》作者；adv. 迅速地，敏捷地；

[例句] Our task is to challenge the UN to make a swift decision...

[例句] The police were swift to act.

n. 退休，退职，引退，隐居，退隐处；

[例句] ...the proportion of the population who are over retirement age...

[例句] The Governor of the prison and another official are to take early retirement.

n. 顶点，高层会议，最高阶层；adj. 最高级的，政府首脑的；

[例句] ...next week's Washington summit.

[例句] ...the NATO summit meeting in Rome.

vt.&vi. 不信任，怀疑；n. 不信任；

[例句] There was mutual mistrust between the two men.

[例句] ...a deep mistrust of state banks.

v. 跟踪( track的过去式和过去分词 )，跟踪摄影，留下（脏）足迹，追随（潮流等）；

[例句] We set off once more, over a rough mountain track.

[例句] The two men turned to watch the horses going round the track.

n. 青少年；adj. 青少年的；青春期的，未成熟的；

[例句] It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide...

[例句] He spent his adolescent years playing guitar in the church band.

vi. 赞成：赞成，如某建议，赞

[例句] He gave his assent to the proposed legislation...

[例句] Without their assent a political settlement cannot be reached.

vt. 抵消，阻碍，中

[例句] My husband has to take several pills to counteract high blood pressure...

[例句] This event will counteract such trends.

n. 要求，必要条件，必需品，需要量，资

[例句] Its products met all legal requirements...

[例句] Graduate status is the minimum requirement for entry to the teaching profession...

n. 技巧，技能，技术，技艺；

[例句] ...tests performed using a new technique.

[例句] He went off to the Amsterdam Academy to improve his technique.

adj. 强壮的，结实的，勇敢的，坚定的；n. 烈性黑啤酒，胖子，特大号；

[例句] He was a tall, stout man with gray hair.

[例句] I hope you've both got stout shoes...

n. 垃圾，废物，断枝，碎块，废话，社会渣滓；vt. 废弃，拆毁，搞垮，贬低，从…上除去细枝或枝条；

[例句] The yards are overgrown and cluttered with trash…

[例句] Mowing lawns and taking out the trash are jobs for the tenant.

n. 助手，助理，[化学]（染色的）助剂，辅助物，店员，伙计；adj. 助理的，辅助的，有帮助的，副的；

[例句] ...the Assistant Secretary of Defense.

[例句] ...a young assistant professor at Harvard.

n. 早餐，早饭；v. 吃早饭，用早餐；

[例句] What's for breakfast?

[例句] ...breakfast cereal.