adj. 有能力的，能胜任的，能干的，称职的，足够的，充足的，有决定权的；

[例句] He was a loyal, distinguished and very competent civil servant.

[例句] ...a competent performance.

adj. 有效率的，（直接）生效的，能干的，（因省钱、省时或省力等而）收效大的；

[例句] With today's more efficient contraception women can plan their families and careers.

vt. 制定法律，规定，颁布，颁布，担任…角色；

[例句] The authorities have failed so far to enact a law allowing unrestricted emigration...

[例句] The bill would be submitted for public discussion before being enacted as law.

adj. 聪明的，理解力强的，有智力的，[计]智能的；

[例句] Susan's a very bright and intelligent woman who knows her own mind.

[例句] ...lively and intelligent conversation...

adj. 疲倦的，困倦的，对…不耐烦的，陈旧的；v. （使）疲劳（ tire的过去式和过去分词），对（做）某事感到厌倦；

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

[例句] Cucumber is good for soothing tired eyes…

adj. 照耀的，辐射的，容光焕发的；n. 光点，[天]流星群的辐射点；

[例句] Kathy smiled at her daughter's radiant face...

[例句] On her wedding day the bride looked truly radiant.

vi. 发芽，抽芽；vt. 使发芽，使生长；n. 幼芽，新梢，[植]球芽甘蓝，幼苗状物，年轻人，美俚〉后代；

[例句] It only takes a few days for beans to sprout.

[例句] Leaf-shoots were beginning to sprout on the hawthorn...

vt. （连续地）投掷，连续攻击，剥皮；vi. （连续地）投掷，（雨等）急降，开火，迅猛前进；n. 毛皮，抨击，打击，投掷；

[例句] ...a bed covered with beaver pelts.

[例句] ...rapidly diminishing suppliers of furs and pelts.

vi. 存在，生存，生活，继续存在；

[例句] He thought that if he couldn't see something, it didn't exist...

[例句] Research opportunities exist in a wide range of pure and applied areas of entomology...

n. [医]移植物，植入管，移植的组织；vt. 移植，灌输，植入，插入；vi. （受精卵）着床，被移植；

[例句] Doctors in Arizona say they have implanted an artificial heart into a 46-year-old woman...

[例句] Two days later, they implanted the fertilized eggs back inside me.

n. 智力，理解力，有才智的人，知识分子；

[例句] Do the emotions develop in parallel with the intellect?...

[例句] The intellect is not the most important thing in life.

n. 席子，垫子，（体育运动用的）厚垫子，衬边，团，簇；vt. 遮盖，用垫子作装饰，使…缠结，给（照片）镶框，使…表面无光；vi. 缠结；adj. 粗糙的，暗淡的，无光泽的；

[例句] The food is served on polished tables with mats.

[例句] There was a letter on the mat...

n. 队，组，团队，工作组，（野鸭等）群，同胎仔；vi. 协同工作，合作，把（牛马等）联套在车上；

[例句] The team failed to qualify for the African Nations Cup finals...

[例句] He had lost his place in the England team.

n. 军队，一群，[军]骑兵连；vi. 成群结队地走，群集，结队；vt. 把（骑兵）编成骑兵连；

[例句] The next phase of the operation will involve the deployment of more than 35,000 troops from a dozen countries...

[例句] There were reports of troop movements.

n. 回顾，回想；vt.&vi. 回顾，追溯；

[例句] In retrospect, I wish that I had thought about alternative courses of action...

[例句] It was a very strange feeling in retrospect — I was frightened, but excited at the same time.

vt. 超越，越过，违反，违

[例句] If a politician transgresses, that is not the fault of the media.

[例句] ...a monk who had transgressed against the law of celibacy...

adj. 满的( full的最高级 )，装满的，完全的，充分的；

[例句] Once the container is full, it stays shut until you turn it clockwise.

[例句] ...a full tank of petrol.

adj. 缺席的，不在场的，缺少的，缺乏的，不在意的，茫然的；

[例句] He has been absent from his desk for two weeks...

[例句] The pictures, too, were absent from the walls...

n. 地毯，桌毯，毛毯，绒毯，地毯状覆盖物，（装在飞机上的）雷达电子干扰仪；vt. 在…上铺地毯，把地毯铺在…上，斥责；

[例句] They put down wooden boards, and laid new carpets on top.

[例句] ...the stain on our living-room carpet.

n. 协议，协定，盖印合同，[法律]契约条款，[宗教]誓约；vi. 立约，立誓，订立盟约，订立契约；vt. 立约承诺，缔结盟约，订协定；

[例句] ...the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

[例句] If you make regular gifts through a covenant we can reclaim the income tax which you have already paid on this money.