vt. 使转移，娱乐，转移注意力；

[例句] ...Rainham Marshes, east London, where a new bypass will divert traffic from the A13...

[例句] During the strike, ambulances will be diverted to private hospitals...

n. 绕道，环形交通枢纽，旋转木马；adj. 绕圈子的，不直截了当的，间接的，迂回的；

[例句] He left today on a roundabout route for Jordan and is also due soon in Egypt.

[例句] We made a bit of a fuss in a roundabout way.

n. 仆人，佣人，雇工，[美]奴仆，奴隶，官吏，公务员，服务员，随员，献身…的人；

[例句] Like any other public servants, police must respond to public demand...

[例句] The question is whether technology is going to be our servant or our master.

prep. （表示时间）自始至终，在…期间，遍及…地域，遍及…场所；adv. 处处，始终，在所有方面；

[例句] The national tragedy of rival groups killing each other continued throughout 1990...

[例句] Movie music can be made memorable because its themes are repeated throughout the film.

n. 人行道，硬路面，铺过的路面，[动]铺石状构造[密生的齿列等]；

[例句] He was hurrying along the pavement.

n. 人群，大群人，众多；vt.& vi. 群集，蜂拥而至，挤满；

[例句] An official pushed through the throng.

[例句] The crowds thronged into the mall.

vt. 对…感到愤怒，怨恨，愤恨，厌恶；

[例句] She resents her mother for being so tough on her...

[例句] I resent being dependent on her.

vt. 移项，使变位，使变调，变换顺序；vi. 进行变换；n. 转置阵；

[例句] Genetic engineers transpose or exchange bits of hereditary material from one organism to the next...

[例句] The director transposes the action from 16th Century France to post-Civil War America.

n. 稀释；v. （使）变稀薄， （使）变稀少， （使）变细( thin的现在分词 )；

[例句] A thin cable carries the signal to a computer...

[例句] James's face was thin, finely boned, and sensitive.

adj. 不诚实的，不老实的，不正直的，狡猾的，阴险的，不可靠的；

[例句] You have been dishonest with me...

[例句] It would be dishonest not to present the data as fairly as possible.

adj. 明显的，明白的，昭著，彰；

[例句] His footprints were clearly evident in the heavy dust...

[例句] The threat of inflation is already evident in bond prices.

vt. 使免除，豁免；adj. 被免除的，被豁免的；n. 被免除（义务，责任）的人，免税人；

[例句] Men in college were exempt from military service...

[例句] Children under two years are exempt.

adj. 无效率的，无能的，不称职的，徒劳的；

[例句] Their communication systems are inefficient in the extreme.

[例句] ...the closure of outdated and inefficient factories.

n. 前例，先例；adj. 在前的，在先的；

[例句] The trial could set an important precedent for dealing with large numbers of similar cases...

[例句] There are plenty of precedents in Hollywood for letting people out of contracts.

n. 枢轴，中心点，中枢，[物]支点，支枢，[体]回转运动；vi. 在枢轴上转动，随…转移；vt. 把…放在枢轴上，以…为核心，使绕枢轴旋转，由…而定；adj. 枢轴的，关键的；

[例句] Forming the pivot of the exhibition is a large group of watercolours.

[例句] The boat pivoted on its central axis and pointed straight at the harbour entrance...

n. 有瘾的人，入迷的人，（吸毒）成瘾者；vt. 使沉溺，使上瘾，使自己沾染（某些恶习）；

[例句] He's only 24 years old and a drug addict.

[例句] She is a TV addict and watches as much as she can.

vt. 任命，委派，约定，指定，装设，布置；

[例句] It made sense to appoint a banker to this job...

[例句] The commission appointed a special investigator to conduct its own inquiry...

n. 敲打，猛打，（尤指政治上的）影响，破布；vt. （尤指用手）猛击，重打；

[例句] Rachel clouted him...

[例句] The officer clouted her on the head.

adj. （人或其举止）优美的，漂亮的，简炼的，简洁的；

[例句] Patricia looked beautiful and elegant as always.

[例句] ...an elegant restaurant.

adj. 不言明[含蓄]的，无疑问的，绝对的，成为一部份的，内含的；

[例句] This is seen as an implicit warning not to continue with military action...

[例句] Branagh says that it was his intention to make explicit in the film what was only implicit in the play.