adj. 宽容的，容忍的，忍受的，（植物、动物或机器）能在困难条件下生存（或操作）的，能耐…的；

[例句] They need to be tolerant of different points of view...

[例句] Other changes include more tolerant attitudes to unmarried couples having children.

vt. 超越，超出…的限度，优于或胜过…，高于或独立于（宇宙）而生存；

[例句] ...issues like European union that transcend party loyalty.

n. 支流，进贡国，附庸国，进贡者；adj. （需向…）进贡的，附庸的，辅助的，支流的；

[例句] ...the Napo river, a tributary of the Amazon.

[例句] …a small tributary river.

adj. 酸的，辛辣的，尖刻的，严厉的；n. 果馅饼，轻佻的女人，妓女，小妞；vt. 将某人打扮得妖艳，将某物装饰得俗气；

[例句] ...jam tarts.

[例句] ...a slice of home-made tart.

adj. 调谐的，已调谐的；v. 调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 )，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.

n. 小门，边门，窗口，水闸门，三柱门；

n. 水槽，食槽，低谷期，[航]深海漕，[气]低气压槽；

[例句] The old stone cattle trough still sits by the main entrance.

[例句] The boat rolled heavily in the troughs between the waves.

n. 沟渠，引水渠，导水管，高架渠；

[例句] ...an old Roman aqueduct.

[例句] ...a nationwide system of aqueducts to carry water to the arid parts of this country.

vt. 使不安，使烦恼，使不平静；n. 忧虑，不安，内心不平静，烦

[例句] There is growing public disquiet about the cost of such policing.

[例句] This information disquieted him.

adj. 热心的，诚挚的，真挚的，重要的；n. 热心，认真，定钱，保证金，诚挚；

[例句] Campaigning will begin in earnest tomorrow...

[例句] The two countries can finally start negotiating in earnest about issues of mutual concern.

vt. 引出，探出，诱出（回答等）；

[例句] Mr Norris said he was hopeful that his request would elicit a positive response...

[例句] The crime elicited an outcry against illicit drugs.

n. [印，纺]长丝，单纤维，[电]灯丝，丝极，游丝，细丝，丝状体，[植]（雄蕊的）花丝；

adj. 愤怒的，愤慨的，愤愤不平的，激愤；

[例句] He is indignant at suggestions that they were secret agents...

[例句] MPs were indignant that the government had not consulted them...

n. 虫，昆虫，卑鄙的人，微贱的人，小人；adj. 昆虫的，卑劣的；

n. 刑罚，惩罚，严厉对待，给吃苦头；

[例句] ...a group which campaigns against the physical punishment of children...

[例句] I have no doubt that the man is guilty and that he deserves punishment.

n. 海峡，（常用pl.）窘迫，困境，危难；adj. 困难的，窘迫的，狭窄的，严格的；

[例句] An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.

[例句] ...the Straits of Gibraltar.

n. 十几岁的青少年，十三岁到十九岁的少年；

[例句] As a teenager he attended Tulse Hill Senior High School.

n. 木材，木料，（用于建筑或制作物品的）树木，用材林，林场，素质；vt. 用木料支撑，备以木材；

[例句] These Severn Valley woods have been exploited for timber since Saxon times.

[例句] ...a single-story timber building.

vt.& vi. （使）变厚，使更厚；vt. 使（话等）不清晰，使模糊，使（情节等）复杂；vi. 变得不清晰，变得模糊，变复杂；

[例句] Thicken the broth with the cornflour...

[例句] Keep stirring until the sauce thickens.

n. 全套装备，一套服装，集体，组织；vt. 装备，配置设备，供给服装；vi. 得到装备；

[例句] She was wearing an outfit she'd bought the previous day...

[例句] I spent lots of money on smart new outfits for work.