adj. 潜伏的，蛰服的，休眠的，静止的，资金没有利用的，权利尚待争取的；

[例句] ...when the long dormant volcano of Mount St Helens erupted in 1980...

[例句] The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue until activated...

n. 兴奋，激动，令人兴奋的事，刺激，振奋；

[例句] Everyone is in a state of great excitement.

[例句] ...the excitement of a thunderstorm...

n. 性格内向的人；

[例句] The music students here are a very introvert lot.

n. 鹦鹉，应声虫，学舌者，机械模仿别人的人；vt. 机械地重复，随声附和，死背，做…的应声虫；

[例句] Generations of students have learnt to parrot the standard explanations.

n. 条约，协议，协商，谈判；

[例句] …the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Community.

[例句] ...negotiations over a 1992 treaty on global warming.

adj. 顺从的，服从的，忠顺的，孝顺的，驯良的；

[例句] He was very respectful at home and obedient to his parents...

[例句] What a sweet, obedient little girl she was in the sixth grade.

n. 用户直通电报，电传，电传收发机；vt. 用直通电报拍发；vi. 发电传；

[例句] He sent a telex to the British High Commission in Delhi.

[例句] The embassy says it has telexed their demands to the foreign ministry...

vt. 声称，意图，意味着，打算；n. 意义，要旨，目的，意图；

[例句] ...a book that purports to tell the whole truth.

adj. 紧的，绷紧的，整洁的，整齐的，紧张的；

[例句] When muscles are taut or cold there is more chance of injury or strain...

[例句] The clothes line is pulled taut and secured.

n. [法] 令状，文书，法院命令；v. “write”的过去式和过去分词；

[例句] He issued a writ against one of his accusers.

[例句] They now have to cope with the legacy of their past incompetence writ large on their balance sheets.

n. 诱捕；v. 诱骗( trap的现在分词 )，使受限制，困住，使（水与气体等）分离；

[例句] The locals were encouraged to trap and kill the birds.

[例句] He failed to keep a rendezvous after sensing a police trap…

n. 调谐，调整，调音；v. 调音( tune的现在分词 )，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. （当众）侮辱，（故意）冒犯；vt. 公开侮辱，冒犯，面对，相遇；

[例句] ...an incident which particularly affronted Kasparov.

[例句] It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this...

n. 土匪，强盗；

[例句] This is real bandit country.

n. 倾斜，（下层社会的）黑话，斜面，言不由衷的话；vi. 斜穿，使用黑话（或行话等），说言不由衷的话；vt. 使具有斜面，使倾斜，将…斜掷出去，猛扔；adj. 黑话的，有斜面的，斜穿的；

[例句] ...politicians holding forth with their usual hypocritical cant.

adj. 隐蔽的，不公开的，秘密的，偷偷摸摸的，在丈夫保护下的；n. 遮蔽处，树丛；

[例句] They have been supplying covert military aid to the rebels...

[例句] The depth of covert racism in my own profession frightens me.

n. 仓库，火车站或汽车站，航空站，[军]补给站；v. 把…存放在储藏处；adj. 药性持久的；

[例句] ...food depots.

[例句] ...a government arms depot.

n. 洗涤剂，去垢剂；

vi. 下车，下马；

[例句] Emma dismounted and took her horse's bridle.

vt. 切割…使呈锯齿状，缩进排版；

[例句] Indent the second line.