adj. 间歇的，，断断续续的，间歇性；

[例句] After three hours of intermittent rain, the game was abandoned.

n. 牵连，参与，加入，财政困难，牵连的事务，复杂的情况；

[例句] You have no proof of my involvement in anything...

[例句] She disliked his involvement with the group and disliked his friends.

n. 笑话，玩笑，戏谑，诙谐，笑柄；vi. 开玩笑，打趣，取笑，嘲弄；

[例句] It was a jest rather than a reproach...

[例句] The men talk as cheerfully as ever; jests are bandied about freely.

adj. 壮丽的，伟大的，高尚的，华丽的，高贵的，瑰丽的；

[例句] ...a magnificent country house in wooded grounds.

[例句] ...magnificent views over the San Fernando Valley...

n. 麦芽，麦芽酒，啤酒，麦乳精；vt. 使（谷物）成为麦芽，制麦芽；adj. 麦芽的，含麦芽的，用麦芽作的；

[例句] German beer has traditionally been made from just four ingredients — hops, malt, yeast and water.

adv. 在外部，户外，缺少，没有或不显示某事物；prep. 没有，缺乏，在外面；conj. 除非，如果不；

[例句] I don't like myself without a beard...

[例句] She wore a brown shirt pressed without a wrinkle.

adj. 技术上的，工艺（学）的，因技术革新而造成的；

[例句] ...an era of very rapid technological change.

adj. 潮湿的，微湿的，多雨的，含泪的；

[例句] Wipe off any excess make-up with a clean, moist cotton flannel...

[例句] The soil is reasonably moist after the September rain.

n. 刺，棘刺，荆棘，带刺的植物，刺痛；

[例句] Roses will always have thorns but with care they can be avoided.

[例句] ...the shade of a thorn bush.

n. 旷课的小学生， 逃学生，逃避责任者，懒散的人；adj. 逃学的，玩忽职守的，懒散的；vi. 逃学，逃避责任，偷懒；

[例句] In his fourth year he was truanting regularly.

[例句] She was getting into trouble over playing truant from school.

n. 兴趣，热情，风味，滋味，风趣，热功率热核反应装置；v. 给…调味；

[例句] He retired from professional chess because he had lost the zest for winning...

[例句] He has a zest for life and a quick intellect.

vi. 扭打，激烈的争斗；n. 扭打，争斗；

[例句] They ended up ripping down perimeter fencing and tussling with the security staff...

[例句] He grabbed my microphone and we tussled over that...

n. 列车( train的名词复数 )，行列，后果，顺序；v. 训练，锻炼，培养( train的第三人称单数 )，教育，使（植物）朝某方向生长，[园艺学]修剪；

[例句] The train pulled into a station...

[例句] We can catch the early morning train...

v. 用鼻子哼（以表示不耐烦，轻蔑等），（马等）喷响鼻子，（轻蔑、愤怒时）高声大笑，汽锅)喷汽；n. 喷鼻息，鼻息声，〈美俚〉一口酒；

[例句] Harrell snorted with laughter...

[例句] He snorted loudly and shook his head.

adv. 几乎，差不多，将近，快要，近乎；

[例句] The couple had been dating for almost three years...

[例句] Storms have been hitting almost all of Britain recently...

n. 资产，财产，有价值的人或物，有用的东西，优点；

[例句] Her leadership qualities were the greatest asset of the Conservative Party...

[例句] His Republican credentials made him an asset.

vt. 防止，避免，转移；

[例句] Talks with the teachers' union over the weekend have averted a strike...

[例句] A fresh tragedy was narrowly averted yesterday.

n. 触媒，催化剂，〈比喻〉触发因素，促进因素，〈口〉有感染力的人；

[例句] I very much hope that this case will prove to be a catalyst for change...

[例句] He said he saw the bank's role as a catalyst to encourage foreign direct investment.

n. 弹弓，石弩，飞机弹射器，弹射座椅；vt. 用弩炮发射，用弹弓射，用弹射器发射，猛投；vi. 用弹射器弹射，快速移动；

[例句] We've all seen enough dummies catapulting through windscreens in TV warnings to know the dangers of not wearing seat belts...

[例句] He was catapulted into the side of the van.

vt. 剥夺，脱去（衣服），2。从…取去…，1。（给某人）脱衣服；

[例句] The company divested itself of its oil interests.

[例句] ...in the 1960s, when sexual love had been divested of sin...