n. 指数，典型，说明者，样品，说明物；adj. 说明的，讲解的；

[例句] ...a leading exponent of test-tube baby techniques.

[例句] ...the great exponent of expressionist dance, Kurt Jooss.

n. 小玩意，小配件，小装置；

[例句] ...kitchen gadgets including toasters, kettles and percolators.

[例句] ...the latest gadget for the technology obsessed: pocket-sized computers that you write on with a pen.

n. [物]梯度，陡度，（温度、气压等）变化率，梯度变化曲线，（道路的）倾斜度，坡度；adj. 倾斜的，[动]步行的，能步行的；

[例句] ...a gradient of 1 in 3...

[例句] The courses are long and punishing, with steep gradients.

adj. 无礼的，莽撞的，不切题的，不中肯的；

[例句] Would it be impertinent to ask where exactly you were?...

[例句] I don't like strangers who ask impertinent questions.

vt. 把…强加给，使承受，遭受，给予（打击等），处以刑罚，加刑；

[例句] Rebels say they have inflicted heavy casualties on government forces...

[例句] ...the damage being inflicted on Britain's industries by the recession...

vi. 突出，伸出；vt. 使伸出，使突出；n. 突出，突出物；

[例句] The northern end of the island juts out like a long, thin finger into the sea...

[例句] Tombstones jutted out of the ground in broken clusters...

vt. 虐待，亏待；

[例句] He said that he was not tortured or maltreated during his detention...

[例句] Only when the animals were seriously maltreated was any inspection or prosecution called for.

n. 偷盗，偷窃，被盗，失窃，盗窃之物，赃物，失窃案例；

[例句] Art theft is now part of organised crime.

[例句] ...the theft of classified documents from a car in London.

n. 毛巾，手巾，纸巾；vt. 用毛巾擦；vi. 用毛巾擦干身体；

[例句] ...a bath towel.

[例句] James came out of his bedroom, toweling his wet hair...

n. 三角形，三人一组，三角铁，三角板；

[例句] This design is in pastel colours with three rectangles and three triangles…

[例句] Its outline roughly forms an equilateral triangle.

adj. 令人讨厌的，令人烦恼的，引起麻烦的，（孩子等）难管的；

[例句] He needed surgery to cure a troublesome back injury...

[例句] Parents may find that a troublesome teenager becomes unmanageable.

adj. 理论的，推想的，假设的，空论的；

[例句] ...theoretical physics.

[例句] This is certainly a theoretical risk but in practice there is seldom a problem...

adj. 节俭的，节约的；

[例句] My mother taught me to be thrifty.

[例句] ...thrifty shoppers.

adj. 安静的，平静的，宁静的；

[例句] The tranquil atmosphere of The Connaught allows guests to feel totally at home...

[例句] The place was tranquil and appealing.

n. 节俭，节约，繁荣，茁壮成长，储蓄机构，〈英〉繁荣的手段，工作，劳动，[植] 海石竹；

[例句] They were rightly praised for their thrift and enterprise.

n. （注册）商标，（人的行为或衣着的）特征，标记；

[例句] ...the spiky punk hairdo that became his trademark.

[例句] …the designer bars which have become the new trademark of the city.

n. 愤恨，不满；

[例句] She expressed resentment at being interviewed by a social worker...

[例句] But the problems of inflation and unemployment still cause a lot of resentment.

adj. 不足的，缺乏的，将近的，吝啬的；vt. 限制，节省，吝惜；

[例句] She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car.

[例句] ...forces that have shown scant respect for Red Cross markings or UN flags...

vi. （靠很少的钱或食物）维持生活，生存下去；

[例句] The prisoners subsisted on one mug of the worst quality porridge three times a day...

[例句] Almost every employee must moonlight in second jobs simply to subsist.

adj. 有远见的，节俭的；