vt. 阻挠，使受挫折，挫败，横过；n. 横座板，划手座，独木舟的横梁；adj. 横放的，横着的，穿过的，执拗的，固执的；adv. 横跨着，横过；prep. 横跨，横过；

[例句] The accounting firm deliberately destroyed documents to thwart government investigators...

[例句] Her ambition to become an artist was thwarted by failing eyesight.

vt.& vi. 跋涉，吃力地走；n. 跋涉，长途疲劳的步行，沉重的脚步，沉重疲累地走着的人；

[例句] We had to trudge up the track back to the station.

用完，耗尽，跑出去，到期；

[例句] They have run out of ideas...

[例句] We're running out of time...

n. 类型，类型( type的名词复数 )，铅字，（印刷或打印的）文字，于…类型的；v. 打字，打字( type的第三人称单数 )，[医学]测定（血型），按类型把…归类，成为…的典型；

[例句] …several types of lettuce…

[例句] There are various types of the disease...

v. 扭，搓，缠绕( twist的第三人称单数 )，歪曲，转动，扭转；

[例句] Her hands began to twist the handles of the bag she carried...

[例句] Twist the string carefully around the second stem with the other hand...

n. 信任( trust的名词复数 )，信托，照管，受托基金机构；v. 相信，信任( trust的第三人称单数 )，认为可靠，想，希望；

[例句] 'I trust you completely,' he said...

[例句] He did argue in a general way that the president can't be trusted.

v. （使）旋转，合唱中的轮唱，放声高唱，钓（鱼）；n. 旋转，轮唱，钓

[例句] I trolled along to see Michael Frayn's play, 'Noises Off'...

[例句] He rowed her ashore and then continued trolling around the lake.

n. 翻筋斗，（意见、观点、态度等）180度的转变；vi. 翻筋斗；

[例句] What worries some of us is that the Prime Minister may feel simply unable to do a somersault...

[例句] In the last 30 years, both sexes have performed a somersault in terms of expectations, roles and relationships.

n. 四分之一圆，扇形体，象限仪，四分仪；

[例句] A symbol appears in an upper quadrant of the screen.

（使）停泊，阻碍，包起来，使无空闲；

[例句] He tied up the bag and took it outside.

[例句] Masked robbers broke in, tied him up, and made off with $8,000...

adj. 精于…的，擅长于…的，巧妙的；

[例句] He's usually very adept at keeping his private life out of the media...

[例句] He is an adept guitar player.

adj. 热心的，热情的，热烈的，炽热的，强烈的，激烈的；

[例句] He's been one of the most ardent supporters of the administration's policy.

[例句] ...an ardent opponent of the Vietnam War.

n. 篮，一篮，（篮球运动的）篮，投篮得分；v. 把…装入篮内，把…丢入字纸篓

[例句] ...big wicker picnic baskets filled with sandwiches.

[例句] ...a laundry basket.

n. 敞篷双轮马车（古代用于战争或竞赛），战车；vt. 驾驭；

vt. 使（某人）气馁，威吓；

[例句] ...a gruelling journey that would have daunted a woman half her age...

[例句] I'm somewhat daunted by the size of the task.

n. 初次露面，初次表演，首次出场，处女秀；v. 初次表演，初次登台；adj. 首张的，首场的，首次的；

[例句] Dundee United's Dave Bowman makes his international debut.

[例句] ...her debut album 'Sugar Time'.

adj. 灵巧的，熟练的，巧妙的；

[例句] With a deft flick of his foot, Mr Worth tripped one of the raiders up.

n. 民主主义者，民主人士，民主党人，民主党党员；

[例句] ...a senior Christian Democrat...

[例句] Congressman Tom Downey is a Democrat from New York.

adj. 虔诚的，真诚的，诚恳的，献身于宗教的；

[例句] She was a devout Christian...

[例句] His devout Catholicism appeals to ordinary people.

n. 数字，手指，足趾，一指宽；

[例句] Her telephone number differs from mine by one digit.

[例句] Many animals have five digits.