vt. 使变形，使变质，把…变成…；

[例句] She ceased to think, as anger transmuted into passion...

[例句] Scientists transmuted matter into pure energy and exploded the first atomic bomb.

vt. 把…编成辫绳，给…打褶，编织；n. 发辫，辫子，辫绳，辫状物；

[例句] Joanna parted her hair, and then began to plait it into two thick braids.

[例句] ...a plaited leather belt.

n. 困境，窘况，[逻]范畴；

[例句] Hank explained our predicament...

[例句] The decision will leave her in a peculiar predicament.

伸出，拿出，呈现，抵抗；

[例句] 'I'm Nancy Drew,' she said, holding out her hand...

[例句] Max held out his cup for a refill.

n. 调色（法），相片调色，调匀颜色，调音；

[例句] Cross could hear him speaking in low tones to Sarah.

[例句] ...the clear tone of the bell.

v. 回火，钢化；

[例句] He had a temper and could be nasty...

[例句] His short temper had become notorious...

adj. 渴望的，有抱负的，追求名誉或地位的；n. 有志向或渴望获得…的人，候补者，考生；

[例句] ...the young aspirant to power...

[例句] Any aspirant to the presidency here must be seriously rich...

n. [药]收敛剂，止血药；adj. 严厉的，收敛的，止血的；

[例句] Sunset Boulevard was originally conceived by Wilder as an astringent satire on Hollywood.

[例句] The fruit has a tart and astringent flavour.

n. 服务人员，侍者，随从，随员，伴随物；adj. 伴随的，随之而产生的，出席的，护理的；

[例句] Tony Williams was working as a car-park attendant in Los Angeles.

[例句] Mr Branson's victory, and all the attendant publicity, were well deserved.

n. 超然，冷漠，公正，支队；

[例句] ...a doctor's professional detachment...

[例句] Ridley viewed his work with a cynical detachment.

vi. 幸灾乐祸地注视，心满意足地注视，爱慕地凝视；n. 幸灾乐祸，沾沾自喜，洋洋得意，爱慕的凝视，垂涎；

[例句] Anti-abortionists are gloating over the court's decision...

[例句] This is nothing to gloat about.

vt. 使吃饱，使充斥；vi. 过量地吃；n. 供过于求，吃得过多；

[例句] There's a glut of agricultural products in Western Europe.

[例句] ...a world oil glut.

n. 救济品，施舍物，印刷品，讲义；

[例句] Soldiers oversee the food handouts...

[例句] Each family is being given a cash handout of six thousand rupees.

adj. 思想不连贯的，语无伦次的，支离破碎的，夹七夹八，不相干；

[例句] As the evening progressed, he became increasingly incoherent...

[例句] The man was almost incoherent with fear...

adj. 起义的，叛乱的，造反的；n. 起义者，叛乱者，造反者；

[例句] By early yesterday, the insurgents had taken control of the country's main military air base.

n. 台风；

n. 提神，精神恢复，提神物，点心，茶点；

[例句] May I offer you some refreshment?

n. 社会主义者；adj. 社会主义的，社会党的；

[例句] ...members of the ruling Socialist party...

[例句] ...low-inflation policies practised by the socialist government...

n. 澡盆，桶，矿车；vt. 把…装入桶，为…洗盆浴；vi. 洗盆浴；

[例句] He peeled the paper top off a little white tub and poured the cream into his coffee...

[例句] Shrubs can be grown in tubs or large containers.

vt. 预先布置，事先调整，预先决定，事先安排；

[例句] ...a computerised timer that can be preset to a variety of programs...

[例句] Bake the cake in a preset oven.