n. 晶体管，晶体管收音机，半导体收音机；

vt. 逗弄，引诱，折磨，使干着急；

[例句] The boy would come into the room and tantalize the dog with his feed.

[例句] ...the dreams of democracy that have so tantalized them.

n. 租用，租赁，租屋，租期；

[例句] His father took over the tenancy of the farm 40 years ago...

[例句] Tenants should check their tenancy agreements closely.

n. 细枝，嫩枝；v. 理解，明白；

[例句] Then I twigged that they were illegal immigrants...

[例句] By the time she'd twigged what it was all about it was too late.

n. （支撑建筑物高出地面或水面的）桩子，支柱，高跷；

[例句] They inhabit reed huts built on stilts above the water.

vt. 撤回（声明），放弃（信仰或主张）；

[例句] White House officials ordered Williams to recant.

[例句] ...a man who had refused after torture to recant his heresy.

adj. 刺耳的，尖锐的，轧轧叫的，吱吱叫的；

[例句] She was increasingly seen as a strident feminist.

[例句] ...the unnecessarily strident tone of the President's remarks...

n. 毒素，毒质；

[例句] Experts have linked this condition to a build-up of toxins in the body…

[例句] Tests showed increased levels of toxin in shellfish.

拆卸，记录，记下，笔录，取下；

[例句] Alberg took the portrait down from the wall...

[例句] Gil rose and went to his bookcase and took down a volume.

adj. 令人难于忍受的，难堪的，令人厌烦的；v. 试图( try的现在分词)，试验，尝试，审讯；

[例句] Support from those closest to you is vital in these trying times...

[例句] The whole business has been very trying.

n. 闲谈，闲聊；vt. 由闲谈而泄露（秘密），在闲谈中说出；

vt. 先占，取代，先取，先发制人；

[例句] You can pre-empt pain by taking a painkiller at the first warning sign...

[例句] He pre-empted any decision to sack him...

n. 字母表，字母系统，入门，初步；

[例句] The modern Russian alphabet has 31 letters...

[例句] By two and a half he knew the alphabet.

vi. （未婚者）同居；

[例句] In Italy people hardly ever cohabit...

[例句] The dentist left his wife of 15 years and openly cohabited with his receptionist...

adj. 被抛弃的，废弃的，玩忽职守的；n. 遗弃物，玩忽职守者；

[例句] Her body was found dumped in a derelict warehouse less than a mile from her home.

vi. 停止；

[例句] Ford never desisted from trying to persuade him to return to America...

[例句] The magazine will desist from such language after receiving complaints...

n. 放大，放大物，放大的照片；

[例句] There is insufficient space for enlargement of the buildings.

[例句] ...the Community's enlargement.

n. 佯攻；vi. 佯攻，声东击西；

[例句] I feinted to the left, then to the right...

[例句] They feinted and concentrated forces against the most fortified line of the enemy side.

n. 泛光灯，照明灯，探照灯；v. 泛光照明，用泛光灯照亮；

[例句] In the evening the facade is floodlit...

[例句] A police helicopter hovered above, floodlighting the area.

n. 嘲笑，轻视，愚弄；vt. 嘲笑，藐视，愚弄；vi. 对…表示轻蔑；

[例句] ...illegal campers who persist in flouting the law...

[例句] Building regulations have been habitually flouted.