adj. 同时发生的，（时间上）巧合的，相符的，一致的；

[例句] ...coincident birth times...

[例句] Coincident with the talks, the bank was permitted to open a New York branch.

n. 开始， 开端，毕业典礼， 学位授予典

[例句] All applicants should be at least 16 years of age at the commencement of this course.

n. 损害，伤害，造成损害的事物；

[例句] Children spend too much time on schoolwork, to the detriment of other activities.

[例句] These difficulties have been overcome without detriment to performance.

adv. 完全地，彻底地，全然；adj. 直率的，直截了当的，明白的，露骨的，显明的，毫不含糊的；

[例句] ...ideas that would have been downright dangerous if put into practice...

[例句] She was often downright rude to him.

adj. （距离、时间上）最远的，远的( far的最高级 )，遥远的，（某方向的）最远的，远端的；adv. （距离、时间上）最远地，最大程度地，最大限度地；

n. 堡垒，要塞，边界贸易站；v. 设要塞保卫；

[例句] His business partner is holding the fort while he is away.

adj. 无能的，不称职的，愚昧的，愚蠢的，不恰当的，笨拙的；

[例句] He was inept and lacked the intelligence to govern...

[例句] You are completely inept at writing.

n. 月光；vi. 兼

[例句] They walked along the road in the moonlight...

[例句] We went to the temple of Atlantis and saw it by moonlight.

n. 纪念碑，遗迹，遗址，丰碑；

[例句] ...the ancient monuments of England, Scotland and Wales.

[例句] By his international achievements he leaves a fitting monument to his beliefs.

n. 剩余部分，残余，幸存者，零料，零头布；adj. 剩余的，残留的；

[例句] After twenty-four hours of fighting, the remnants of the force were fleeing...

[例句] Beneath the present church were remnants of Roman flooring...

adj. 无味的，味道差的，乏味的，无判断力、鉴赏力等的；

[例句] ...a flat crammed with spectacularly tasteless objets d'art.

[例句] I think that is the most vulgar and tasteless remark I ever heard in my life.

n. 校旗，锦标旗，长三角旗，（船上用的）信号旗；

[例句] The second car was flying the Ghanaian pennant.

[例句] The Red Sox lost the pennant to Detroit by a single game.

v. 摇晃，蹒跚，上下动，前后动，犹豫不决，使…上下晃动；n. 踉跄，摇摆，跷跷板；

[例句] Three of the hotels are in receivership, and others are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy...

[例句] His voice teetered on the edge of hysteria.

vi. 敷衍，拖延，顺应时势，暂时同意；

[例句] They are still temporizing in the face of what can only be described as a disaster...

[例句] 'Not exactly, sir,' temporized Sloan.

adj. 易处理的，驯服的，温顺的，听话，驯良；

[例句] He could easily manage his tractable and worshipping younger brother.

[例句] ...the country's least tractable social problems.

adj. 锐利的，简明的，有力的，清晰的；

[例句] He was shattered and bewildered by this trenchant criticism...

[例句] His comment was trenchant and perceptive.

（使）转身，（使）好转，改变意见，使变得完全不

[例句] Bud turned the truck around, and started back for Dalton Pond...

[例句] He had reached over to turn round a bottle of champagne so that the label didn't show...

v. 旅行（ travel的过去式和过去分词 ），走遍；adj. 有过…次旅行的，到过…地方的，走的；

[例句] You had better travel to Helsinki tomorrow...

[例句] Granny travelled down by train…

v. 描绘( trace的过去式和过去分词 )，追溯，发现，跟踪；

[例句] The exhibition traces the history of graphic design in America from the 19th century to the present...

[例句] I first went there to trace my roots, visiting my mum's home island of Jamaica…

n. 疲劳，倦怠；

[例句] Michael is tired and he has to rest after his long trip.

[例句] Cucumber is good for soothing tired eyes…