n. （受怀疑、受冷遇等的）黑名单；vt. 把（某人）列入黑名单；

[例句] A government official disclosed that they were on a secret blacklist...

[例句] Most credit agencies run a 15-year blacklist effectively barring bankrupts from receiving credit.

n. 胡萝卜，〈非正式〉好处，回报，不能兑现的报酬；

[例句] They will be set targets, with a carrot of extra cash and pay if they achieve them...

[例句] Why the new emphasis on sticks instead of diplomatic carrots?

n. 系数，（测定某种质量或变化过程的）率，程度，协同因素；adj. 共同作用的，合作的；

[例句] ...production coefficients...

[例句] A coefficient of one means the markets move perfectly in step.

n. 污染物，致污物；

[例句] Contaminants found in poultry will also be found in their eggs...

[例句] We are exposed to an overwhelming number of chemical contaminants every day in our air, water and food.

adj. 恢复（期）的，康复期的；n. 恢复期的病人；

[例句] ...an officers' convalescent home.

vt. 使迷失方向，使迷惑，使不知所措；

[例句] An overnight stay at a friend's house disorients me...

[例句] They were disorientated by the smoke and were firing blindly into it.

n. （足球、曲棍球的）球门柱；

[例句] They seem to move the goal posts every time I meet the conditions which are required.

adj. 不敬的，无礼的，不虔诚的；

[例句] She's irreverent, fun and hugely popular...

[例句] Taylor combined great knowledge with an irreverent attitude to history.

n. 不满者；adj. 不满的；

[例句] Five years ago a band of malcontents, mainly half-educated radicals, seized power.

n. 网球（运动）；

n. 教科书，课本，教材；adj. 规范的，标准的；

[例句] She wrote a textbook on international law.

[例句] ...a chemistry textbook.

n. 坟墓，墓穴，墓碑，死亡；v. 埋葬；

adv. 稍微，有点，达到某种程度；n. 少量，某些数量，某种程度；

[例句] He concluded that Oswald was somewhat abnormal...

[例句] He explained somewhat unconvincingly that the company was paying for everything...

vt.& vi. 打（麦等），脱粒，反复地做，推敲；n. 打谷；

[例句] The corn was still sown, cut and threshed as it was a hundred years ago.

n. （尤指机器的）扭转力，转（力）矩，（古高卢人、布立吞人戴的）金属项圈，金属颈环；

adj. 试探性的，试验的，尝试性的，不确定的；n. 假设，实验，尝试；

[例句] Political leaders have reached a tentative agreement to hold a preparatory conference next month...

[例句] Such theories are still very tentative.

adj. 疏忽的，粗心大意的，不留心的，懒散；

[例句] The jury determined that the airline was negligent in training and supervising the crew...

[例句] The Council had acted in a negligent manner.

n. （装在项链等上的）垂饰，坠儿；

n. 监督人，管理人，主管，（陆海军学校等的）校长，厂长，所长；

[例句] He was stopped at the airport by an assistant superintendent of police.

[例句] ...Detective Superintendent Kirby.

n. 鲁莽，冒失；

[例句] He has even had the temerity to invoke the names of Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X in defence of his actions.

[例句] ...'difficult' patients who have the temerity to challenge their doctors' decisions.