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形 gentle，mild，harmonious，on good terms；名 peace，a surname，[数]sum，Japan；动 （下棋或赛球不分胜负） draw，tie；介 together with，to，with；连 （表示联合； 跟； 与） and；
[例句] 他对于法国、德国和荷兰的文学了如指掌。 He was well acquainted with the literature of France, Germany and Holland.
[例句] 若IBM公司和苹果公司联手将会有什么效果呢？ What will be the effect of the alliance between IBM and Apple?
名 horn，bugle；量 a fractional unit of money in China (=1/10 of a yuan or 10 fen)；
[例句] 今天一早，一枚“德尔塔”Ⅱ型火箭在卡纳维拉尔角发射升空。 A Delta II rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral early this morning.
[例句] 他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。 The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
副 each other，one another，mutually；动 （亲自观看是否合意） see for oneself (whether sb. or sth. is to one's liking)；名 [书]quality，a surname；
[例句] 让我们各自的利益相吻合很重要。 It is important that we dovetail our respective interests.
[例句] 其估计数目300与另一项调查的结果相吻合。 Its own estimate of three hundred tallies with that of another survey.
动 pull，drag，convey by vehicles，haul；名 （拉丁美洲的简称） short for Latin America；
[例句] 他打电话给劳拉看她是不是好些了。 He'd phoned Laura to see if she was better.
[例句] 你得讨卡梅拉的欢心。 You'll need to get on the right side of Carmela.
名 difference，dissimilarity，mistake，[数]difference；副 [书] （稍微； 较； 尚） slightly，comparatively，a bit；
[例句] 老师们常认为青少年工作者纪律性差且能力低下。 Teachers often view youth workers as undisciplined and ineffectual.
[例句] 他体质太差，爬不到山顶。 He was too out of condition to clamber over the top.
形 good，fine，nice；
[例句] 努力过，失败过，没关系，屡战屡败，屡败屡战，每一次失败都比上一次更好。 Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
[例句] 有时候要到达谷底，才会慢慢变好。 Sometimes things have to fall apart to make way for better things.
名 hair，down，mildew，feather；形 rough，crude，gross，semifinished；动 depreciate，[方]get angry，flare up；
[例句] 他穿着短裤，露出自己强壮多毛的长腿。 He was wearing shorts which showed his long, muscular, hairy legs.
[例句] 短毛猎犬一阵狂吠。 The Doberman let out a string of roaring barks.
动 同“欤”，take part in，participate in；
[例句] 美是一种态度，与年龄无关。 Beauty is an attitude. It has nothing to do with age.
[例句] 露西的冷淡与世故使得巴里十分不快。 Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.
形 （相称） equal；动 work as，serve as，bear，accept；介 in sb.'s presence，to sb.'s face，just at；象 （撞击金属器物的声音） clank，clang；名 （姓氏） a surname；
[例句] 我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。 For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
[例句] 当生活很艰难，你想要放弃的时候，请记住，生活充满了起起落落，如果没有低谷，那站在高处也失去了意义。 When life gets hard and you want to give up, remember that life is full of ups and downs, and without the downs, the ups would mean nothing.
名 root，descendants，posterity；副 （彻底）completely，thoroughly；
[例句] 建筑工人在8根细柱上架起轻巧的混凝土穹顶。 The builders have perched a light concrete dome on eight slender columns.
[例句] 摩根派遣部队同时袭击了两个据点。 Dividing his command, Morgan assailed both strongholds at the same time.
动 count，be reckoned as exceptionally，enumerate，list；
[例句] 学生常常赶数百英里的路来到这里。 Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here.
[例句] 数年前，艾莱的农场就实现了机械化。 Mechanization happened years ago on the farms of Islay.
动 correspond to，be close to，见“反切”[fǎn qiè]；形 eager，anxious；副 be sure to；
[例句] 等蛋糕温热或凉至室温时切成四方块端上桌。 Serve the cake warm or at room temperature, cut in squares.
[例句] 米切尔的日程安排使他无法休假。 Mitchel's schedule had not permitted him to take time off.
名 [纺]warp，[中医]channels，[地理]longitude，scripture；动 manage，deal in，[书]hang oneself，engage in；介 （透过） as a result of，after，through；形 （历久不变的； 正常） constant，r
[例句] 他们经过时，响起了令人哀怜的恸哭。 As they pass by, a piteous wailing is heard.
[例句] 去年9月，经双方同意，他离开了公司。 He left the company by mutual consent last September.
动 get together，assemble，meet，see；名 meeting，gathering，association，society；
[例句] 记住：保持乐观的心态，好事自然会发生。 Remember, keep a positive attitude and good things will happen.
[例句] 生活总是让我们遍体鳞伤，但到后来，那些受伤的地方会变得更坚强。 The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are stronger at the broken places.
动 [书]support，take，take care of，bring；介 with，by means of，by；副 （叠用， 表示“又”、“且”的意思） partly ... partly ...；名 （姓氏） a surname；
[例句] 若IBM公司和苹果公司联手将会有什么效果呢？ What will be the effect of the alliance between IBM and Apple?
[例句] 通往和平的道路将很漫长。 The road to peace will be long and drawn-out.
动 slide，slip，slip away，sneak off；形 smooth，sleek，glossy；
[例句] 我会偷偷溜进去，轻手轻脚地查看一下二楼。 I would creep in and with stealthy footsteps explore the second-floor.
[例句] 她溜进了驾驶座，关上了门。 She slipped into the driving seat and closed the door.
hinder，obstruct，obstacle，obstruction，balk；
[例句] 物质和意识形态上的障碍在东欧已不复存在。 Physical and ideological barriers had come down in Eastern Europe.
[例句] 我意识到我不得不克服语言障碍。 I realized I had to surmount the language barrier.
名 component，what is within one's duty or rights，同 “份”[fèn]；动 [书] judge；
[例句] 用餐叉把肉叉走，分到4个盘里。 Remove the meat with a fork and divide it among four plates.
[例句] 这部连续剧每周五晚上10点30分在第4频道播出。 The series goes out at 10.30pm, Fridays, on Channel 4.
cease，suspend，call off，halt，black out ；
[例句] 由于国内需求大幅下降，生产已经停止。 Because of the slump in domestic demand, production has stopped.
[例句] 他们不妨停止在电视上做广告，这样做可能是明智之举。 They might be wise to stop advertising on television.
动 release，set free，indulge，give oneself up to；形 from north to south，longitudinal，lengthwise，vertical；连 [书] （纵然） though，even if，even though ；
[例句] 我不愿意被人当作是个娇纵惯了的电影皇后。 I don't want to be treated like a cosseted movie queen.
[例句] 他的观众主要是橄榄球俱乐部里那些纵酒作乐的人。 His audience consists predominantly of groups of rugby-club revellers.