形 （简单） simple，simplified，brief；动 simplify，[书]select，choose；名 bamboo slips，letter，a surname ；
[例句] 简老是惹她生气，她有时就拿我出气。 Jane's always annoying her and she takes it out on me sometimes.
[例句] 简的进球帮助英国队在巴塞罗那奥运会上获得了第三名。 Jane's goals helped Britain win third place in the Barcelona games.
名 leaf，foliage，leaf-like thing，page，frondage ；
[例句] 他们将表演阿什顿的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》中的两场舞。 They will dance two performances of Ashton's "Romeo and Juliet".
[例句] 昨天玩宾戈赢了一把，适时地给朱丽叶·利特尔一家带来些许的欢快心情。 A timely bingo win brought some cheer to Juliet Little's family yesterday.
名 lifetime，life，generation，age，era ；
[例句] 在欧洲，阿迦汗三世表现得完全是另一副样子。 In Europe, Aga Khan III presented himself in a completely different light.
[例句] 汉普顿宫被作为礼物转送给了亨利八世。 Hampton Court was made over to Henry VIII as a present.
动 pass，pass on，hand down，bequeath；
[例句] 惠特比镇因为布拉姆·斯托克著名的吸血鬼故事而名传后世。 The town of whitby was immortalised in Bram Stoker's famous Dracula story.
[例句] 素食汉堡是一种迅速传到了英国的新开发食品。 The vegetarian burger was an innovation which was rapidly exported to Britain.
形 bent，crooked，wrong，unjustifiable；动 （使弯曲） bend，twist；名 bend ，leaven，yeast，a surname；
[例句] 那表示尼古拉斯还想要一块巧克力曲奇。 That was Nicholas's cue to ask for another chocolate chip cookie.
[例句] 管弦乐编曲还要考虑其他因素。 There were also other factors that entered into the orchestration.
形 state-owned，collective，common，general；动 （使公开） make public，publicize；名 public affairs，official business，authority，collective ；
[例句] 他的目的地是乔伯姆公地，那里和他在科茨沃尔德的家离得很远。 His destination was Chobham Common, a long way from his Cotswold home.
[例句] 在布里斯托尔附近的5号高速公路上，南行的车辆排成了绵延20英里的长龙。 Southbound traffic tailed back for twenty miles on the M5 near Bristol.
动 send out，give out，launch，discharge；名 （姓氏） a surname；
[例句] “我想发份电报。”——“好的，发给谁？” "I want to send a telegram." — "Fine, to whom?"
[例句] 你常出汗或是脸上常发烫吗？ Do you sweat a lot or flush a lot?
形 （不包含什么； 里面没有东西或没有内容； 不切实际的） empty，hollow，void；名 sky，air，[佛教] emptiness，void of the world of senses；副 （没有效果； 白白地） for nothing，in vain；
[例句] 我去踢球却踢了个空。 I went to kick the ball and I completely missed it.
[例句] 房间仍然很简朴，四面都是饰有圆点的绿色空墙。 The room remains simple with bare, stippled green walls.
名 outside，surface，the relationship between the children or grandchildren of a brother and a sister or of sisters，external；动 show，manifest，express，[中医]
[例句] 我给表上紧发条，听着它嘀嗒作响。 I wound up the watch and listened to it tick.
[例句] 她表兄是美发师，正在免费给她烫发。 Her cousin, a hairdresser, was perming her hair as a special treat.
exciting，be excited，[生理] excitation，excitement，agitation ；
[例句] 休和约翰对于获得这个奖项感到兴奋不已。 Sue and John were especially thrilled with this award.
[例句] 当我放眼望去见到特里时，我整个人兴奋不已。 When I look over and see Terry I tingle all over.
名 flower，blossom，multicoloured，spend；
[例句] 我花大笔钱购置了上班时穿的漂亮新套装。 I spent lots of money on smart new outfits for work.
[例句] 那里的通勤一族平均上下班要花5个小时。 The average commuter journey there is five hours long.
名 （人体或物体的最上部） crown，peak，top；动 carry on the head，push from below or behind，push up，gore；介 奫方] （到某个时间） until，till；副 （表示程度最高） very，most，extremely ；
[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] 虽然天气越来越热，他们仍全部戴着高顶礼帽，穿着燕尾服。 They were all in top hats and cutaways despite the growing heat.
动 （没有约束； 松开； 分散） come loose，fall apart，not hold together；形 （零碎的； 不集中的） scattered；名 [中药]medicine in powder form，medicinal powder，a surname；
[例句] 长椅周围的人群渐渐散去了。 The crowd around the bench began to melt away.
[例句] 雾已经散了，看来是温暖晴朗的一天。 The fog had lifted and revealed a warm, sunny day.
动 pour，irrigate，concentrate on，fix on；名 stakes，notes ；
[例句] 你总是对全国赛马大会下点注吗？ Do you always have a bet on the Grand National?
[例句] 柯林小姐在来自米克·特里齐养马场的两匹马身上下了注，结果她赢了。 Miss Curling won on two horses from Mick Trickey's stable.
contract，shrink，concentrate one's forces，draw back，constriction ；
[例句] 撕裂的肌肉会收缩，丧失原来的力量、结构和紧实度。 Torn muscles retract, and lose strength, structure, and tightness.
[例句] 通过胃部肌肉的收缩食物和流质在胃中混合。 Foods and fluids are mixed in the stomach by its muscular contractions.
stable，quiet，stabilize，maintain，compose ；
[例句] 那女孩躺在行军床上，因服用安定剂完全处于恍惚的状态。 The girl lay on an army cot, all doped up with Valium.
[例句] 总有一天，我会想安定下来，成个家。 One day I'll want to settle down and have a family.
名 mud，mire，any paste-like matter，mashed vegetable or fruit；
[例句] 将混合物打成泥状，然后用滤网滤一下。 Liquidize the mixture and then pass it through a sieve.
[例句] 大批鸟儿来这块泥地觅食。 The mud is a feeding ground for large numbers of birds.
动 open up or clear out by poking or jabbing，poke，lead to，go to；名 authority，expert，a surname；形 open，through，logical，coherent；
[例句] 那里的通勤一族平均上下班要花5个小时。 The average commuter journey there is five hours long.
[例句] 我把通到他办公室的电话线拔掉了。 I ripped out the telephone wire that ran through to his office.
gather，assemble，[数] [自] [计] assemblage，set，aggregate ；
[例句] 如果不加限制，城市往往会联合发展成越来越大的集合城市。 Cities, if unrestricted, tend to coalesce into bigger and bigger conurbations.
[例句] 数以百计的孩子们被集合起来。 The children were assembled in hundreds.
形 primary，original，unprocessed，raw；动 （原谅） excuse，pardon；名 level, open country，plain，a surname ；
[例句] 根据自己的口味给原汤加点盐，然后用文火慢炖。 Salt the stock to your taste and leave it simmering very gently.
[例句] 在原生境中，木槿能长到25英尺高。 In its natural habitat, the hibiscus will grow up to 25ft.