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形 gentle，mild，harmonious，on good terms；名 peace，a surname，[數]sum，Japan；動 （下棋或賽球不分勝負） draw，tie；介 together with，to，with；連 （表示聯合； 跟； 與） and；

[例句] 他對于法國、德國和荷蘭的文學了如指掌。 He was well acquainted with the literature of France, Germany and Holland.

[例句] 若IBM公司和蘋果公司聯手將會有什么效果呢？ 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“德爾塔”Ⅱ型火箭在卡納維拉爾角發射升空。 A Delta II rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral early this morning.

[例句] 他們繞過合恩角時，暴風雨已經減弱。 The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.

副 each other，one another，mutually；動 （親自觀看是否合意） see for oneself (whether sb. or sth. is to one's liking)；名 [書]quality，a surname；

[例句] 讓我們各自的利益相吻合很重要。 It is important that we dovetail our respective interests.

[例句] 其估計數目300與另一項調查的結果相吻合。 Its own estimate of three hundred tallies with that of another survey.

動 pull，drag，convey by vehicles，haul；名 （拉丁美洲的簡稱） short for Latin America；

[例句] 他打電話給勞拉看她是不是好些了。 He'd phoned Laura to see if she was better.

[例句] 你得討卡梅拉的歡心。 You'll need to get on the right side of Carmela.

名 difference，dissimilarity，mistake，[數]difference；副 [書] （稍微； 較； 尚） slightly，comparatively，a bit；

[例句] 老師們常認為青少年工作者紀律性差且能力低下。 Teachers often view youth workers as undisciplined and ineffectual.

[例句] 他體質太差，爬不到山頂。 He was too out of condition to clamber over the top.

形 good，fine，nice；

[例句] 努力過，失敗過，沒關系，屢戰屢敗，屢敗屢戰，每一次失敗都比上一次更好。 Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

[例句] 有時候要到達谷底，才會慢慢變好。 Sometimes things have to fall apart to make way for better things.

名 hair，down，mildew，feather；形 rough，crude，gross，semifinished；動 depreciate，[方]get angry，flare up；

[例句] 他穿著短褲，露出自己強壯多毛的長腿。 He was wearing shorts which showed his long, muscular, hairy legs.

[例句] 短毛獵犬一陣狂吠。 The Doberman let out a string of roaring barks.

動 同“歟”，take part in，participate in；

[例句] 美是一種態度，與年齡無關。 Beauty is an attitude. It has nothing to do with age.

[例句] 露西的冷淡與世故使得巴里十分不快。 Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.

形 （相稱） equal；動 work as，serve as，bear，accept；介 in sb.'s presence，to sb.'s face，just at；象 （撞擊金屬器物的聲音） clank，clang；名 （姓氏） a surname；

[例句] 我們活著是為了什么？不就是給鄰居當笑柄，再反過來笑他們。 For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

[例句] 當生活很艱難，你想要放棄的時候，請記住，生活充滿了起起落落，如果沒有低谷，那站在高處也失去了意義。 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 （徹底）completely，thoroughly；

[例句] 建筑工人在8根細柱上架起輕巧的混凝土穹頂。 The builders have perched a light concrete dome on eight slender columns.

[例句] 摩根派遣部隊同時襲擊了兩個據點。 Dividing his command, Morgan assailed both strongholds at the same time.

動 count，be reckoned as exceptionally，enumerate，list；

[例句] 學生常常趕數百英里的路來到這里。 Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here.

[例句] 數年前，艾萊的農場就實現了機械化。 Mechanization happened years ago on the farms of Islay.

動 correspond to，be close to，見“反切”[fǎn qiè]；形 eager，anxious；副 be sure to；

[例句] 等蛋糕溫熱或涼至室溫時切成四方塊端上桌。 Serve the cake warm or at room temperature, cut in squares.

[例句] 米切爾的日程安排使他無法休假。 Mitchel's schedule had not permitted him to take time off.

名 [紡]warp，[中醫]channels，[地理]longitude，scripture；動 manage，deal in，[書]hang oneself，engage in；介 （透過） as a result of，after，through；形 （歷久不變的； 正常） constant，r

[例句] 他們經過時，響起了令人哀憐的慟哭。 As they pass by, a piteous wailing is heard.

[例句] 去年9月，經雙方同意，他離開了公司。 He left the company by mutual consent last September.

動 get together，assemble，meet，see；名 meeting，gathering，association，society；

[例句] 記住：保持樂觀的心態，好事自然會發生。 Remember, keep a positive attitude and good things will happen.

[例句] 生活總是讓我們遍體鱗傷，但到后來，那些受傷的地方會變得更堅強。 The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are stronger at the broken places.

動 [書]support，take，take care of，bring；介 with，by means of，by；副 （疊用， 表示“又”、“且”的意思） partly ... partly ...；名 （姓氏） a surname；

[例句] 若IBM公司和蘋果公司聯手將會有什么效果呢？ What will be the effect of the alliance between IBM and Apple?

[例句] 通往和平的道路將很漫長。 The road to peace will be long and drawn-out.

動 slide，slip，slip away，sneak off；形 smooth，sleek，glossy；

[例句] 我會偷偷溜進去，輕手輕腳地查看一下二樓。 I would creep in and with stealthy footsteps explore the second-floor.

[例句] 她溜進了駕駛座，關上了門。 She slipped into the driving seat and closed the door.

hinder，obstruct，obstacle，obstruction，balk；

[例句] 物質和意識形態上的障礙在東歐已不復存在。 Physical and ideological barriers had come down in Eastern Europe.

[例句] 我意識到我不得不克服語言障礙。 I realized I had to surmount the language barrier.

名 component，what is within one's duty or rights，同 “份”[fèn]；動 [書] judge；

[例句] 用餐叉把肉叉走，分到4個盤里。 Remove the meat with a fork and divide it among four plates.

[例句] 這部連續劇每周五晚上10點30分在第4頻道播出。 The series goes out at 10.30pm, Fridays, on Channel 4.

cease，suspend，call off，halt，black out ；

[例句] 由于國內需求大幅下降，生產已經停止。 Because of the slump in domestic demand, production has stopped.

[例句] 他們不妨停止在電視上做廣告，這樣做可能是明智之舉。 They might be wise to stop advertising on television.

動 release，set free，indulge，give oneself up to；形 from north to south，longitudinal，lengthwise，vertical；連 [書] （縱然） though，even if，even though ；

[例句] 我不愿意被人當作是個嬌縱慣了的電影皇后。 I don't want to be treated like a cosseted movie queen.

[例句] 他的觀眾主要是橄欖球俱樂部里那些縱酒作樂的人。 His audience consists predominantly of groups of rugby-club revellers.