(1) Have you any comment to make about the cause of the disaster? (2) She made helpful comments on my work. (3) The director was not available for comment.
(1) My small business operates on a razor - thin profit margin. (2) It'seems the panda's chance of survival is razor - thin. (3) Objective To investigate the clinical result grafting razor - thin graft onto the donor site of the split - skin.
(1) I always associate the smell of baking with my childhood. (2) He is closely associated in the public mind with horror movies. (3) I don't like you associating with those people.
(1) To give birth to ( a calf ). (2) To give birth to ( a litter of pigs ). (3) Mothers contaminated by radioactive materials may give birth to babies with mental deficiency.
(1) The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none. (2) The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none. (3) be conscious of your stomach rising very gently as you inhale.
be conscious of [bi: ˈkɔnʃəs ɔv] 📢 UK📢 US
n.类型，部门，种类，类别，类目；[逻，哲]范畴；体重等级；
实施，实行；
n.植物学家，研究植物的人；
知道；意识；察觉；
(1) to give a grunt of effort/pain (2) He grunted something about being late and rushed out. (3) When I told her what had happened she just grunted and turned back to her book.
(1) He didn't like the media probing into his past. (2) a TV programme that probed government scandals in the 1990s (3) The doctor probed the wound for signs of infection.
(1) Occasionally they paid for their indiscretion with their lives. (2) He talked to the press in a moment of indiscretion. (3) He had committed a minor sexual indiscretion.
indiscretion [ˌɪndɪˈskreʃn] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.假设的，假定的；有前提的；爱猜想的；假想；
vt.显露；揭露；泄露；[神]启示； n.揭示，展现；[建]门侧，窗侧；
n.不慎重的举止，轻率的言行；
vt.承认；鸣谢；对…打招呼；告知已收到；
(1) He is notoriously indiscreet about his private life... (2) Had he been indiscreet in what he had said? (3) Ten to one , you would have thought him a tasteless, indiscreet methodistical man.
indiscreet [ˌɪndɪˈskri:t] 📢 UK📢 US
n.犯罪地点，案发地点；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；审判地；
n.反映；（关于某课题的）思考；（声、光、热等的）反射；映像；
adj.不慎重的；轻率的；不明智的；不警觉的；
vi.变化；不同，偏离；[生]变异； vt.使不同；使多样化；[音乐]变奏；
(1) The problem was to safeguard sites from encroachment by property development. (2) encroachment on any enterprise run by the national bourgeoisie is strictly prohibited. (3) The eagle broke away and defiantly continued its encroachment.
encroachment [ɪnˈkrəʊtʃmənt] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.识别，认出；确定；使参与；把…看成一样； vi.确定；认同；
adj.有效的；有法律效力的；正当的；健全的；
n.侵入，侵占，侵蚀；
adj.沉思的；体贴的；缜密思考过的，深思熟虑的；
(1) the North/South divide (2) the divide between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland (3) The issue has divided the government.
(1) I won't encroach on your time any longer. (2) He never allows work to encroach upon his family life. (3) The growing town soon encroached on the surrounding countryside.
encroach [enˈkrəʊtʃ] 📢 UK📢 US
n.侦察；间谍活动；
v.竞选，赶快去请；
壮观地，令人吃惊地；
vi.侵犯；侵占；蚕食；侵蚀； vt.侵入，侵犯；侵略，侵占；侵害；侵蚀；
(1) This is a pity, because noise abatement really is a good cause, and it is likely to be discredited if it gets to be associated with bad science. (2) Fractures of the nose may be associated with septal tractures and hematomas. (3) These procedures were likely to be associated with complications.
(1) He showed a reckless disregard for his own safety. (2) She was a good rider, but reckless. (3) He had always been reckless with money.
reckless [ˈrekləs] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.鲁莽的，不顾危险的；粗心大意的；满不在乎的；胆大妄为；
给…让出空地方；
adj.使人震惊的； vt.使震惊，使大吃一惊astound的现在分词)；
n.旅行者，观光客；〈美〉冬季到南部做工的流动工人；
(1) Things are manic in the office at the moment. (2) The performers had a manic energy and enthusiasm. (3) manic mood swings
manic [ˈmænɪk] 📢 UK📢 US
n.缺乏，不足；缺点，缺陷；不足额；
v.知道； 意识到；
adj.<医>躁狂的，患躁狂病的；疯狂的； n.躁狂者；
[医]低密度（的）；
(1) His lecture was readily intelligible to all the students. (2) The language of Darwin was intelligible to experts and non-experts alike... (3) The woman moaned faintly but made no intelligible response.
(1) Old people often subsist on very small incomes. (2) The terms of the contract subsist. (3) The prisoners subsisted on one mug of the worst quality porridge three times a day...
(1) Does such an activity constitute a criminal offence? (2) The increase in racial tension constitutes a threat to our society. (3) Female workers constitute the majority of the labour force.
constitute [ˈkɔnstitju:t] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.构成，组成；制定，设立；等同于；指派；
n.（药物等起到的）副作用；
vt.包含；使参与，牵涉；围绕，缠绕；使专心于；
adj.过剩的；多余的； n.剩余额；公积金；顺差；盈余；
(1) He managed to endear himself to my entire family. (2) Her object was to endear herself to her friend. (3) His human compassion and respect for others endear him to many.
(1) extant remains of the ancient wall (2) Two fourteenth-century manuscripts of this text are still extant... (3) The oldest extant document is dated 1492.
extant [ekˈstænt] 📢 UK📢 US
n.细胞膜质，纤维素；（用于制作涂料、漆等的）纤维素化合物；
adj.精通的，熟练的；
n.（强烈的）倾向，爱好，嗜好；
adj.现存的，仍然存在的；
(1) The figures are astronomical. (2) Interest rates are astronomically high. (3) astronomical observations
astronomical [ˌæstrəˈnɒmɪkl] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.& vi.毁坏；劫掠； n.破坏；蹂躏；
adj.天文学的；极大的；
n.队列，阵列；数组；一大批；衣服； vt.排列；部署兵力；打扮，装饰；
n.凝胶，白明胶；
(1) Three will not divide into eleven. (2) According to role which its plays, may divide into the basic maxim and the concrete criterion. (3) On greenery, M & S reckons that British consumers divide into four broad groups.
(1) in terms of his professional abilities, he's just no match for you. (2) Social diversity is thus explicable in terms of an underlying structure consisting largely of economic factors. (3) Think of it in terms of an investment.
(1) Wet days alternate with fine days. (2) Day and night alternate with each other. (3) Due to the heavy workload, they decide to alternate with the work.
alternate with [ˈɔːltə(r)neɪt wið] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.搅动，摇动；使不安；激烈讨论； vi.鼓动，煽动；
adj.衷心的；诚挚的；真诚的；深切；
vi.垂直落下；骤然跌落； n.铅锤；坠子；重压物；
轮流，交换；相间；
(1) That wasn't a very tactful thing to say! (2) I tried to find a tactful way of telling her the truth. (3) a tactfully worded reply
tactful [ˈtæktfl] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.机智的，机敏的；得体的；老练的，圆滑的；婉转；
n.分类；分级；类别；（动植物等的）分类学；
adj.闷热的，不通气的；古板的，保守的；枯燥无味的；一本正经的；
v.（使）穿得太讲究； n.外衣；
(1) a lake, still and serene in the sunlight (2) serenely beautiful (3) She smiled serenely.
(1) Students over 25 fall into a different category . (2) The results can be divided into three main categories . (3) This book clearly falls into the category of fictionalised autobiography...
(1) Old people often subsist on very small incomes. (2) The living things on the earth could not subsist on Mars. (3) Many people in the world have to subsist on $ 1 a day.
(1) She's very conscious of the problems involved. (2) He became acutely conscious of having failed his parents. (3) I was vaguely conscious that I was being watched.
(1) We encourage all members to strive for the highest standards. (2) striving against corruption (3) Newspaper editors all strive to be first with a story.
strive [straɪv] 📢 UK📢 US
vi.努力奋斗，力求；斗争，力争；
n.帝国主义，帝国主义政策；
adv.很，十分，特别，极其；离奇地；出奇；倍加；
n.英勇；高超技艺；
(1) Though off-puttingly complicated in detail, local taxes are in essence simple. (2) It wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision. We discussed it in detail beforehand. (3) We examine the wording in detail before deciding on the final text.
in detail [in ˈdi:teil] 📢 UK📢 US
详细地；
n.免疫；
n.不变，不变性，永恒性；
n.死亡证明书；
(1) the bleak/rugged/dramatic, etc. landscape of the area (2) the woods and fields that are typical features of the English landscape (3) an urban/industrial landscape