(1) She made no response. (2) In response to your inquiry… (3) I received an encouraging response to my advertisement.
response [riˈspɔns] 📢 UK📢 US
n.混乱；混淆；困惑；
n.反应；回答，答复；[宗]回应经文，应唱圣歌；
adj.按字母（表）顺序的；
n.发展，进化；被发展的状态；新生事物，新产品；开发区；
(1) to arrive at an agreement/a decision/a conclusion (2) The new product will arrive on supermarket shelves (= be available) early next year. (3) The wedding day finally arrived.
(1) The child is developing normally. (2) The place has rapidly developed from a small fishing community into a thriving tourist resort. (3) She developed the company from nothing.
develop [dɪ'veləp] 📢 UK📢 US
v.“alarm”的过去式和过去分词；惊慌；张皇；惶惶；
num.十四；十四个；第十四； n.十四的记号；十四岁；十四点钟；十五世纪；
n.翻译；译本；转变；转化；
vi.发展；生长；形成；发达 ； vt.使发展；使发育；开发；培育；
(1) She was employed as a cook in a hotel. (2) Who was the cook (= who cooked the food) ? (3) to cook up a story
(1) He always goes to bed at ten─he's a creature of habit (= he likes to do the same things at the same time every day) . (2) The dormouse is a shy, nocturnal creature. (3) respect for all living creatures
creature [ˈkri:tʃə(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
n.观念，概念；观点；思想，设想，想法；总的印象；
adj.稳定的，不变的；镇定的，沉着的；坚定的； vt.使稳定，使坚定； n.关系固定的情侣；
n.冰箱；冷藏库；制冰机，冷冻机；
n.生物，动物；人；创造物；（他人的）工具；
(1) There is an urgent need for more hospital beds. (2) hospital doctors/nurses/staff (3) a psychiatric/mental hospital
(1) Lunch costs £10 per person, excluding drinks. (2) The families questioned, excluding those on income support, have a net income of £500.20 a week... (3) excluding water, half of the body's weight is protein.
(1) The story was completely untrue and was successfully challenged in court. (2) She does not like anyone challenging her authority. (3) This discovery challenges traditional beliefs.
challenge ['tʃælɪndʒ] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.& vi.写；写信；写作；作曲；
n.碑，匾；药片；便笺簿；小块； vt.用碑牌纪念；将（备忘录等）写在板上；将…制成小片或小块；
n.挑战；盘问；质疑；怀疑； vt.质疑；向…挑战； vi.提出挑战，要求竞赛（或竞争）；驳斥；
adj.沉默的，无言的；寂静的，无声的；静止的；[语]不发音的； n.无声电影；
(1) the adverts on television (2) When the adverts came on I got up to put the kettle on. (3) I saw an advert for a job with a large engineering company...
(1) The aim is to give people more power over their own lives. (2) He has the power to make things very unpleasant for us. (3) to have sb in your power (= to be able to do what you like with sb)
(1) a cup of hot sweet tea (2) sweet food (3) I had a craving for something sweet.
sweet [swi:t] 📢 UK📢 US
pron.每件事物；最重要的东西；（有关的）一切；万事；
adj.令人感兴趣的，有趣的；引起兴趣的；有趣的；令人关注的；
adj.好奇的； 好求知的；奇妙的； 稀奇的；
adj.甜的；愉快的，快乐的；温柔的，亲切的；芳香的； n.糖果，甜食；餐后的甜点心；甜味；宝贝；
(1) The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are stronger at the broken places. (2) For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn? (3) You have to do everything you can. You have to work your hardest. And if you do, if you stay positive, then you have a shot at a silver lining.
(1) people on high/low incomes (2) a weekly disposable income (= the money that you have left to spend after tax, etc.) of £200 (3) a rise in national income
income [ˈɪnkʌm] 📢 UK📢 US
n.收入，进款；进来的动作；进入；
adv.有规律地，按时，照例，按部就班地；整齐地，有条不紊地；经常，不断地；定期地；
adv.开始；最初；
n.小船，小艇；轮船； vi.乘船，划船； vt.用船运输；用船装运；
(1) The key issue was whether the four defendants acted dishonestly. (2) It's not a case of whether anyone would notice or not. (3) whether such properties are a good deal will depend on individual situations.
(1) The emphasis is very much on learning the spoken language. (2) The course has a vocational emphasis. (3) We provide all types of information, with an emphasis on legal advice.
(1) The school has a reputation for high standards of discipline. (2) Strict discipline is imposed on army recruits. (3) She keeps good discipline in class.
(1) You take care of your end, kid, I'll take care of mine... (2) Let's go up to the office and settle the business end of things. (3) The police force is being manipulated for political ends...
end [end] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.水泄不通的；拥挤的；肩摩踵接；
n.院子；码（等于3英尺或36英寸或0。9144米）；场地；帆桁；
n.<正>结果；端；终止；最后部分； vt.& vi.结束，终止；
adj.每；各自的； pron.每个；各自；
(1) Their footsteps echoed in the silence. (2) A scream broke the silence of the night. (3) I need absolute silence when I'm working.
(1) to offer sb constructive criticism (= that is meant to be helpful) (2) I didn't mean it as a criticism. (3) criticisms levelled at (= aimed at) journalists
(1) She seemed neither surprised nor worried. (2) He wasn't there on Monday. nor on Tuesday, for that matter. (3) (formal)Not a building nor a tree was left standing.
nor [nɔ:(r)] 📢 UK📢 US
conj.也不；也不是；和 neither 或 not 连用；去甲；
n.拼写；拼法； v.拼写( spell的现在分词)；意味着；
n.记忆，记忆力；回忆，往事；[计]存储器，内存；
vt.假装，伪装；假称；装扮； vi.扮演；自称；假装，矫作； adj.仿制的；
(1) She's fluent in French and German. She also speaks a little Italian. (2) rubella, also known as German measles (3) I didn't like it that much. also, it was much too expensive.
(1) economic/social/political trends (2) There is a growing trend towards earlier retirement. (3) current trends in language teaching
trend [trend] 📢 UK📢 US
n.商品，货物；动产；本领；合意的人；
n.专家；行家；专科医生；
n.走向；趋向；时尚，时髦； vi.倾向；趋势；
vt.使困窘；使混乱；使困惑；使更难于理解； vi.使糊涂；
(1) They said you particularly wanted to talk to me. Why was that?... (2) 'Hey, is there anything the matter with my sisters?' — 'Is that why you're phoning?'... (3) The Commissioners get between £50,000 and 60,000 a year in various allowances. But that amount can soar to 90,000 a year...
(1) We checked in our luggage and went through to the departure lounge. (2) We've checked in at the hotel. (3) ‘Is Mary in the office? ’ ‘Just a moment. I'll go and check. ’
(1) The incident sparked off a whole series of events that nobody had foreseen. (2) the latest in a series of articles on the nature of modern society (3) the World series (= in baseball )