1.reproach

①V-T If you reproach someone, you say or show that you are disappointed, upset, or angry because they have done something wrong. 責備; 指責

?? She is quick to reproach anyone who doesn't live up to her own high standards.

她動不動就指責達不到她高標準的人。

②N-VAR If you look at or speak to someone with reproach, you show or say that you are disappointed, upset, or angry because they have done something wrong. 責備; 指責

?? He looked at her with reproach.

他用責備的目光看著她。

③V-T If you reproach yourself, you think with regret about something you have done wrong. 責備 (自己)

?? You've no reason to reproach yourself, no reason to feel shame.

你沒有理由責備自己，也沒有理由感到羞愧。

2.sensational

①ADJ A sensational result, event, or situation is so remarkable that it causes great excitement and interest. 戲劇性的; 轟動性的

?? The world champions suffered a sensational defeat.

世界冠軍們遭到一次戲劇性的失敗

②ADV 戲劇性地; 轟動性地

?? The rape trial was sensationally halted yesterday.

強奸案審判昨天戲劇性地被中斷了。

③ADJ You can describe stories or reports as sensational if you disapprove of them because they present facts in a way that is intended to cause feelings of shock, anger, or excitement. 聳人聽聞的; 嘩眾取寵的

?? ...sensational tabloid newspaper reports.

…聳人聽聞的小報報道。

④ADJ You can describe something as sensational when you think that it is extremely good. 極好的

?? Her voice is sensational.

她的嗓音極為動聽。

⑤ADV 極好地

?? ...sensationally good food.

…絕佳美食。

3.simulate

①V-T If you simulate an action or a feeling, you pretend that you are doing it or feeling it. 假裝

?? They rolled about on the Gilligan Road, simulating a bloodthirsty fight.

他們在吉利根路上打滾，模擬一場血腥的戰斗。

②V-T If you simulate a set of conditions, you create them artificially, for example, in order to conduct an experiment. 模擬

?? The scientist developed one model to simulate a full year of the globe's climate.

這位科學家研制出一個模型，能模擬全年地球的氣候。

4.spacious

ADJ A spacious room or other place is large in size or area, so that you can move around freely in it. 寬敞的

?? The house has a spacious kitchen and dining area.

這座住宅有一個寬敞的廚房和用餐區。

5.subsidiary

①N-COUNT A subsidiary or a subsidiary company is a company which is part of a larger and more important company. 子公司

?? WM Financial Services is a subsidiary of Washington Mutual.

華盛頓互惠銀行金融服務公司是華盛頓互惠銀行的子公司。

②ADJ If something is subsidiary, it is less important than something else with which it is connected. 輔助的

?? The marketing department has always played a subsidiary role to the sales department.

營銷部一直都扮演著銷售部的輔助角色。

6.surpass

①V-T If one person or thing surpasses another, the first is better than, or has more of a particular quality than, the second. 優于; 超過

?? He was determined to surpass the achievements of his older brothers.

他決心超過他的幾位哥哥的成就。

②V-T If something surpasses expectations, it is much better than it was expected to be. 遠遠超出 (預期)

?? Conrad Black gave an excellent party that surpassed expectations.

康拉德·布萊克辦了一次遠遠超出預期的精彩聚會。

7.tempt

①V-T Something that tempts you attracts you and makes you want it, even though it may be wrong or harmful. 引誘; 吸引

?? Cars like that may tempt drivers to speed.

那樣的汽車可能會引誘司機超速行駛。

?? It is the fresh fruit that tempts me at this time of year.

只有新鮮的水果才會在每年的這個時候吸引我。

②V-T If you tempt someone, you offer them something they want in order to encourage them to do what you want them to do. 誘使

?? ...a million dollar marketing campaign to tempt American tourists back to Britain.

…旨在誘使美國游客回到英國的、耗資一百萬美元的營銷活動。

?? Don't let credit tempt you to buy something you can't afford.

不要讓賒購誘使你去購買你支付不起的東西。

8.tow

If one vehicle tows another, it pulls it along behind it. 拖

?? He had been using the vehicle to tow his work trailer..

他一直用那輛車來拖他的活動工作室。

?? They threatened to tow away my car.

他們威脅說要拖走我的車

9.transition

①N-VAR Transition is the process in which something changes from one state to another. 轉型

?? The transition from a dictatorship to a multi-party democracy is proving to be difficult.

從專政國家到多黨民主國家的轉型證明是很艱難的。

②V-I If someone transitions from one state or activity to another, they move gradually from one to the other. (逐漸地) 轉向

?? Most of the discussion was on what needed to be done now as we transitioned from the security issues to the challenging economic issues.

大多數討論都集中在目前需要做什么，因為我們已從安全問題逐漸轉到具有挑戰性的經濟問題上。

10.underlying

①ADJ The underlying features of an object, event, or situation are not obvious, and it may be difficult to discover or reveal them. 潛在的

?? To stop a problem you have to understand its underlying causes.

要解決問題，你得了解其潛在原因。

②ADJ You describe something as underlying when it is below the surface of something else. 在下面的

?? ...hills with the hard underlying rock poking through the turf.

…從被草覆蓋的地面下突出來的堅硬巖石的山巒。