1.clumsy
a.笨拙的，愚笨的
例句：My clumsy answer hurt her feelings.
我笨拙的回答伤害了她的感情。
同义词：stupid
词组：clumsy bird 笨鸟
2.gamble
①n./v. 投机，(使)冒险
例句：They are not prepared to gamble their careers on this matter.
他们不愿意把自己的事业押在这件事上。
②n./v. 赌博
例句：Most people visit Las Vegas to gamble their hard-earned money.
大多数人拿着辛苦挣来的钱去拉斯维加斯赌博。
同义词：adventure hazard risk
词组：gamble away 赌光
3.trademark
n.商标
例句：The trademark is registered on the book of the Patent Office.
该商标已在专利局登记注册。
词组：famous trademark 驰名商标
4.snap
①n./v.折断
例句：He shifted his weight and a twig snapped...
他挪了一下身体的重心，一根树枝咔嚓一声断了。
②n./v.崩溃
例句：He finally snapped when she prevented
their children from visiting him one weekend...
当她不准孩子们在某个周末去看他的时候，他终于控制不住自己了。
③n./v.呵斥
例句：'Of course I don't know her,' Roger
snapped...
罗杰恶声恶气地说：“我当然不认识她。”
词组：in a snap 立刻
5.bureaucracy
n.官僚政治，官僚作风，官僚机构
例句：People usually complain about having to deal with too much bureaucracy.
人们经常抱怨不得不应付太多的繁文缛节。
词组：bureaucracy reform官制改革
6.dumb
adj.哑的，无言的
例句：...a young deaf and dumb man.
年轻的聋哑男子
词组：deaf and dumb 又聋又哑
7.mute
①adj.哑的
例句：Marianna, the duke's daughter, became mute after a shock.
公爵的女儿玛丽安娜在遭受了一次电击后失声了。
②adj.缄默的
例句：He was mute, distant, and indifferent...
他一句话也不说，显得疏远而冷漠。
③n.哑巴
④n.弱音器
⑤vt.减弱，减轻
例句：The corruption does not seem to have
muted the country's prolonged economic boom.
腐败似乎没有影响国家经济的持续繁荣。
8.obstruct
vt.阻塞，阻碍，妨碍
例句：Tractors and container lorries have completely obstructed the road.
拖拉机和集装箱货车已经将这条路完全堵死了。
词组：phychologist obstruct 心理障碍
9.hinder
①v.(from)阻止，妨碍
例句：Does the fact that your players are
part-timers help or hinder you?...
队员们都是兼职的，这对你有利还是不利？
②v.打扰
例句：Don't hinder me in my work.
不要妨碍我的工作.
词组：hinder development 阻碍发展
10.hamper
vt.妨碍，阻碍
例句：The bad weather hampered rescue operations...
恶劣的天气阻碍了救援工作的进行。
11.obstacle
n.障碍，妨碍，干扰
例句：To succeed, you must learn to overcome obstacles.
必须学会克服困难才能成功。
12.handicap
①vt.妨碍，使不利
例句：Greater levels of stress may seriously handicap some students...
压力的加重可能会给一些学生带来严重的负面影响。
②n.(身体或智力方面的)缺陷
例句：He lost his leg when he was ten, but
learnt to overcome his handicap.
他10岁时失去了一条腿，但他学会了克服自己的残疾。
③n.障碍，不利条件
例句：Being a foreigner was not a handicap.
身为外国人并不是一个障碍。
13.outburst
n.(火山、感情等)爆发
例句：...an outburst of anger.
勃然大怒
14.explosion
n.爆炸
例句：After the second explosion, all of London's main train and subway stations were shut down...
第二次爆炸后，伦敦所有的主要火车站和地铁站都关闭了。
15.halt
①n.止步,停步
例句：They halted at a short distance from the house...
他们在离房子不远处停了下来。
②v.(使)停止，(使)中断
例句：He criticised the government for failing to halt economic decline.
他批评政府未能遏止经济下滑。
词组：call a halt 命令停止
16.chop
①v.砍，剁
例句：Chop the butter into small pieces...
把黄油切成小片。
②v.切碎
③v.削减
④n.排骨，肉块
例句：...grilled lamb chops.
烤羊排
⑤n.砍，剁
词组：chop logic 强词夺理，诡辩
17.encompass
vt.包围，环绕
例句：The map shows the rest of the western region, encompassing nine states.
地图上显示了西部地区的其他部分，包括9个州。
词组：encompass partner 第三方合作伙伴
18.scrutiny
n.详细检查，细看
例句：His private life came under media scrutiny...
他的私生活受到媒体的密切关注。
词组：narrow scrutiny 细审