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. 责备; 指责
• She is quick to reproach anyone who doesn't live up to her own high standards.
她动不动就指责达不到她高标准的人。
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. 责备; 指责
• He looked at her with reproach.
他用责备的目光看着她。
③V-T If you reproach yourself, you think with regret about something you have done wrong. 责备 (自己)
• You've no reason to reproach yourself, no reason to feel shame.
你没有理由责备自己，也没有理由感到羞愧。
2.sensational
①ADJ A sensational result, event, or situation is so remarkable that it causes great excitement and interest. 戏剧性的; 轰动性的
• The world champions suffered a sensational defeat.
世界冠军们遭到一次戏剧性的失败
②ADV 戏剧性地; 轰动性地
• The rape trial was sensationally halted yesterday.
强奸案审判昨天戏剧性地被中断了。
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. 耸人听闻的; 哗众取宠的
• ...sensational tabloid newspaper reports.
…耸人听闻的小报报道。
④ADJ You can describe something as sensational when you think that it is extremely good. 极好的
• Her voice is sensational.
她的嗓音极为动听。
⑤ADV 极好地
• ...sensationally good food.
…绝佳美食。
3.simulate
①V-T If you simulate an action or a feeling, you pretend that you are doing it or feeling it. 假装
• They rolled about on the Gilligan Road, simulating a bloodthirsty fight.
他们在吉利根路上打滚，模拟一场血腥的战斗。
②V-T If you simulate a set of conditions, you create them artificially, for example, in order to conduct an experiment. 模拟
• The scientist developed one model to simulate a full year of the globe's climate.
这位科学家研制出一个模型，能模拟全年地球的气候。
4.spacious
ADJ A spacious room or other place is large in size or area, so that you can move around freely in it. 宽敞的
• The house has a spacious kitchen and dining area.
这座住宅有一个宽敞的厨房和用餐区。
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.
华盛顿互惠银行金融服务公司是华盛顿互惠银行的子公司。
②ADJ If something is subsidiary, it is less important than something else with which it is connected. 辅助的
• The marketing department has always played a subsidiary role to the sales department.
营销部一直都扮演着销售部的辅助角色。
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. 优于; 超过
• He was determined to surpass the achievements of his older brothers.
他决心超过他的几位哥哥的成就。
②V-T If something surpasses expectations, it is much better than it was expected to be. 远远超出 (预期)
• Conrad Black gave an excellent party that surpassed expectations.
康拉德·布莱克办了一次远远超出预期的精彩聚会。
7.tempt
①V-T Something that tempts you attracts you and makes you want it, even though it may be wrong or harmful. 引诱; 吸引
• Cars like that may tempt drivers to speed.
那样的汽车可能会引诱司机超速行驶。
• It is the fresh fruit that tempts me at this time of year.
只有新鲜的水果才会在每年的这个时候吸引我。
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. 诱使
• ...a million dollar marketing campaign to tempt American tourists back to Britain.
…旨在诱使美国游客回到英国的、耗资一百万美元的营销活动。
• Don't let credit tempt you to buy something you can't afford.
不要让赊购诱使你去购买你支付不起的东西。
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..
他一直用那辆车来拖他的活动工作室。
• They threatened to tow away my car.
他们威胁说要拖走我的车
9.transition
①N-VAR Transition is the process in which something changes from one state to another. 转型
• The transition from a dictatorship to a multi-party democracy is proving to be difficult.
从专政国家到多党民主国家的转型证明是很艰难的。
②V-I If someone transitions from one state or activity to another, they move gradually from one to the other. (逐渐地) 转向
• Most of the discussion was on what needed to be done now as we transitioned from the security issues to the challenging economic issues.
大多数讨论都集中在目前需要做什么，因为我们已从安全问题逐渐转到具有挑战性的经济问题上。
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. 潜在的
• To stop a problem you have to understand its underlying causes.
要解决问题，你得了解其潜在原因。
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.
…从被草覆盖的地面下突出来的坚硬岩石的山峦。