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。