1、collide

a、碰撞;相撞;撞上

Two trains collided head-on in north-eastern Germany early this morning...今天早上德國東北部兩列火車迎面相撞。

Racing up the stairs, he almost collided with Daisy.

他飛奔上樓，差點撞到黛西。

b、(目標、意見等)沖突，抵觸

The aims of the negotiators in New York again seem likely to collide with the aims of the warriors in the field.

看來，紐約談判人員的目標可能會再次與戰場上勇士們的目標發生沖突。

In the next two years, Nasser regularly collided with the different Western powers, who refused to arm him.

隨后的兩年里，納賽爾不斷與拒絕為他提供武器裝備的幾個西方大國發生沖突。

2、horrific

a、（攻擊、事故、傷勢等）令人震驚的，極其可怕的，十分嚴重的

I have never seen such horrific injuries.

我從來沒有見過如此嚴重的傷勢。

The slaughter was horrific.

屠殺令人震驚。

b、大得令人厭惡的

piling up horrific extra amounts of money on top of your original debt.

在你原來債務的基礎上又高筑債臺

3、build up

a、（使）積聚；（使）逐漸增加

The regime built up the largest army in Africa.

該政權逐漸建立起一支非洲規模最大的軍隊。

The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years.

在過去的17年中，收藏的規模不斷擴大。

b、增強…的體質；建立…的信心

Build her up with kindness and a sympathetic ear.

用友善和富有同情心的傾聽來重拾她的信心。

Dr. Johnson and I have been trying to build him up physically.

約翰遜醫生和我一直試圖增強他的體質。