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offense
n.犯規，違法行為；冒犯，得罪
Guangdong province has promised a reward of up to 300, 000 yuan ($36, 000) to drug offense informers if they provide important information on drug trafficking.
廣東省承諾，如果毒品犯罪舉報人能提供毒品走私的重要情報， 他們就可以得到多達30萬元（36000美元）的賞金。
It's an offense to drive a car at night without lights.
夜晚行車不開燈是違章的。
Genocide is an offense to all civilized human beings.
種族滅絕是對所有文明人的侵犯行為。
penalty
n.處罰，懲罰，罰金
A football player may be given a yellow card or a red card penalty for his unnecessary roughness during the match.
足球隊員在比賽中會因不必要的粗暴行為 受到黃牌或紅牌處罰。
reference
n.提到，論及； 參考，查閱；引文，參考書目； 證明書（或人），推薦信（或人）
We are now forwarding you a catalog for your reference.
現寄去我方產品目錄以供參考。
I asked for a reference letter from IBM Company when I resigned.
我從IBM辭職的時候向公司索取了推薦信。
resource
n.（pl. ）資源，財力； 應付方法，謀略
The Department of Human Resources is an important department in many big companies.
人力資源部是許多大公司的一個重要部門。
Zhuge Liang was a man of great resource.
諸葛亮是個足智多謀的人。
scan
vt.細看，審視； 瀏覽； 掃描 n. 掃描
Many people like to scan the newspaper while having breakfast.
許多人喜歡在吃早飯的時候瀏覽一下報紙。
Migrating wild geese scan the ground for possible danger before they land.
遷徙野鵝在著陸之前總要細看有無危險。
sheer
a.完全的，十足的；陡峭的，垂直的；極薄的，透明的 ad. 垂直地，陡峭地 v. （off）急轉向，偏離
Success is not achieved by sheer luck.
成功不是完全靠運氣取得的。
"Mentholatum" sheer color lip balm was a new product loved by young girls.
“曼秀雷敦”薄色潤唇膏是新推出的產品， 受到女孩子們的喜愛。
succession
n.連續；繼任； 一連串，一系列
The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch, lighted on Mount Olympus by the sun's rays and carried by a succession of runners to the stadium.
奧運會以火炬到達體育場為開始。火炬在奧林匹斯山上用太陽光點燃，并由一個接一個的選手送到體育場。
tolerance
n.寬容，容忍；忍耐（力）
Turn the volume down, please. My tolerance to noise is limited.
請把音量關小，我對噪音的忍耐力是有限的。
Tolerance between nations in the world is a global goal.
世界各民族間的互相寬容是全球的目標。
tremendous
a.巨大的，極大的；精彩的，了不起的
Some pop fans had a tremendous night at the theater last night with Jay's concert.
昨天晚上一些流行歌迷在劇院聽周杰倫的音樂會，度過了一個美妙的夜晚。
Like the other parts of China, Dalian has also made tremendous progress in its social and economic development.
與中國其他地方一樣，大連在社會經濟發展方面也取得了巨大的進步。
trend
n.趨向，趨勢，傾向；時新款式，時尚
The growth in the American population in the 1950s partly derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families.
20世紀50年代美國人口的增長部分 是因為早婚的傾向以及家庭平均規模的擴大。
SOHO has become a new international trend.
在家辦公已成為一種國際新時尚。
unexpected
a.想不到的，意外的
Noise can have unexpected harmful effects on performance in certain kinds of tasks.
噪音對某些任務的完成會有意想不到的不利影響。
Many unexpected things would happen in one's life.
人的一生當中會發生很多意想不到的事。
virtually
ad.實際上，事實上；基本上，幾乎
Some manufacturers make all sorts of promises, but it virtually means nothing.
有些生產商許下各種各樣的諾言，但事實上卻啥也不做。
If we travelled by Concorde, New York and Paris were virtually neighbours.
如果搭乘協和式飛機旅行，紐約和巴黎幾乎是鄰居。
