master
主人,大師
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
錢是好的仆人,但是是壞的主人。
mechanism
機制,原理
The watch made in Switzerland works well all the way, the mechanism seldom going wrong.
瑞士表走的很好,機械裝置很少出錯
mediate
調解,緩解
The foreign mission mediated between the two countries which are at war.
駐外團調解了兩個正開戰的國家。
mess
打亂,弄混
Don't mess with my mind.
別把我的思路搞混了。
minor
小的,次要的
There is no point arguing any further.Why not put aside minor differences to seek common ground on more important matters?
沒有必要繼續爭論下去。為什么不能在重大問題上求同存異?
nationwide
全國范圍的
A nationwide effort must be made to curb pollution.
阻止污染需要全國的努力。
neglect
忽視,忽略
He neglected to write and say “Thank you”.
他忽視了用口頭和筆頭的形式表達感謝。
notify
注意,顯眼
Have the authorities been notified of this?
當政者注意過此事嗎?
objective
客觀的,目的
Now, my sole objective of memorizing English words is to get good marks in the College English Test Band 6.
現在,我背英語單詞的唯一目的就是為了在大學六級英語考試中得高分。
observation
觀察,觀察站
If you are careful enough in your observation, you may notice that there are not a few companies and individuals that engage themselves in handling EMS, who are actually not licensed to do so.
如果你觀察夠仔細,不難發現很多公司和個人都在無照進行快遞業務。
observe
觀察,遵守
I didn't make our children observe the social graces because I don't know enough about them myself to notice the violations.
我并沒有可以讓我的孩子遵守社會禮儀,因為我自己有時也不免違背這些禮儀。
offensive
無禮的,冒犯的,唐突的
Don't glare at wild animal's eyes.That will be taken as an offensive gesture.
不要直視野生動物的眼睛,它們會把這理解為一種冒犯的行為。
ongoing
不間斷的,前進的
Our country faces an ongoing rate of 5% to 10% unemployment.
我們國家面臨著百分之五到百分之十持續不斷上升的失業率。
opposite
相反的
In England you must drive on the opposite side of the road to the rest of Europe.
英國的駕駛位與歐洲其他國家都相反。
optimistic
樂觀的,向上的
She's not optimistic about the outcome.
她對結果并不樂觀。
parade
進場
Some audience began to scream when Italian football team paraded the football field.
當意大利球隊入場時,許多觀眾忍不住歡呼起來。
participant
參加者,出席者
All the participants in the debate had an opportunity to speak.
所有出席人員都有發言機會。
pattern
模式,方法
The illness is not following its usual pattern.
疾病發展反常。