8863.eccentric(形)古怪的、反常的
同義詞peculiar
My neighbor is an eccentric young man.
我的鄰居是個古怪的年輕人。

8864.ecology(名)生態、環境
不可數
Protecting the grassland ecology is an important link in preserving a complete and orderly chain of ecology on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
保護好草原生態，是維持青藏高原生態鏈完整有序的重要一環。

8865.economy(名)經濟；節約
不可數
The employees of the firm practiced economy when doing jobs．
該公司的雇員做任何工作都厲行節約。

8866.edge(名)優勢、優越條件
The edge was with Mr.Edwards.
優勢在愛德華茲先生那邊。

8867.edible(形)可食的、食用的
Are those apples edible or are they poisonous?
這些蘋果能吃嗎，有毒沒有？

8868.edifice(名)大廈；雄偉建筑物
There is a huge Victorian edifice in the area.
該地區有一棟雄偉的維多利亞式建筑。

8869.editorial(名)社論
The editorial was a trail balloon to test the public's reaction to tax reducing．
這篇社論是要試探公眾對于減稅的反應。

8870.effect(名)效果、效力、作用、影響
同義詞influence
Punishment had very little effect on him．
懲罰對他沒有什么效果。

8871.egalitarian(形)平等主義的
It's an egalitarian society.
這是一個崇尚平等主義的社會。

8872.egotistical(形)自我本位的、自負的
It is porasible that Rodin meant The Tinker to be a self portrait,because he was an egotistical person．
<思想者>可能就是羅丹的自畫像，因為他很自負。

8873.egregious(形)非常的；震驚的；極壞的
Do you know any egregious celebrities?
你知道任何惡名昭彰的名人嗎？

8874.elaborate(形)精心制作的；詳盡的
They made elaborate costumes for the play.
他們為這出戲精心制作戲服。

8875.elastic(名)橡皮圈、松緊帶
It snapped back like a piece of elastic．
它像條橡皮筋一樣迅速彈回。

8876.elbow(名)肘部
When you bend your elbow,you contract the muscles of the arm．
你屈肘時，手臂的肌肉會收縮。

8877.election(名)選舉、當選
When the election results were made known,the Secretary of the Democratic Party acknowledged that they had been defeated.
大選結果公布后，民主黨的書記官承認他們已被擊敗了。

8878.electrolyte(名)電解質、電解液
Chemical change, especially decomposition, produced electrolyte by an electric current.
電解質是指電流在分解時所產生的化學變化。

8879.elegant(形)雅致的、優美的、漂亮的
同義詞tasteful
Jane feels she can never compete with these elegant but snobbish people．
珍認為她永遠無法和這些高雅卻勢利的人競爭。

8880.eliminate(動)淘汰
Our team was eliminated from the competition in the second round．
我們這隊在第二輪比賽中被淘汰了。

8881.eloquent(形)雄辯的、有說服力的
He addressed the audience in an eloquent speech.
他向聽眾發表了有說服力的演說。

8882.embark(動)上船、上飛機
We will embark at Southampton, and disembark in New York a week later.
我們將在南安普敦上船，一星期后會在紐約下船。

8883.embed(動)埋置；使……深留記憶中
That terrible day will be embedded in the children's memory.
那可怕的一天將源深印在孩子們的記憶中。

8884.embrace(動)抓住機會；欣然接受提議等
He embraced my offer to employ David.
他接受我的建議雇用了大衛。

8885.emerge(動)暴露；浮現、出現
同義詞appear
Advanced figures are emerging in multitude in our era.
在我們這個時代思想前衛的人物正大量地涌現出來。

8886.empire(名)大企業；帝國
He started off with one small factory,and now he's the head of an oil empire.
他開始只經營一家小工廠，如今已成為一家石油大企業的經營者。

8887.empirical(形)經驗主義的
The empirical skeptic appropriately responds:how do you know?
經驗主義的懷疑者可以做適當的反應：你是如何知道的？

8888.employment(名)活動；工作
不可數
She found knitting a sweater a good employment in her idle hours.
她發現編織毛衣是消遣時間的好方法。

8889.emulate(動)同……竟爭、盡力趕上
You must work hard to emulate your brothe's achievement.
你努力工作才能趕上哥哥的成就。

8890.enclosure(名)圈地、圍場
There's a special enclosure when you can look at the horses before the race starts.
這里有一處特別的圍場，在比賽前你可以先看看馬兒。

8891.encroachment(名)侵入、侵占；侵蝕
I resent all these encroachments on my valuable time．
我不滿所有占用我寶貴時間的行為。

8892.endangered(形)快絕種的
This is the home of the critically endangered snow leopards.
這里是瀕臨滅絕的雪豹棲息地。