海灣/巨大的鴻溝/分歧

The Persian Gulf was a major battlefield of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War./They used to be friends but a great gulf has developed between them.

波斯灣為 1980 至 1988 年間兩伊戰爭的一個主要戰場。/他們過去是朋友，但現在兩人之間已產生了極大的分歧。

習慣的

Habitual ways of thinking are hard to change.

習慣性的思考方式很難改變。

停止/終止

Production has come to a halt owing to the lack of raw materials./The government has failed to halt economic decline.

由於缺少原料，生產已陷入停頓。/政府沒能阻止經濟衰退。

筆跡

Is that signature your handwriting?

那個簽名是你的筆跡嗎?

艱苦

Many people are suffering severe financial hardship.

許多人正遭受嚴重的財務困難。

五金器具/電腦硬體

Father deals in hardware.

我父親做五金生意。

和諧

I wish everyone could live together in harmony.

但願大家能和睦融洽地生活在一起。

刺目的/嚴厲的

The harsh light hurt my eyes./His theory met with harsh criticism from colleagues.

那耀眼的光線刺痛了我的眼睛。/他的理論遭到同事們嚴厲的批評。

匆忙

[諺] More haste, less speed.

欲速則不達。

加速/催促

Warm weather and showers hastened the growth of the plants.

溫暖的天氣和陣雨加速了植物的生長。

憎恨

She felt her dislike rapidly deepening to hatred.

她感到她的厭惡正迅速加深為仇恨。

鷹

You have to be hawk-eyed when there are small children about.

周圍有幼兒時要眼光銳利。

直升機

The helicopter hovered over the crowd for a while before it flew away.

直升機在人群上空盤旋一會兒後飛走了。

獸群/牧群/使聚在一起

We saw a herd of elephants./Protesters were surrounded by police and herded on to buses.

我們見到了一大群大象。/示威者被警察包圍，並被趕上公車。

猶豫

Without hesitation, he jumped into the river to save the drowning child.

他毫不猶豫地跳下河去救溺水的孩子。

蜂巢

Can you tell me how many bees there are in the hive?

你能否告訴我這個蜂巢裡有多少蜜蜂?

祖國

I feel like a fish out of water living away from my homeland.

生活在祖國之外的異鄉我覺得很不自在。

蜜月

The newlyweds are to spend their honeymoon in Italy.

新人將在義大利度蜜月。

鉤/鉤住

He hung his coat on the hook behind the door./Hook the bucket onto the rope and lower it down.

他把外套掛在門後的鉤上。/把水桶鉤住繩子再放下去。

地平線/視野

The sun has risen above the horizon./Working outside the home has broadened my horizons.

太陽已從地平線升起。/離家工作使我增廣見聞。

使恐懼

We were horrified by what we saw.

看到的情報把我們嚇壞了。

軟管/水管

There are plenty of fire hoses in the building.

這幢建築物中有許多消防軟管。

家庭/家事

My younger brother is now old enough to share some household chores.

我弟弟已經夠大，能分擔家務事了。

家事

The young couple share housework.

這對年輕夫婦分擔家事。

人類/人道

The bloody murder is a crime against humanity.

這血腥的謀殺是違反人道的犯罪。

濕氣/濕度

The room is kept at 23°C and 50% relative humidity.

房間保持在攝氏 23 度，相對濕度 50%。

颶風

This state was hit by a hurricane and damaged badly.

該州被颶風襲擊並遭嚴重破壞。

使...靜默/寂靜

The mother hushed the crying child./A sudden hush fell over the crowd.

母親使啼哭的孩子安靜下來。/人群突然間安靜下來。

氫

Water contains hydrogen and oxygen.

水含有氫和氧。

完全一樣

The twins are identical in appearance and character.

這對雙胞胎在外貌和個性一模一樣。

身份證明/辨認

We need two pieces of identification to open a bank account./The body was brought to the hospital for identification.

在銀行開戶需要雙證件。/該屍體被送去醫院作身份辨認。

辨認/認同

She identified him as her attacker./I feel unable to identify with the super-thin models in fashion magazines.

她認出他就是襲擊她的人。/我無法認同時尚雜誌中超瘦的模特兒。

慣用語

"To pull one's leg" is an idiom.

「To pull one's leg」（開某人玩笑）是慣用語。

（人）閒散的/空轉的/無所事事

They didn't want to live idle lives./They idled their time away in the pub.

他們不想過閒散的生活。/他們在酒吧裡鬼混。

偶像

The pop singer is the idol of countless teenagers.

這流行樂歌手是無數青少年的偶像。

無知

Please forgive my ignorance.

請原諒我的無知。

一無所知/無知的

Many young people are ignorant about current politics.

許多年輕人對當前的政治一無所知。

（用圖、實例）說明

The teacher illustrated his lesson with pictures.

這位教師用圖片來闡明課文。

插圖/說明

Illustration is often used in teaching children.

兒童教育中常用圖示法。