埋头苦干：work oneself into the ground
使惯于某项工作：work onesef into。。
对。。愤怒：fury over
香槟：champagne
柬埔寨：Cambodia
媒人：matchmaker
佛教：Buddhism
牧师：priest=vicar
新娘：bride
新郎：groom
天气转晴：clear up
煽动：incite
令人兴奋的：uplifting
撞击，侵犯，对。。。不利：impinge
卷尺：tape-measure
仲裁者：arbiter
无形的品质：intangible quality
黄蜂：wasp
装饰品：adornment
固有的，内在的：inherent
顺从：compliance
门槛：threshold
支持：endorse
使某人胆战心惊：strike terror into
侵入，闯入 intrusion
自由自在的：let rip
观点，人，情况等的范围：spectrum political、ethical spectrum
一分为二的：clear-cut
公司的产品质量很好：a company's products are of good quality
陷入法律纠纷：get into the trouble with the law
不法行为：malpractice
诋毁：defame
看上去好像是：come across as
忧郁，压抑：oppress
无可非议的：justifiably
被剥夺：be cheated of
可怜的：abject
卑鄙的：ignoble
客观的，不具人情味的：impersonal
一点一点的：bit by bit
自我：ego
自私自利的：egoistic
卵石：boulder
随着精力的衰退：with the decay of vitality
疲惫感：weariness
死亡：the thought of rest=death
欺骗的：deceitful
借方：debtor
贷方：creditor
有结余：in credit
纠纷：complication
问题与纠纷：problems and complication
对某人不利：sth is loaded against sb
what C is to D,A is to B.
What food is to the body,a book is to the mind.
不起作用，没有影响：It makes no difference that
无籽葡萄干：currant
没有事先通知：without notice
矿产：mineral deposits
钻孔：boring
井架：derrick
英尺：foot
直径：in diameter
滑轮组：block and tackle
地质学家：geologist
圆柱体：cylinder
岩层：strata
喷油井，说话滔滔不绝的人：gusher
雷暴：thunderstorm
暴风雪：blizzard
小尘暴：dust devil
暴风：squall
旋涡：eddy
大约：of the order of
传感器：sensor
指数：reading
气象学家：meteorologist
偏差：deviation
挥发性的：volatile