1.convict:
(1)（動）宣告有罪.prove or declare guilty after trail
The judge convicted the accused man of theft.
法官宣判被告偷竊。
(2).（名）罪犯a person who has been found guilty and sent to prison
The policeman was chasing a convict who escaped from prison last night.
警方正在追捕一名昨晚自監(jiān)獄脫逃的罪犯。
2.employee: （名）員工a person who works for some person or firm for pay
The large factory has more than 1,000 employees who make cars.
那家工廠大約有一千多員工在制造汽車。
3.envy:（名）羨慕 discontent and ill will at another’s better fortune
Some boys were full of envy when they saw my new bicycle.
一些男孩看到了我的新腳踏車都充滿了羨慕。
4.impose: （動）強加lay or place a tax, burden, or duty on
The judge imposed a fine of $500 on the guilty man.
法官判此罪人罰金五百元。
5.invest: （動）投資use money to buy something that will produce a profit
If I had any money, I would invest it in land.
如果我有錢，我將會投資在土地上。
6.legislate: （名）立法make laws
In the United States the Congress has the power to legislate.
在美國，國會有立法權(quán)。
7.maintain:（動）保持 keep; preserve; continue; support
He maintained a speed of 60 miles an hour on the highway.
在高速公路上，他保持每小時六十公理的速度。
8.petition: （名）請愿a formal request prepared by a number of people
The people signed a petition to stop destruction of the historic buildings.
人民簽署一份請愿意書來禁止對古跡的破壞。
9.reconcile:（動）和解 cause to be friendly again; bring into agreement
They quarreled last week but now they are completely reconciled.
他們上星期起爭執(zhí)，但現(xiàn)在已完全和解了。
10.sensation:
(1)（名）感覺.any feeling coming from the senses
I knew the train had stopped, but I had the sensation that it was moving backwards.
我知道火車已經(jīng)停止，但我感覺它正在往后退。
(2)（名）騷動；大事件.a state of excited interest
The show was a great sensation for several weeks.
這表演是數(shù)星期以來最引起注意的大事件。
12.sociable:（形）好交際的 fond of company; enjoying social life; friendly
The secretary doesn’t sociable; she likes to be left in the office alone.
這秘書看起來不喜歡交際，她喜歡獨自呆在辦公室里。
13.trigger:
(1)（名）（槍的）扳機.the part of a gun that you press in order to fire it
He kept his finger on the trigger.
他的手指一直扣著扳機。
(2)（尤指不好事件的）起因；誘因.something that is the cause of a particular reaction or development, especially a bad one
The trigger of the strike was the closure of yet another factory.
觸發(fā)這次罷工的原因是另一家工廠的關(guān)閉。
(3)（動）發(fā)動；引起；觸發(fā).to make something happen suddenly
Nuts can trigger off a violent allergic reaction.
堅果可以引起嚴重的過敏反應(yīng)。