1. gather ['gæðə]vt.&vi.
1) vt. 采集；收集
Please gather some flowers for me. 请为我摘花。
That author is gathering materials for his next book. 那位作者正在为他的下本书收集资料。
2) vi.&vt. 聚集；召集
A crowd gathered to see what had happened. 人们聚集起来，看发生了什么事。
Gather the men together and we’ll start the march. 把人们召集起来，我们要出发了。
2. press [pres]vt.
1) vt. 挤压；榨取
Before cooking, the pastry must be pressed flat and thin. 在烤制之前，面饼要压平、压薄。
To make wine, first you must press the grape. 要酿酒，先把葡萄压碎。
2) vt. 压；挤
Too many people were pressed in the room. 太多的人挤在房间里。
The shoe is pressing my toe. 这个鞋子磨脚。
3) vt. 压平；熨平
He was pressing his jacket. 他在熨衣服。
The girl pressed the flower between the pages of a book. 这个女孩把花压在书页之间。
3. examine [ig'zæmin] vt.
1) vt. 检查；调查；研究
You must examine the facts carefully. 你必须仔细研究事实。
The lawyer examined the witness. 这位律师正在研究证据。
We need to examine how an accident like this can be avoided in the future. 我们要研究如何在将来避免此类事故的发生。
2) vt. 对…进行考查/测验
The teacher examined the students in chemistry. 老师对化学专业的学生进行了考试。
15 students are being examined in linguistics this year. 今年有15名学生要接受语言学考试。
4. bruise [bru:z] vt.&vi.
1) vi.&vt. 碰伤（水果、植物等）；使（皮肉）青肿
Tomatoes bruise easily. 西红柿很容易碎。
She fell and bruised her leg. 她摔倒在地，擦伤了腿。
Pack the apples carefully so that they won’t get bruised. 小心包装苹果，别把它们碰破了。
2) vi.&vt. 挫伤；伤害（感情）
Harsh words bruised her feelings. 严厉的话伤了她的感情。
Her feelings bruise easily. 她太容易伤感。
5. cut away 切除；剪掉
He cut away the old branches from the tree. 她把老枝剪掉。
He cut away the material which he didn’t need. 她把不需要的材料去除。
6. transport [træns'pɔ:t]vt.运送
1) vt. 运输；运送
The goods were transported by air. 空运物品。
A bus transported us from the airport to the city. 一辆公共汽车把我们从机场送到城里。
Trains transport the coal to the ports. 火车把煤运到港口。
2) vt. 使充满（某种感情）；使着迷
She was transported with grief. 她悲伤地变了形（悲伤极了）。
The beautiful music transported the audience. 美丽的音乐让听众着迷。
7. squeeze [skwi:z]vt.&n.
1) vt.&vi. 压榨, 挤压, 塞进
I finally squeezed all my clothes into the suitcase.
2) n. 挤压, 压榨, 勒索
Five people sit in a small car? It will be a tight squeeze. 五个人坐在一辆小车里？这也太挤了吧！
8. give off 散发出
The flowers gave off a sweet fragrance.
The gas gave off an unpleasant smell. 这个气体散发出令人难闻的味道。
9. remove [ri'mu:v]vt.&vi.
1) vt. 去除；消除
The manager’s remarks did little to remove the workers’ fears. 经理的话并没有解除工人们的恐惧。
He removed all evidence of his crime. 他把自己的罪证全部抹掉了。
2) vt. 把……免职；开除
The chief of police was removed from office for failing to do his duty. 警察局长由于渎职被免职了。
The angry man was removed from the courthouse.
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