maternal?

?/m?'t??n(?)l/ adj 1. 母親的，母親般的 maternal instincts 母親的天性

2. [ 用在名詞前 ] 母方的，母系的 his maternal grandmother 他的外祖母–maternally adv

fraternal?

/fr?'t??n(?)l/ adj 1. 兄弟的 , 兄弟般的 2. 友善的，親如手足的 a fraternal greeting 親切的問候–fraternally adv

deprived?

?/d?'pra?vd/ adj 貧困的

a deprived childhood 貧困的童年

deprive?

/d?'pra?v/ vt [ 常用被動 ] 剝奪；免去；使喪失 deprive him of his property 剝奪他的財產(chǎn)?

A lot of these children have been deprived of a normal home life. 許多這樣的孩子被剝奪了正常的家庭生活。

embellish?

/?m'bel??/ vt 1. 裝飾，美化 have the blank wall embellished 裝飾空白的墻壁 2. 給…增添細(xì)節(jié)；潤色… embellish a speech with some humor 給演說增添一些幽默–embellishment n [C,U]

ember?

em?ber

/'emb??/ n [C ，常用復(fù) ] 余燼

prose?

/pr??z/ n 1. [U] 散文 Most modern plays are in prose. 大部分的現(xiàn)代戲劇是用散文寫成的。

2. [C] ( 學(xué)生的 ) 外語翻譯練習(xí) I've got two English proses to do. 我有兩篇英文翻譯練習(xí)要做。

conform?

?/k?n'f??m/ vi 1. 遵照；適應(yīng) You must conform to the rules or leave the school. 你必須遵守規(guī)則，要不然你就退學(xué)。 conform to local customs 入鄉(xiāng)隨俗 2. 相似；一致，符合 The design conforms with( 或 to) the regulations. 這個設(shè)計符合規(guī)定。?

This piece of equipment does not conform to ( 或 with) the official safety standards. 這件設(shè)備不合乎官方規(guī)定的安全標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。–conformer n [C] –conformance n [U]