1. immense /??m?ns/ ADJ If you describe something as immense, you mean that it is extremely large or great. 巨大的，極大的 e.g. If it had hit the Earth, it would have made a crater 100 miles across and thrown up an immense cloud of dust. 2. anomaly /??n?m?l?/ N-COUNT If something is an anomaly, it is different from what is usual or expected. 反常的事物 e.g. The space shuttle had stopped transmitting data, a very serious anomaly for the mission. 3. blackmail /?bl?k?me?l/ N-UNCOUNT Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money. 敲詐 e.g. It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail. 4. filter /?f?lt?/ V-I If light or sound filters into a place, it comes in weakly or slowly, either through a partly covered opening, or from a long distance away. (光、聲) 透入 e.g. Light filtered into my kitchen through the soft, green shade of the honey locust tree. 光線透過皂莢樹柔和的綠蔭照進了我的廚房 5. coffin /?k?f?n/ N-COUNT A coffin is a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated. 棺材 e.g. The body was sealed in a lead coffin 6. pitch /p?t?/ n. A pitch is an area of ground that is marked out and used for playing a game such as football, cricket, or hockey. 比賽場地 e.g. a football pitch 7. tribulation /?tr?bj??le???n/ N. You can refer to the suffering or difficulty that you experience in a particular situation as tribulations. 苦難; 艱難 e.g. the trials and tribulations of everyday life. 日常生活的磨練與艱難。 8. elation /??le???n/ N-UNCOUNT Elation is a feeling of great happiness and excitement about something that has happened. 興高采烈 e.g. His supporters have reacted to the news with elation. 他的支持者們聽到這個消息后興高采烈。 9. necessitate /n??s?s??te?t/ V-T If something necessitates an event, action, or situation, it makes it necessary. 使成為必需 e.g. A prolonged drought had necessitated the introduction of water rationing. 一場持續(xù)的干旱使定量供水的引進成為必需。