名词攻击; 袭击，进攻; 威胁，殴打; 侵犯人身

及物动词袭击; 强暴; 使（感官）难受

不及物动词发起攻击; 动武

1. 猛攻;强攻
An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.

e.g. The rebels are poised for a new assault on the government garrisons...
叛军准备好要对政府驻军发起新一轮的猛攻。
e.g. Most US soldiers welcomed the ground assault when the order was finally given.
当命令最终下达的时候，大多数美军士兵都愿意发动地面进攻。

2. （武器）用于战争的，军用的
Assault weapons such as rifles are intended for soldiers to use in battle rather than for purposes such as hunting.

e.g. ...a high-powered assault rifle.
大火力军用步枪

3. 人身攻击；殴打；（身体）侵犯
An assault on a person is a physical attack on them.

e.g. The attack is one of a series of savage sexual assaults on women in the university area...
这次袭击是在大学校园内发生的一系列针对女性的野蛮性侵犯事件中的一起。
e.g. At the police station, I was charged with assault.
在警察局，我被指控殴打他人。

4. 袭击；殴打
To assault someone means to physically attack them.

e.g. The gang assaulted him with iron bars...
这伙人用铁棍殴打他。
e.g. She may have been sexually assaulted by her killer.
她可能遭到过凶手的性侵犯。

5. 严厉抨击;强烈批评
An assault on someone's beliefs is a strong criticism of them.

e.g. He leveled a verbal assault against his Democratic opponents.
他猛烈抨击其民主党对手。

名词平衡; 天平; 平衡力; （酿酒配料的）均衡

及物/不及物动词权衡; （使）平衡; （使）均衡; （使）相抵

及物动词结平（账目）; 使（在某物上）保持平衡; 使（各部分）协调; 用天平称

不及物动词微微摇摆; 倾斜后又复平衡; 动摇; 被补偿

1. （使）保持平衡；（使）平稳
If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.

e.g. I balanced on the ledge...
我在窗台上站稳。
e.g. He balanced a football on his head.
他将一只足球稳稳地顶在头上。

2. 平衡能力
Balance is the ability to remain steady when you are standing up.

e.g. The medicines you are currently taking could be affecting your balance.
你现在服用的药物可能会影响身体的平衡能力。

3. 使（力量、重要性等）相等；使均衡；使持平
If you balance one thing with something different, each of the things has the same strength or importance.

e.g. Balance spicy dishes with mild ones...
做到辛辣菜和清淡菜比重相当。
e.g. The state has got to find some way to balance these two needs...
国家必须找出平衡这两种需求的办法。

名词领地; 领土，版图; 领域，范围; [商]势力范围

1. 领土;领地
Territory is land which is controlled by a particular country or ruler.

e.g. The government denies that any of its territory is under rebel control.
政府否认有领土被反叛分子所控制。
e.g. ...Russian territory.
俄罗斯领土

2. 属地，地区，托管地(指被别国控制的国家或地区)
A territory is a country or region that is controlled by another country.

e.g. They just want to return to their families in the occupied territories...
他们只是想回到在占领区的家人身边。
e.g. He toured some of the disputed territories now under UN control.
他去一些目前由联合国接管的争议地区巡视了一番。

3. (知识)领域;(经验)范围
You can use territory to refer to an area of knowledge or experience.

e.g. Following the futuristic The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood's seventh novel, Cat's Eye, returns to more familiar territory...
写完了具有未来色彩的《女仆的故事》之后，玛格丽特·阿特伍德的第七部小说《猫眼》回归到了人们较熟悉的题材上。
e.g. Reading from a tedious technical brief for hours on end, he would stray into difficult territory.
连续看上几个小时枯燥的技术简报后，他会不自觉地钻起牛角尖来。

4. (动物的)领地，地盘
An animal's territory is an area which it regards as its own and which it defends when other animals try to enter it.

e.g. The territory of a cat only remains fixed for as long as the cat dominates the area.
猫的地盘只在它占据那个地方的时候是固定不变的。

5. (具有一定特点的)地带，地区
Territory is land with a particular character.

e.g. ...mountainous territory.
多山地带
e.g. ...a vast and uninhabited territory.
广阔的无人居住区

6. 是难免的事;是必然的事
If you say that something comes with the territory, you mean that you accept it as a natural result of the situation you are in.

e.g. Doing human rights work is risky business. That comes with the territory...
做人权工作是要冒风险的。这是难免的。
e.g. You can't expect not to have a debate; that's what comes with the territory in a democracy.
不要指望不会发生辩论，那在民主社会已成为必然。

名词公差; 宽容，容忍; 限度; 耐药量，耐药性

1. 宽容;容忍
Tolerance is the quality of allowing other people to say and do as they like, even if you do not agree or approve of it.

e.g. ...his tolerance and understanding of diverse human nature.
他对人性多面性的宽容与理解
e.g. …the acceptance and tolerance of other ways.
对其他方法的接受与宽容

2. 忍耐(力);忍受(力)
Tolerance is the ability to bear something painful or unpleasant.

e.g. There is lowered pain tolerance, lowered resistance to infection.
对疼痛的忍耐力降低了，对感染的抵抗力也减弱了。
e.g. ...a low tolerance of errors.
对错误的低容忍度

3. 耐受性
If someone or something has a tolerance to a substance, they are exposed to it so often that it does not have very much effect on them.

e.g. As with any drug taken in excess, your body can build up a tolerance to it.
和过量服用任何其他药物一样，身体会对它产生耐药性。

名词劫掠后的残迹，破坏的结果，毁坏后的残迹

动词蹂躏; 毁坏( ravage的第三人称单数 ); 劫掠; 抢劫

1. 破坏；蹂躏；毁坏
The ravages of time, war, or the weather are the damaging effects that they have.

e.g. Carol Drinkwater is blessed with a fine bone structure that stands up better to the ravages of time.
卡罗尔·德林克沃特生就一副好身板，经过岁月历练还那么硬朗。
e.g. ...a hi-tech grass pitch that can survive the ravages of a cold, wet climate.
耐寒抗湿的高科技草坪