n.欺骗，欺诈；诡计；谎言
Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
They have been involved in a campaign of deceit.
他们参与了一系列的欺骗活动。

adv.故意地，审慎地，蓄意；有意地，有意识地，存心；从容不迫地；考虑，深思熟虑地，细致周到

n.麻痹，瘫痪；中风；无能，无气力
复数：paralyses；

n.（绳子的）股，绞；海滨，河岸；（思想等的）一个组成部分
vt.使滞留，使搁浅；使陷于困境
vi.搁浅；陷入困境

She tried to blow a gray strand of hair from her eyes.
她竭力想把眼前的一缕白发吹开。
...high fences, topped by strands of barbed-wire...
顶部装有一束束带刺铁丝的高围栏
He began to feed in the spaghetti, carefully separating the strands.
他开始放入意大利面，小心翼翼地将面一缕缕分开。

n. 远征；探险队；迅速

In ancient times, the world must have seemed pretty arbitrary.

n. 征收；强加；欺骗；不公平的负担

vt. 折磨；拷问；歪曲
n. 折磨；拷问；歪曲

It is not always the case that corruption causes losses to occur, and this therefore makes the financial sanctions(n. 制裁；处罚（sanction的复数）；制发) applied somewhat arbitrary.

rendition
演奏；翻译；给予；引渡逃奴

adj.巨大的；庞大的；极恶的；凶暴的

adj.易于……的；俯卧的；有……倾向的；倾斜的，坡陡的

Indonesia is on the "Ring of Fire," an arc of fault lines circling the Pacific Basin that is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

n.大灾难；惨败；悲剧的结局；地表突然而猛烈的变动，灾变
复数：catastrophes；
: What is the origin of the prediction that the world will end in 2012? A: The story started with claims that Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is headed toward Earth. This catastrophe was initially predicted for May 2003, but when nothing happened the doomsday date was moved forward to December 2012 and linked to the end of one of the cycles in the ancient Mayan calendar at the winter solstice in 2012 -- hence the predicted doomsday date of December 21, 2012.