45. whinge (vi) 【英】【澳】嘀咕;抱怨不止 

                   (n) 嘀咕;抱怨不止

whine (vi) (狗等)發哀鳴聲; (機器等)嘎嘎響;嗖嗖響; 嘀咕,發牢騷[(+about)]

                 (vt) 哀訴;嘀咕著說

                 (n) [C] 哀鳴聲;嗚咽聲; 嘎嘎聲;嗖嗖聲; 哀訴,牢

      whiner (n) (貶) 嘀嘀咕咕地哀訴的人

類　whimper (v  啜泣,抽噎;嗚咽;(狗等)低吠); 抱怨聲）

The dog was whining outside the door.  狗在門外哀鳴

The electric saw whined as it cut the wood.  電鋸在鋸木頭時嘎嘎作響

Some people are always whining about trifles. 

有些人總是為一些雞毛蒜皮的事而不停地發牢騷。

The child whined that he was hungry.  孩子嘀咕著說他餓了

the whines of the dog   狗的哀鳴聲

46. hysterical (a)(1) 歇斯底里的

                            (2) (of feelings, words, etc.) expressed wildly, in an uncontrolled 　　　　　　　manner (情緒、言詞等)狂熱的，不可抑止的；情緒異常激動的

                             (3) infml  extremely funny (非正式) 極可笑的,滑稽的

hysterics (n) 歇斯底里發作;大笑大哭

hysteria (n) (1) [U] 歇斯底里,癔病

                    (2) [U] wild uncontrolled excitement, esp. of a crowd of people

                         (尤指一群人的)狂熱情緒的爆發

News of the victory produced mass hysteria in the streets of the capital.

勝利的消息使得首都街道上爆發出一片狂熱的情緒

They became hysterical after the accident.  事故發生後他們變得歇斯底里

a hysterical statement  情緒激動的聲明

He always has hysterics at the sight of blood. 

一看到血他常會歇斯底里發作

The clown had the children in hysterics.  那個小丑讓孩子們狂笑不止

    hysterical crying/ laughter   大哭/ 狂笑

    You should go and see the film – it’s absolutely hysterical.

    你應該去看那部影片,好笑極了

47. reassure (vt) 使放心,使消除疑慮;向...再保證 [(+of/about)]

assure (vt) (1) 向...保證,擔保[(+of) ]

                          (2) 使確信,使放心[(+of)]

                          (3) (後接oneself)使弄清楚,使確定

The coach's confidence reassured the whole team.

教練的信念使全體隊員又有了信心

I can assure you of the reliability of the information.

我向你保證這消息可靠

The captain of the ship assured the passengers that there was no danger.

船長向乘客保證沒有危險

We assured our clients of an enjoyable holiday.

 我們使遊客確信准能過一個愉快的假期  

   They assured themselves that the bridge was safe before crossing it. 

   他們直到弄清楚那座橋確實安全後才通過

48. demolish (vt) (1) to destroy (esp. a large structure); pull or eear down  毀壞,破壞;拆除(尤指大建築物)

                             (2) 推翻,打敗;駁倒

   demolition (n) [C; U ] 破壞;毀壞; 拆毀

The city was demolished during the war.  這座城市在戰爭中被毀了

He soon demolished Mr Stewart's suggestions.

 他很快就推翻了斯圖爾特先生的建議

We have demolished all her arguments.  我們已經駁倒了她的全部論點

48. incident (n) (1) [C] an event; a happening, esp. one that is unusual (尤指不平常的)事件

                           (2) [C] an event that includes or leads to violence,

                                or   danger,  serous  disagreement  (導致)暴力事件，騷動

   　　           (a) (1) 易發生的;伴隨而來的[F][(+to)]

 　　                   (2) [律】附隨的[(+to)]

incidental (a) [(+to)]　附帶的;伴隨的;非主要的     incidental music 配樂

                        (n) （常用複數）雜項;雜費[P]

incidence (n) [ S (of) ] the rate at which something , esp. something undesirable, happens or exists   （尤指壞事的）發生率；範圍、程度

incidentally (ad) by the way 順便說，順便提一句

an incidental remark  附帶的話

a profit incidental to regular wages  正常工資外的一份紅利

an incidental meeting of a former teacher on a bus 

在公車上與過去一位老師的邂逅

problems incidental to growing up  成長中的煩惱

There's a high incidence of heart disease there.  那個地方心臟病的發病率很高

　 There’s a high incidence of disease/ burglary there. 

那裡存在高發病率/ 高的竊盜發生率

We completed the journey without further incident.

我們順利地完成了那次旅行，未有發生不尋常事件

We had better leave some money to pay for incidentals.

我們最好留些錢付雜費

I must go now.  Incidentally, if you want that book I’ll bring it next time.

我該走了。順便提一句，如果你想要那本書，我下次把它拿來。

The spy scandal caused a diplomatic incident.  這個間諜醜聞引起了外交事件