or so 大約, 左右, 將近

　　e.g.He is twenty years old or so.

　　The temple dates back as far as two hundred years ago or so.

　　semiofficial adj.半官方的

　　seminatural adj.半自然的

　　semimonthly

　　semimilitary

　　semiglobe

　　conduct v.處理; 經(jīng)營;引導(dǎo);實(shí)施

　　e.g.My aunt conducts her business very successfully.我的嬸嬸把企業(yè)經(jīng)營得很成功。

　　It is a good idea to conduct the lecture in English.

　　The agency is to conduct both domestic and foreign affairs for government.

　　這代理處為政府處理國內(nèi)外事務(wù)。

　　My brother is in the lab conducting an experiment. 我哥哥在實(shí)驗(yàn)室做實(shí)驗(yàn)。

　　How long do you need to conduct your private affair? 你需要多長時(shí)間處理私事?

　　status n.身份, 地位, 情形, 狀況

　　social status社會(huì)地位

　　status quo現(xiàn)狀, 維持現(xiàn)狀

　　Her status is that of a guest.她是客人身份

　　His known status is a teacher. 他的公開身份是教師。

　　potential adj.潛在的, 可能的, 勢(shì)的, 位的

　　n.潛能, 潛力

　　a potential problem.潛在的問題

　　e.g.Every seed is a potential plant. 每粒種子都可能長成植物。

　　He hasn’t realized his full potential yet. 她還沒有完全意識(shí)到自己的潛能。

　　I believe he has the potential to make a good dancer.

　　我相信他有可以成為一個(gè)舞蹈家的潛能。

　　cover涵蓋，包括;處理;對(duì)待：

　　e.g.His studies covered a wide field.他的知識(shí)淵博。

　　Lies cannot cover up facts.謊言掩蓋不住事實(shí)。

　　The book covers the feminist movement.這本書探討女權(quán)主義運(yùn)動(dòng)

　　This is the balance to cover the check.

　　這是準(zhǔn)備用來交付支票的存款余額。