| raise | 举起 | 筹集（资金）；饲养；提出 | raise funds 筹资；raise a question 提出问题 |
| rate | 比率 | 评价；at any rate 无论如何 | rate the film highly 对该片评价很高 |
| read | 阅读 | 解读；写着；读起来 | read between the lines 体会言外之意；the sign reads "closed" 牌子上写着"歇业" |
| rule | 规则 | 裁定；统治 | The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible. 法官裁定证据不可采信 |
| school | 学校 | 学派，流派；鱼群 | the Chicago school of economics 芝加哥经济学派 |
| secure | 安全的 | 获得（动词）；牢固的 | secure a loan 获得贷款；secure a majority 拿下多数 |
| see | 看见 | 确保；处理（see to）；见证 | see to it that the data is backed up 确保数据已备份 |
| serve | 服务 | 服刑；满足需要；上菜 | serve a five-year sentence 服刑五年；serve the needs of users |
| settle | 定居 | 解决；settle for 勉强接受 | settle the dispute 解决争端；settle for second best 勉强接受次优 |
| sound | 声音 | 健全的，合理的 | a sound argument 合理的论证；sound advice 靠谱的建议 |
| spell | 拼写 | 一段时间；招致 | a dry spell 干旱期；spell trouble for the economy 给经济招致麻烦 |
| spring | 春天 | 起源于（spring from）；泉 | problems that spring from overconfidence 源于过度自信的问题 |
| state | 州 | 陈述（动词）；状态 | state the facts 如实陈述；in a state of flux 处于不断变化中 |
| stem | 茎 | 起源于（stem from） | crises stemming from poor regulation 源于监管不力的危机 |
| subject | 主题 | 受试者；使遭受；be subject to 易受……影响 | be subjected to harsh criticism 遭受严厉批评；be subject to change 可能变更 |
| succeed | 成功 | 继承；接任 | succeed his father as chairman 接替父亲任主席 |
| table | 桌子 | 搁置（议案）；表格 | table a motion 搁置动议 |
| tell | 告诉 | 起作用；辨别 | tell right from wrong 辨别是非；experience tells 经验会说明问题 |
| term | 学期 | 术语；条款；in terms of 就……而言 | define the key terms 界定关键术语；in the short term 短期内 |
| understand | 理解 | 获悉；据信 | It is understood that talks have stalled. 据悉谈判已陷入僵局 |
| value | 价值 | 重视（动词）；价值观（复数） | value integrity above profit 更重视诚信而非利润 |
| virtual | 虚拟的 | 实际上的；virtually 几乎 | a virtual certainty 几乎确定的事；virtually impossible 几乎不可能 |
| wage | 工资 | 发起（战争、运动） | wage war on poverty 向贫困开战 |
| weather | 天气 | 渡过（难关） | weather the economic storm 渡过经济风暴 |
| weigh | 称重 | 权衡；认真考虑 | weigh the pros and cons 权衡利弊 |
| while | 当……时 | 尽管（连词）；一段时间（名词） | While the plan is ambitious, it is costly. 计划虽雄心勃勃，代价却不小 |
