1. contrive
vt. 策划;设计，发明;创造;设法做到;
vi. 计划或谋划;
[例句]The oil companies were accused of contriving a shortage of gasoline to justify price increases.
石油公司被控故意制造石油短缺以名正言顺地提高油价。
2. controversy
n. 论战;公开辩论;
[例句]The proposed cuts have caused considerable controversy.
削减开支的提议引起了诸多争议。
3. convention
n. 会议;全体与会者;国际公约;惯例，习俗，规矩;
[例句]It's just a social convention that men don't wear skirts.
男人不穿裙子只是一种社会习俗。
4. convert
vt. (使)转变;使皈依;兑换，换算;侵占;
vi. 经过转变;被改变;[橄榄球]触地得分后得附加分;
n. 皈依者;改变宗教信仰者;
[例句]The signal will be converted into digital code.
信号会被转变为数字代码。
5. convey
vt. 表达;传达，传递;运送，输送;[法]让与，转让(财产等);
[例句]When I returned home, I tried to convey the wonder of this machine to my husband.
回到家后，我竭力地想把这台机器的精妙之处描述给丈夫听。
6. convict
vt. 宣判有罪;证明…有罪;使知罪;定…的罪;
n. 罪犯;
[例句]In 1977 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
1977年，他被判谋杀罪名成立，判处终身监禁。
7. coordinate
vt. 使协调，使调和;整合;使(身体各部份)动作协调;(衣服、布料等)搭配;
vi. 协调;协同;成为同等;被归入同一类别;
adj. 同等的;[语法学]并列的;同等级的;带有同等性质的;
[例句]We coordinate the reports from the overseas divisions, and send them on to headquarters in Athens.
我们整理了海外各部门的报告然后再将其转发给雅典的总部。
8. cordial
adj. 热诚的;诚恳的;兴奋的;
n. 补品;兴奋剂;甘露酒;
[例句]He had never known him to be so chatty and cordial.
他从没见过他如此健谈，如此友善。
9. correspond
vi. 相应;通信;符合，一致;
[例句]Racegoers will be given a number which will correspond to a horse running in a race.
观看赛马比赛的观众将获得一个与某一匹赛马相对应的号码。
10. correspondent
n. 通讯员，记者;通信者;
[例句]Our British Affairs correspondent reports on how the three contenders reacted to the news of the resignation.
我们的“英国国内事务”记者报道了3名竞争者对辞职消息的反应。
11. corrode
vt. 使腐蚀，侵蚀;
[例句]He has devised a process for making gold wires which neither corrode nor oxidise.
他设计了一种能够避免腐蚀或氧化的金丝制作流程。
12. corrupt
adj. 堕落的，道德败坏的;贪污的，腐败的;腐烂的;(文献等)错误百出的;
vt. 使腐败;使堕落;使腐烂;
vi. 腐化;堕落;腐烂;
[例句]He had accused three opposition members of corrupt practices.
他指控3名反对派成员营私舞弊。
13. count
n. 总数;数数;罪状;论点;
v. 数数;计算总数;把…算入;重要;
[例句]He was counting slowly under his breath.
他轻声地慢慢数着数。
14. course
n. 课程;航线;行动方向;一道菜;
vt. 快速地流动;奔流;跑过;追逐;
vi. 沿…(方向)前进;指引航线;快跑;迅速移动;
[例句]Aircraft can avoid each other by going up and down, as well as by altering course to left or right.
飞机可以通过上下升降和左右移动改变航线来避免相撞。
15. courtesy
n. 承蒙;谦恭有礼，礼貌，请安;有礼貌的举止[言词];
adj. 殷勤的;出于礼节的;
[例句]He did not even have the courtesy to reply to my fax.
他连回复我传真的这点儿礼貌都没有。
