<p class="ql-block">453. a pointed post that is pushed into the ground in order to support sth (also v.); money investing in a business or risking on the result of sth (also v.); (plural) the reward for the person who wins or succeeds in sth (5)</p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:15px;">【类】interest, venture, hazard, bet, wager</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:15px;">【联】携带/取/拿/运送<制造··湖··烤</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:15px;">【记】错误/失误</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:15px;">【记】股东/利益相关者<持有者/支撑物(支架)</span></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">454. the continuous watching of a building or area, especially by the police for evidence of criminal activity (8)</p><p class="ql-block">【类】<span style="font-size:15px;">surveillance, observation, monitoring,</span></p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:15px;">lookout</span></p><p class="ql-block">【联】外卖(店/食品)</p><p class="ql-block">【记】桩/股份/賭注/奖金/打赌</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">455. (plural) a set of steps inside <span style="font-size:18px;">a building</span> which lead from one level to another; one of the steps (5)</p><p class="ql-block">【类】ladder</p><p class="ql-block">【联】污点/玷污<span style="font-size:15px;"><窗帘··山</span> + 空气</p><p class="ql-block">【记】(在/向)楼上··(在/向)楼下</p><p class="ql-block">【记】牛郎(牵牛)星</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">456. a dirty mark on sth; to leave a mark on sth; a chemical liquid for changing the colour of sth; sth that damages sb's reputation (5)</p><p class="ql-block">【类】dirt, filth, grime, blot, smear</p><p class="ql-block">【联】<span style="font-size:15px;">窗··山··维持/保养··船长··扣留··包含</span></p><p class="ql-block">【记】弃权/节制<span style="font-size:18px;">··</span>维持/保持/支撑</p> <p class="ql-block">453. stake [steɪk]</p><p class="ql-block">【联】take<make··lake··bake</p><p class="ql-block">【记】mistake</p><p class="ql-block">【记】stakeholder<holder</p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:15px;">【例】His arms were tied to wooden stakes to hold him flat. He was burned at the stake for heresy. How much was the stake? …a 20% stake in the business… The family honour is at stake. People don't just knock one another off like this unless there's big money at stake. </span></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">454. stakeout [ˈsteɪkaʊt]</p><p class="ql-block">【联】takeout</p><p class="ql-block">【记】stake </p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:15px;">【例】It's day 11 of the Edward Snowden's stakeout. The film star has been the victim of a media stakeout due to a recent scandal in her private life. </span></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">455. stair [ster]</p><p class="ql-block">【联】stain<curtain··mountain + air</p><p class="ql-block">【记】upstairs··downstairs</p><p class="ql-block">【记】Altair</p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:15px;">【例】She took the stairs at a run. I heard his heavy tread on the stairs. I fell and landed heavily at the bottom of the stairs. She ran into the hall and up the stairs. How many stairs are there up to the second floor?</span></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">456. stain [steɪn]</p><p class="ql-block">【联】curtain··mountain··maintain··</p><p class="ql-block">captain··detain··contain</p><p class="ql-block">【记】abstain··sustain</p><p class="ql-block"><span style="font-size:15px;">【例】How can I get this stain out? This detergent is good for getting stains out. It will remain an indelible stain on his memory. Darker colours are more practical and don't show stains. The events had stained the city's reputation unfairly.</span></p>