1、standard
(尤指合格的)水平，水准
The standard of professional cricket has never been lower.
职业板球的水平从来没有这么低过。
There will be new national standards for hospital cleanliness.
有关医院清洁的新国家标准将会出台。
普通的;常规的
It was standard practice for untrained clerks to advise in serious cases such as murder.
让未经过训练的书记员在诸如谋杀等重大案件中提供建议是普遍的做法。
No other executive car can offer you the same level of standard equipment at this price.
再无其他高级轿车能按这个价格水平为你提供同样水准的标准配置。
(用以衡量质量的)标准，基准
systems that were by later standards absurdly primitive.
以后来的标准来衡量显得非常原始的系统

2、encounter
遇到，遭遇（问题、困难）
Every day of our lives we encounter stresses of one kind or another.
我们在每天的生活中会面临这样或那样的压力。
Environmental problems they found in Poland were among the worst they encountered.
他们在波兰发现的环境问题是他们遇到过的最严重的。
偶遇;邂逅
Did you encounter anyone in the building?
你在大楼里遇到谁了么？
Renata wrote him that she had encountered her long-estranged father.
雷娜塔写信告诉他说她碰到了分离多年的父亲。
特殊经历;特殊体验
a sexual encounter.
性体验
his first serious encounter with alcohol.
他第一次正儿八经喝酒的经历