粗枝大葉的丈夫，常令妻子不安；細心體貼的丈夫，則讓妻子感到溫暖。生澀粗嘎的音樂，常令人心神難寧；細緻典雅的音樂，則令人陶醉。英文作文完全一樣，細膩貼切的文筆立刻為作品帶來令人樂於細細品味的質感。
涵蓋範圍很廣的 | wide-ranging 例：The plague, which covers a wide area, has killed 220 people. The wide-ranging plague has caused 220 fatalities. |
全國的 | nation-wide 例：These contests are conducted throughout the whole country, and many people are participating. These nation-wide contests have drawn numerous participants. |
解決麻煩的 | trouble-shooting 例：He always knows how to solve problems. He is good at trouble-shooting . ( 或 He is a good trouble-shooter.) |
破紀錄的 | record-breaking 例：His speed has broken the record. It only took him three minutes to complete the event. His record-breaking speed was three minutes. |
高調的 | high-profile 例：Her high position in the government draws a lot of public attention. She has a high-profile government position. |
低調的 | low-profile 例： In order to protect yourself, try not to draw too much attention to yourself. Keeping your actions low-profile is a good idea. |
職位高的 | high-ranking 例： He has a very high position in the government. He is a high-ranking official. |
全面性的 | cross-the-board; full-scale 例：Please prepare this completely. Please make full-scale preparations. |
危機重重的 | crisis-ridden 例：The country is faced with many crises. The country is crisis-ridden . |
飽受戰爭之害的 | war-ridden 例：The Middle East has long suffered from wars. The Middle East is war-ridden . |
債台高築的 | debt-ridden 例： He owes people a lot of money. He is heavily debt-ridden . |
是非分明的；
寫得清清楚楚的 | black-and-white 例：What can and can't be done is written very clearly. The musts and mustn'ts are written in black and white.
(名詞，中間不加 hyphen) |
久被擱置的 | long-stalled 例：He has delayed this proposal, which should be turned in tomorrow. This long-stalled proposal is due tomorrow. |
以家庭為重的 | family-oriented 例： In my sister's heart, nothing is more important than her family. My sister is family-oriented. |
以事業為重的 | career-oriented 例：John does everything for his career. John is career-oriented. |
人口稀少的
（國家或地區） | sparsely-populated 例：Even though there aren't many people in the country, all of them look very happy. People in this sparsely-populated country seem content. |
人口眾多的 | heavily-populated 例：There are so many people living in India; meanwhile, India is becoming prosperous. Heavily-populated India is prospering. |
彌補缺失的 | fence-mending 例： We need several methods to solve this problem. Several fence-mending measures are required. |
填鴨式的 | force-fed 例： If students learn in a forced way, they will not be able to think creatively. Forced-fed education deprives students of their originality. |
