■express n. 快车(fast train)；

express train快车                 special express 特快

through express 直快             stopping/ local train 慢车

我们赶上了九点三十分去伦敦的车。We caught the 9:30 express to London.

       快件服务

       用快件把这封信寄出去。Send the letter by express.

adj. 高速的(going, sent or delivered quickly)

expressway: 高速公路 (throughway)           特快公共汽车站 an express bus

明确的，明白表示的，特殊的

她明确表示她死后你应该得到她的珠宝。It was her express wish that you should have her jewels after her death.

我是特意来看你的。 I came here with the express purpose of seeing you.

v. 表达(show or make known by words, looks, actions, etc)

当我告诉她价钱时她表示惊讶。

When I told her how much it was,she expressed surprise.

Eg. I can’t express to you how grateful I feel。

我简直无法表达我的感激之情

Expression n 表示表达

在那封信的结尾他表达了自己的感激。

He closed his letter with expressions of grateful thanks.

自由表达政治见解 the free expression of political opinion.

You should give expression to your feeling.你应该表达你的感情，不掩盖。

His anger at last found expression in loud cursing.

他的愤怒最后以大声咒骂发泄出来。

Expressionism 表现主义

Expressive 富于表情的 意味深长的

Expressly adv 明确地 清楚地

■punctual adj. 准时的(arriving at the exact or agreed time)

       他从不准时赴约。She is never punctual for appointments.

那只猫一到用餐时间就准时出现。The cat makes a punctual appearance at mealtime.

常用结构：be punctual in doing sth. 在做……方面非常准时

be punctual to the minute 非常准时

Eg: In the modern society we must be punctual in what we are doing.

He is a man who’s punctual to the minute.

词性及相关：punctually adv.    punctuality n.    unpunctual ant.