动 （垂手拿着） carry (in one's hand with the arm down)；

[例句] 现在我们能公开谈论以前讳言不提的艾滋病问题。 We can now talk openly about AIDS which we couldn't before.

[例句] 她不喜欢别人给她提建议。 She did not take kindly to being offered advice.

shift to an earlier date，move up ，in advance，ahead of time，advance ；

[例句] 选举提前了6个月举行。 The election was held six months ahead of schedule.

[例句] 利息按月支付。提款须提前3个月通知银行。 Interest is paid monthly. Three months' notice is required for withdrawals.

put [bring] forward，raise，propose，present；

[例句] 人们想仔细分析他的作品，并对他的动机提出质疑。 People want to dissect his work and question his motives.

[例句] 本·莫里斯先生在议会就程序问题提出质询。 A point of order was raised in parliament by Mr Ben Morris.

raise，heighten，enhance，increase，advance ；

[例句] 他在学校开通广播，以提高孩子们的警觉性。 He introduced radio to the school to increase the children's awareness.

[例句] 与前一年相比，哥伦比亚广播公司的收视率再次大幅提高。 CBS's ratings again showed huge improvement over the previous year.

promote，advance，hoist，elevate，exalt ；

[例句] 婚姻不忠会提升领导人可信度的暗示荒谬之极。 The implication that marital infidelity enhances a leader's credibility is preposterous.

[例句] 较好的驾驶设备能够提升在湿滑路面上的抓地力。 Better driv-ing equipment will improve track adhesion in slippery conditions.

draw，pick up，extract，abstract，distill ；

[例句] 让我们提取一下独木舟上的指纹，看看能不能有什么发现。 Let's fingerprint the canoe, see if we come up with anything.

[例句] 公司不能从银行账户中提取现金。 Companies could not draw money from bank accounts as cash.

provide，offer，furnish，supply；

[例句] 房间很安静，无人主动提供更多的信息。 The room was quiet; no one volunteered any further information.

[例句] 请于今日将随函附上的捐款表格用所提供的邮资预付的信封寄回。 Return the enclosed Donation Form today in the prepaid envelope provided.

point out，prompt，cue，hint；

[例句] 幸亏一位主持人提示，她才不至于尴尬脸红。 Her blushes were saved by a prompt from one of her hosts.

[例句] 心理提示和确凿证据之间相差甚远。 There was a vast distance between psychological clues and concrete proof.

portable ；

[例句] 所有的手提行李都要接受X光检查。 All hand baggage would be x-rayed.

[例句] 就手提电脑而言，键盘就显得大而笨重了。 The keyboard is a large and clumsy instrument as far as portable computers are concerned.

take precautions against，be on guard against，beware of，look out for squalls，be wary of ；

[例句] 他时刻提防着任何有辱尊严之事。 He is constantly on guard against any threat of humiliation.

[例句] 过去人们不会教育孩子提防陌生人。 People did not teach their children to be wary of strangers.

refresh oneself，give oneself a lift ；

[例句] 草药用于调制提神饮品已有好几个世纪了。 Herbs have been used for centuries to make refreshing drinks.

[例句] 该药有助于提神。 The drug improved mental alertness.

nominate，name，nomination，put up ；

[例句] 他知道只要他开口就能得到那项提名。 He knew the nomination was his for the asking.

[例句] 他已经数次获诺贝尔文学奖提名。 He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize for literature several times.

purification，purify，refine，refinement，retort ；

[例句] 蛋白质学的开端是蛋白质的提纯. The start of proteomics is purification.

[例句] 蒸馏法已传统地成了水提纯的主要方法. Distillation has traditionally been the major system for water purification.

promote，preferment，elevate ；

[例句] 我之所以得到提拔是由于立下了所谓的英勇卓越的功勋。 I had been promoted for what was called gallant and meritorious service.

[例句] 安东尼肯定会得到提拔，那是板上钉钉的事儿。 Anthony was a dead cert for promotion.

propose，suggest，proposal，motion，offer ；

[例句] 这个提议绝不会理所当然地获得通过。 This proposal is by no means a sure thing.

[例句] 总统完全赞同该提议。 The president was in full agreement with the proposal.

advocate，promote，encourage，recommend，call for ；

[例句] 他提倡把学生按能力分班，因需施教。 He advocates streaming children, and educating them according to their needs.

[例句] 提倡追求杰出难免被指责为宣扬精英论。 It became difficult to promote excellence without being accused of elitism.

pick up goods，take delivery of goods ；

[例句] 这家公司在大部分城市都有提货点。 The company had pick-up points in most cities.

[例句] 请于下星期五到火车站提货. Please take delivery of the goods at the station next Friday.

[剧] prompt ；

[例句] 奥布赖恩象一出 长期 连续上演的戏剧中的演员一样,信心十足地讲着他的提词. O'Brien spoke his prompting lines with the confidence of an actor in a long - running play.

[例句] 下场演出时你给我们提词好 吗 ? Will you prompt for us at the next performance?

extract and purify，abstract，refine，abstraction，epurate ；

[例句] 他们验明6种植物有可能提炼出药物麻醉剂。 They identified six plants as having potential for development into pharmaceutical drugs.

[例句] 石油工程师规划并管理石油的提炼。 Petroleum engineers plan and manage the extraction of oil.

[逻] premise，prerequisite，presupposition，precondition，premiss ；

[例句] 乔丹承诺在不减少基本服务的前提下，缩减市政预算。 Jordan promised to trim the city budget without cutting essential services.

[例句] 嗯，且慢，我并不完全同意这个前提。 Well, now just a second, I don't altogether agree with the premise.