adj. 灰白的( pale的比较级 )，苍白的，白皙的，浅色的；

[例句] Migrating birds filled the pale sky...

[例句] As we age, our skin becomes paler.

n. 降落伞( parachute的名词复数 )；

[例句] They fell 41,000 ft. before opening their parachutes...

[例句] UN troops could be landed by helicopter or even by parachute.

v. 跳伞(parachute的过去式)，用降落伞投送；

[例句] They fell 41,000 ft. before opening their parachutes...

[例句] UN troops could be landed by helicopter or even by parachute.

n. 运动前的练习；v. 进预备学校( prep的现在分词 )，做家庭作业，使（某人）做好进行手术[考试]的准备；

[例句] After prepping the boat, they sailed it down to Carloforte.

[例句] I was already prepped for surgery so I went straight into theatre.

n. 特权( privilege的名词复数 )，（因财富和社会地位而仅有部分人享有的）权益，免责特权，特殊荣幸；

[例句] The Russian Federation has issued a decree abolishing special privileges for government officials.

[例句] ...the ancient powers and privileges of the House of Commons.

n. 过路人，行人；

[例句] A passer-by described what he saw moments after the car bomb had exploded...

[例句] I went and sat in a cafe and watched the passers-by.

v. 坚持( persist的第三人称单数 )，维持，保持，持续存在；

[例句] Contact your doctor if the cough persists...

[例句] These problems persisted for much of the decade.

v. 获胜( prevail的第三人称单数 )，盛行，说服，（ 思想、观点等）被接受；

[例句] We hope that common sense would prevail...

[例句] Rick still believes that justice will prevail...

n. 钾；

adj. 转动的，回转的，装在枢轴上的；v. （似）在枢轴上转动( pivot的过去式和过去分词 )，把…放在枢轴上，以…为核心，围绕（主旨）展开；

[例句] Forming the pivot of the exhibition is a large group of watercolours.

[例句] The boat pivoted on its central axis and pointed straight at the harbour entrance...

v. 不敬( profane的过去式和过去分词 )，亵渎，玷污；

[例句] ...profane language.

[例句] Cardinal Daly has said that churches should not be used for profane or secular purposes.

n. 面团( paste的名词复数 )，糨糊，肉（或鱼等）酱（作涂抹料或烹饪用），（ 制作人造宝石的 ）铅质玻璃；

[例句] He then sticks it back together with flour paste...

[例句] Blend a little milk with the custard powder to form a paste.

v. 丧生( perish的第三人称单数 )，消亡，死亡，损坏；

[例句] Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn.

[例句] ...the ferry disaster in which 193 passengers perished.

v. 伸出( poke的第三人称单数 )，戳出，拨弄，与（某人）性交；

[例句] Lindy poked him in the ribs.

[例句] He poked his finger into the hole.

n. 投资组合( portfolio的名词复数 )，（保险）业务量，（公司或机构提供的）系列产品，纸夹；

[例句] After dinner that evening, Edith showed them a portfolio of her own political cartoons.

[例句] Short-term securities can also be held as part of an investment portfolio.

n. 渗透；v. 滤( percolate的现在分词 )，渗透，（思想等）渗透，渗入；

[例句] New fashions took a long time to percolate down.

[例句] ...all of these thoughts percolated through my mind.

n. 勘探者，探矿者( prospector的名词复数 )；

[例句] Unfortunately, there is little prospect of seeing these big questions answered...

[例句] The prospects for peace in the country's eight-year civil war are becoming brighter...

n. 预视；v. 预映( preview的现在分词 )，为（影视节目）写预评，概述，扼要介绍；

[例句] He had gone to see the preview of a play.

[例句] ...a sneak preview of the type of car that could be commonplace within ten years.

n. 奶头，半流质食物，政治上的偏护，软食；

n. 百分数，百分之…，〈口〉百分率；

[例句] 20 to 40 per cent of the voters are undecided...

[例句] We aim to increase sales by 10 per cent...