n. 公国，侯国；

[例句] ...the tiny principality of Liechtenstein.

改善，提高，擦亮；

n. 警察局；

[例句] Two police officers arrested him and took him to Kensington police station.

n. 污染者，污染物质；

n. 邮政编码；

adj. 自命为恩人的，屈尊俯就的，要人领情的，傲慢的；vt. 屈尊俯就(patronize的现在分词)；

[例句] The tone of the interview was unnecessarily patronizing.

[例句] ...his patronising attitude to the homeless.

[计] 原型的；

[例句] Park Ridge is the prototypical American suburb.

[例句] ...a prototypical socialist.

n. 地方主义，地方偏狭观念，地区性；

[例句] ...the stifling bourgeois provincialism of Buxton.

adj. 不重要的，微不足道的；v. 撒尿，鬼混，游荡( piddle的现在分词 )；

[例句] ...arguing over piddling amounts of money.

adj. 辩论法的，辩论术的，好辩的，挑起争端的；

[例句] Daniels is at his best when he's cool and direct, rather than combative and polemical.

[例句] ...Kramer's biting polemical novel.

n. 提议( proposal的名词复数 )，推荐，求婚，赞成提案；

[例句] The President is to put forward new proposals for resolving the country's constitutional crisis...

[例句] ...the government's proposals to abolish free health care...

n. 职业( profession的名词复数 )，（需要专门技能，尤指需要较高教育水平的某一）行业，同业，（某）职业

[例句] Harper was a teacher by profession...

[例句] Only 20 per cent of jobs in the professions are held by women.

v. 参加，参与( participate的过去式和过去分词 )；

[例句] They expected him to participate in the ceremony...

[例句] Over half the population of this country participate in sport.

n. 费城（美国宾西法尼亚州东南部港市）；

n. （南、北）极( pole的名词复数 )，地极，柱，截然相反的两极之一；

[例句] The truck crashed into a telegraph pole...

[例句] He reached up with a hooked pole to roll down the metal shutter.

adj. 严厉的，艰难的，精疲力尽的；v. 处罚，惩罚( punish的现在分词)；

[例句] He claimed his punishing work schedule had made him resort to taking the drug...

[例句] Besides diets, he devised punishing exercise routines.

n. 房地产(property的名词复数)，财产，所有权，特性；

[例句] Richard could easily destroy her personal property to punish her for walking out on him...

[例句] Security forces searched thousands of homes, confiscating weapons and stolen property.

n. 促进( promotion的名词复数 )，提升，推广，宣传；

[例句] Consider changing jobs or trying for promotion.

[例句] ...rewarding outstanding employees with promotions to higher-paid posts.

n. 程序，手续，步骤，常规，程序( procedure的名词复数 )，手续，[计算机]过程，（为解决一个特殊问题而专门设计的）文字程序；

[例句] A biopsy is usually a minor surgical procedure...

[例句] Police insist that Michael did not follow the correct procedure in applying for a visa...

adj. 有痘疮的，麻；

[例句] He had a pockmarked face...

[例句] The living room is pockmarked with bullet holes.