害群之马，败类，败家子；

（尤指石头）裸露在地面各处，突然发生，意外地发现，犯错误；

[例句] His name has cropped up at every selection meeting this season...

[例句] Problems will crop up and hit you before you are ready.

vt. 把…贯彻到底，对…采取进一步行动，跟着，追逐，继续；

换高速挡，改进…以适应提高生产的需要，使做好行动准备；

[例句] ...another indication that the Government is gearing up for an election...

[例句] The factory was geared up to make 1,100 cars a day.

n. 囚徒( prisoner的名词复数 )，俘虏，被夺去自由的人[动物]等；

[例句] The committee is concerned about the large number of prisoners sharing cells.

[例句] ...wartime hostages and concentration-camp prisoners...

n. 政策( policy的名词复数 )，策略，政府，策略性；

[例句] ...plans which include changes in foreign policy and economic reforms.

[例句] ...the UN's policy-making body.

n. 问题( problem的名词复数 )，疑难问题，习题，思考题；

[例句] ...the economic problems of the inner city...

[例句] The main problem is unemployment...

adj. （时间、钱等）不够用的； 没有空的，忙碌的；v. 推，推动( push的过去式和过去分词 )，对…施加压力，逼迫，按；

[例句] He's going to be a bit pushed for money.

[例句] I'd be hard pushed to teach him anything.

v. 参加，参与( participate的现在分词 )；

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

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

v. 获胜( prevail的过去式和过去分词 )，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. [法]财产，占有( possession的名词复数 )，领地，个人财产，持有违禁物；

[例句] Those documents are now in the possession of the Guardian...

[例句] We should go up and take possession of the land...

n. 块石面路；v. 铺( pave的现在分词 )，为…铺平道路；

[例句] In the centre of the paving stood a statue.

[例句] ...concrete paving.

adj. 安抚的，抚慰的；

[例句] When next he spoke he was more placatory...

[例句] He raised a placatory hand. 'All right, we'll see what we can do.'

n. 色情作品；

[例句] ...a porn cinema.

n. 整形外科，外科修补术，塑料，塑料制品( plastic的名词复数 )，信用卡；

[例句] ...a wooden crate, sheltered from wetness by sheets of plastic...

[例句] A lot of the plastics that carmakers are using cannot be recycled.

v. 证明( prove的第三人称单数 )，检验，试

[例句] We have been accused of exaggerating before, but unfortunately all our reports proved to be true...

[例句] In the past this process of transition has often proven difficult.

n. 推销术，说服力，销售；

[例句] I was captured by his brilliant salesmanship.

abbr. portraits （复数）肖像，画像，模型，标本；n. 港口( port的名词复数 )，（事情的）意义，（计算机与其他设备的）接口，（船、飞机等的）左舷；

[例句] Port-Louis is an attractive little fishing port.

[例句] ...the Mediterranean port of Marseilles.

adj. 教皇的，教皇职位或权力的，罗马教廷的，教皇任期的；

[例句] ...the doctrine of papal infallibility.

adj. 预想的，先入为主的；

[例句] Five minutes after he had arrived for the interview, I had abandoned my preconceived ideas about boxers...

[例句] We all start with preconceived notions of what we want from life.