adj. 漂亮的( pretty的最高级 )，机灵的，（游戏等）有趣的，（尤指女子或女）妩媚的；

[例句] She's a very charming and very pretty girl.

[例句] Whitstable is still a very pretty little town.

adv. 私下地，不公开地，私自，背地

[例句] The whole process makes buying a car privately as painless as buying from a garage...

[例句] A great deal of food is distributed and sold privately without ever reaching the shops.

n. 技艺，工艺；

[例句] The problem may be due to poor workmanship...

[例句] The standard of workmanship is very high.

n. 稻，谷，爱尔兰人，警察；

[例句] ...the paddy fields of China.

n. 领取退休、养老金或抚恤金的人，退休的人，随从，跟班，剑桥大学的自费生；

adj. 打褶裥的，起褶的；

[例句] ...a short white pleated skirt.

adj. 渴望的，苦思的；n. 牛羊的贫血病；

[例句] ...high mountains covered in pine trees.

[例句] She'd be sitting at home pining for her lost husband...

n. 合适的人（或物），恰当人选，恰当事项( possible的名词复数 )；

[例句] If it is possible to find out where your brother is, we shall...

[例句] Everything is possible if we want it enough...

分型粉，撒粉，粉化；

[例句] Put a small amount of the powder into a container and mix with water...

[例句] The wood turns to powder in his fingers.

n. 绕轴旋转，绕公共法线旋转；v. （似）在枢轴上转动( pivot的现在分词 )，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...

n. （尖物刺成的）小孔( puncture的名词复数 )，（尤指）轮胎穿孔，（尤指皮肤上被刺破的）扎孔，刺伤；v. 在（某物）上穿孔( puncture的第三人称单数 )，刺穿（某物），削弱（某人的傲气、信心等），泄某人的气；

[例句] Somebody helped me mend the puncture.

[例句] ...a tyre that has a slow puncture.

adj. 惊呆的，目瞪口呆的；v. 使吓呆，使惊呆，变僵硬，使石化(petrify的过去式和过去分词)；

[例句] I've always been petrified of being alone...

[例句] Most people seem to be petrified of snakes.

vt.& vi. 盗用，挪用（钱财）；

n. 计件工作，按件计酬的工作；

[例句] All my men are on piece-work...

[例句] The tobacco workers were paid on a piecework basis.

逐步采用；

[例句] The Health Secretary told Parliament that the reforms would be phased in over three years...

[例句] The change is part of the government's policy of phasing in Arabic as the official academic language.

n. 舆论，民意，公众意见；

[例句] He mobilized public opinion all over the world against hydrogen-bomb tests.

adv. 人尽皆知地；

n. 报导，评论（尤指捧场文章），账面价值的提高，资产的过高估价；

[例句] The show received a good write-up...

[例句] The guide book contains a short write-up of each hotel.

打包， 收拾，停止工作， 停止运转；

[例句] They packed up and went home...

[例句] He began packing up his things.

挑选，招惹， 找茬儿， 责备；

[例句] Bullies pick on younger children...

[例句] Mr Adams was repeatedly bullied and picked on by manageress Elizabeth Archer.