n. 参数选择，较喜欢的东西( preference的名词复数 )，优待，偏爱的事物，最喜爱的东西；

[例句] Parents can express a preference for the school their child attends...

[例句] Many of these products were bought in preference to their own.

n. 命题( proposition的名词复数 )，建议，论点，（美国）法律修正议案；

[例句] Making easy money has always been an attractive proposition...

[例句] Even among seasoned mountaineers Pinnacle Ridge is considered quite a tough proposition.

v. 做出某种姿势( posture的现在分词 )；

[例句] You can make your stomach look flatter instantly by improving your posture...

[例句] Exercise, fresh air, and good posture are all helpful...

v. （连续地）投掷( pelt的过去式和过去分词 )，连续抨击，攻击，剥去…的皮；

[例句] ...a bed covered with beaver pelts.

[例句] ...rapidly diminishing suppliers of furs and pelts.

n. 伙伴关系；

[例句] Wanting other friends doesn't mean you don't love your partner.

[例句] ...his choice of marriage partner.

n. 铅淬火，（线材的）拉（丝）后的退火处理，钢丝韧化处理；

[例句] P&G applied for a patent on its cookies...

[例句] He held a number of patents for his many innovations...

v. 准备( prepare的第三人称单数 )，预备（饭菜），配备，使（自己）有准备；

[例句] Two technicians were preparing a videotape recording of last week's programme...

[例句] On average each report requires 1,000 hours to prepare...

v. 扼要介绍( profile的过去式和过去分词 )，给…画侧面图，描…的轮廓，用数字图表（或量变曲线）表示；

[例句] His handsome profile was turned away from us.

[例句] This picture shows the girl in profile.

v. 穿过( penetrate的第三人称单数 )，刺入，了解，渗透；

[例句] X-rays can penetrate many objects...

[例句] His men had been ordered to shoot on sight anyone trying to penetrate the area.

v. 允许( permit的现在分词 )，许可；

[例句] He can let the court's decision stand and permit the execution...

[例句] The guards permitted me to bring my camera and tape recorder...

n. 渗透( penetration的名词复数 )，穿透，突破，（男人阴茎的）插入；

[例句] X-rays can penetrate many objects...

[例句] His men had been ordered to shoot on sight anyone trying to penetrate the area.

n. （公司员工的）工资名单( payroll的名词复数 )，（公司的）工资总支出，工薪总额；

[例句] They had 87,000 employees on the payroll.

v. 在（某物）上穿孔( puncture的现在分词 )，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. 成年的，成人的，成熟的，适合于成人的；n. 成年人；

[例句] Jan was almost a grown-up...

[例句] Tell children to tell a grown-up if they're being bullied.

adj. 消化性的，助消化的，可消化的；

n. 幽门，幽门部；

想起，想象出（不寻常的事物），凭空设想；

[例句] I dreamed up a plan to solve both problems at once...

[例句] The event was dreamed up by Mick Jagger...

（使）赶紧，快；

[例句] Franklin told Howe to hurry up and take his bath; otherwise, they'd miss their train...

[例句] Hurry up with that coffee, will you.

把…打回给对方，后退一步接球，播放， 重播；

[例句] He bought an answering machine that plays back his messages when he calls...

[例句] Ted might benefit from hearing his own voice recorded and played back...

（机器等）卡住，停顿；

[例句] After two days' exertions, it's the arms and hands that seize up, not the legs...

[例句] We are all born flexible but as we grow older, we tend to seize up a little.