v. 说服( persuade的现在分词 )，劝告，使信服，使相信；

[例句] My husband persuaded me to come...

[例句] We're trying to persuade manufacturers to sell them here...

n. （公园中的）亭( pavilion的名词复数 )，（公共活动或展览用的）临时建筑物，临时展出馆，大型文体馆；

[例句] ...the cricket pavilion.

[例句] ...heading across the beautiful green lawn towards the International Pavilion.

n. 理工学院( polytechnic的名词复数 )，工艺的，综合技术的；

vt.& vi. 延期，缓办，（使）延迟；vt. 把…放在次要地位，[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）；vi. （疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）；

[例句] He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day...

[例句] The visit has now been postponed indefinitely.

n. 拓荒者( pioneer的名词复数 )，开发者，先驱者，创始者；

[例句] ...one of the leading pioneers of British photo journalism...

[例句] What they lacked in speed those pioneer pilots made up for by flying only a few feet above the ground.

n. 松树( pine的名词复数 )，松木；

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

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

n. 涂，裱糊；

[例句] The people who run Lloyd's of London took a pasting yesterday.

[例句] ...the critical pasting that the film received.

v. 进预备学校( prep的过去式和过去分词 )，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.

v. 获益，得利于( profit的现在分词 )；

[例句] The bank made pre-tax profits of £3.5 million...

[例句] You can improve your chances of profit by sensible planning...

v. 获益，得利于( profit的过去式和过去分词 )；

[例句] The bank made pre-tax profits of £3.5 million...

[例句] You can improve your chances of profit by sensible planning...

n. 金字塔( pyramid的名词复数 )，金字塔形的物体（或一堆东西），金字塔式的组织（或系统），棱锥（体）；

[例句] We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx.

[例句] On a plate in front of him was piled a pyramid of flat white biscuits.

v. 窥视( peep的过去式和过去分词 )，偷看，隐现，慢慢露出；

[例句] Children came to peep at him round the doorway...

[例句] Now and then she peeped to see if he was noticing her.

v. 在…之前发生（或出现），先于( precede的第三人称单数 )，走在…前面；

[例句] Intensive negotiations between the main parties preceded the vote...

[例句] The earthquake was preceded by a loud roar and lasted 20 seconds...

n. 可能性，可能发生的事( probability的名词复数 )，概率；

[例句] Without a transfusion, the victim's probability of dying was 100%...

[例句] The probabilities of crime or victimization are higher with some situations than with others...

v. 祈求，请求，请愿( petition的现在分词 )，（向法庭）请求，申请；

[例句] We recently presented the government with a petition signed by 4,500 people.

[例句] His lawyers filed a petition for all charges to be dropped...

n. （金融方面的）大恐慌( panic的名词复数 )，人心惶惶的局面，[口语]极度的匆忙；

[例句] An earthquake hit the capital, causing panic among the population...

[例句] I phoned the doctor in a panic, crying that I'd lost the baby.

v. （使）圆胖( plump的现在分词 )，（使）鼓起，（使）突然沉重地落下，有信心地选择；

[例句] Maria was small and plump with a mass of curly hair...

[例句] He pushed a plump little hand towards me.

v. 以为，假定( presume的第三人称单数 )，推定，妄行，冒昧地做某事；

[例句] I presume you're here on business...

[例句] Dido's told you the whole sad story, I presume?...

n. 西梅脯，西梅干( prune的名词复数 )；v. 修剪（树木等）( prune的第三人称单数 )，精简某事物，除去某事物多余的部分；

[例句] You have to prune a bush if you want fruit...

[例句] There is no best way to prune.

v. 突然袭击( pounce的过去式和过去分词 )，猛扑，一眼看出，抓住机会（进行抨击）；

[例句] He pounced on the photographer, beat him up and smashed his camera...

[例句] Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.