v. 修剪（树木等）( prune的过去式和过去分词 )，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.

n. 咽；

n. 电力故障，电源故障，停电；

n. 与公众的联系，公关；

[例句] The move was good public relations...

[例句] George is a public relations officer for The John Bennett Trust.

n. 软式小型飞船，肥胖的人；

n. 弹指，轻击，刺激；v. 用指弹，激起；

[例句] The news gave a fillip to the telecommunications sector...

[例句] This will prove a much-needed fillip to racecourses and the racing industry in general.

n. 实习医师，实习医师期；

n. 王位，王权，君主的身份和尊严，君主政体；

[例句] ...the duties of kingship.

adj. 预言性的，成为前兆的；

[例句] ...the predictive branch of economics.

n. 平行，对应，类

[例句] The last thing we should do is make any parallelism between the murderers and their victims.

n. 富豪统治，财阀统治，富豪[财阀]统治集团，富豪，财阀；

[例句] Financial, not moral, considerations will prevail in a plutocracy.

adj. 好长篇大论的，冗长的，盈篇累牍；

adj. 传说的，谣传的；v. 声称是…，（装得）像是…的样子( purport的过去式和过去分词 )；

[例句] ...a book that purports to tell the whole truth.

举起，提起，鼓舞，挑，搴；

经过， 通过，经历，经历并完成；

v. 突然出现，上托；

[例句] She was startled when Lisa popped up at the door all smiles...

[例句] You solved one problem and another would immediately pop up.

n. 演员( player的名词复数 )，演奏者，（商业或政治方面的）参与者，游戏者；

[例句] ...his greatness as a player...

[例句] She was a good golfer and tennis player.

v. 恳求，请求( plead的过去式和过去分词 )，提出…为借口[理由]，（向法庭）陈述案情，（在法庭）申辩，认罪，辩护；

[例句] The lady pleaded with her daughter to come back home...

[例句] He was kneeling on the floor pleading for mercy...

v. 声明( protest的过去式和过去分词 )，坚决地表示，申辩；

[例句] Groups of women took to the streets to protest against the arrests...

[例句] The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels...

abbr. Northern Mariana Islands 北马里亚纳群岛；

[例句] ...Colin Pickthall, MP for West Lancashire...

[例句] Several Conservative MPs have voted against the government.