adv. 口才好地，令人信服地；

[例句] What do you think were some of the more persuasive arguments on the other side?...

[例句] I can be very persuasive when I want to be...

n. 惩罚( penalty的名词复数 )，刑罚，害处，足球点球；

[例句] One of those arrested could face the death penalty...

[例句] The maximum penalty is up to 7 years imprisonment or an unlimited fine.

adj. 烂醉如泥的，盐渍的，腌制的；v. 腌，( pickle的过去式和过去分词)；

[例句] ...a jar of pickled fruit.

[例句] ...little tins of pickled herring.

v. 在…之前发生（或出现），先于( precede的过去式和过去分词 )，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. 支付，付款，缴纳，报酬( payment的名词复数 )，付出的[要付出的]款项，报答，报偿；

[例句] Thousands of its customers are in arrears with loans and mortgage payments...

[例句] The fund will make payments of just over £1 billion next year.

adj. 维护和平的，执行（或监督）停火协定的；

[例句] ...the possibilities of a UN peace-keeping force monitoring the ceasefire in the country.

[例句] ...Nigerian warplanes involved in peace-keeping operations in Liberia.

n. 赞助人( patron的名词复数 )，资助人，老主顾，名义赞助人（支持慈善组织等的名人，名字常用于有关的广告宣传中）；

[例句] Catherine the Great was a patron of the arts and sciences.

[例句] Fiona and Alastair have become patrons of the National Missing Person's Helpline.

n. 冥王星，冥府之神，冥王；

n. （皮肤上的）毛孔，微孔( pore的名词复数 )；

[例句] The size of your pores is determined by the amount of oil they produce.

[例句] A plant's lungs are the microscopic pores in its leaves.

n. 总统，（大学）校长( president的名词复数 )，会长，[P-]总统，银行行长；

[例句] ...President Mubarak...

[例句] The White House says the president would veto the bill.

n. 动物照片，宠物( pet的名词复数 )，宠儿，（对小孩和年轻女子的昵称）宝贝，生气；

[例句] It is plainly cruel to keep turtles as pets.

[例句] ...a bachelor living alone in a flat with his pet dog...

n. 天道，天意，远见，节约，上帝，神；

[例句] The first Slav pope, John Paul, said that providence had chosen him to proclaim the spiritual unity of Europe...

[例句] These women regard his death as an act of providence.

n. 极大危险( peril的名词复数 )，危险的事（或环境）；

[例句] ...the perils of the sea...

[例句] In spite of great peril, I have survived...

adj. （屋顶）有坡度的；v. 投( pitch的过去式和过去分词 )，用沥青涂，排列，把…定于特定角度；

[例句] ...a rather quaint lodge with a steeply-pitched roof.

n. 发出砰的响声的人（或物），服药成瘾者；

n. 哲学( philosophy的名词复数 )，人生哲学，人生观，达观；

[例句] He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.

[例句] ...traditional Chinese philosophy.

adj. 有凹痕的，去核的，麻；

[例句] ...green and black pitted olives.

[例句] Everywhere building facades are pitted with shell and bullet holes.

adj. 菲律宾的，菲律宾人的；

n. 探矿，勘探，勘查；

[例句] Unfortunately, there is little prospect of seeing these big questions answered...

[例句] The prospects for peace in the country's eight-year civil war are becoming brighter...

n. （计算机的）外围设备，周边设备( peripheral的名词复数 )；

[例句] Companies are increasingly keen to contract out peripheral activities like training...

[例句] ...peripheral and boring information...