v. 正式宣布( proclaim的现在分词 )，显示；

[例句] The Boers rebelled against British rule, proclaiming their independence on 30 December 1880...

[例句] Britain proudly proclaims that it is a nation of animal lovers...

v. 阻止( preclude的过去式和过去分词 )，排除，妨碍，使…行不通；

[例句] At 84, John feels his age precludes too much travel...

[例句] He would rebuff enquiries in such a way as to preclude any further discussion.

v. 声称( profess的第三人称单数 )，宣称，公开表明，信奉；

[例句] She professed to hate her nickname...

[例句] Why do organisations profess that they care?...

n. （雄）孔雀( peacock的名词复数 )；

[例句] ...peacocks strutting slowly across the garden.

[例句] ...peacock feathers.

v. 啄，啄食，小口地吃( peck的现在分词 )，匆匆地吻；

[例句] It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find...

[例句] Chickens pecked in the dust...

v. 啄，啄食，小口地吃( peck的过去式和过去分词 )，匆匆地吻；

[例句] It was winter and the sparrows were pecking at whatever they could find...

[例句] Chickens pecked in the dust...

n. 古怪( peculiarity的名词复数 )，怪癖，特色，奇形怪状；

[例句] Joe's other peculiarity was that he was constantly munching hard candy.

[例句] Each nation can have its own peculiarities when it comes to doing business.

v. （尤指宗教或政治信仰的）迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的过去式和过去分词 )，烦扰，困扰或骚扰某人；

[例句] Mr Weaver and his family have been persecuted by the authorities for their beliefs...

[例句] They began by brutally persecuting the Catholic Church.

v. （尤指宗教或政治信仰的）迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的现在分词 )，烦扰，困扰或骚扰某人；

[例句] Mr Weaver and his family have been persecuted by the authorities for their beliefs...

[例句] They began by brutally persecuting the Catholic Church.

n. 劝说，说服（力）( persuasion的名词复数 )，信仰；

[例句] Only after much persuasion from Ellis had she agreed to hold a show at all...

[例句] She was using all her powers of persuasion to induce the Griffins to remain in Rollway.

v. 假定，假设( postulate的过去式和过去分词 )；

[例句] ...arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures...

[例句] Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct.

v. 繁衍，增殖( propagate的过去式和过去分词 )，传播，宣传，普及；

[例句] They propagated political doctrines which promised to tear apart the fabric of British society.

[例句] The easiest way to propagate a vine is to take hardwood cuttings...

adj. 主持会议的，指挥的；v. 主持，主管( preside的现在分词 )；

[例句] The PM presided over a meeting of his inner Cabinet...

[例句] He presided at the trial of the Maguire Seven...

v. 阻止( preclude的第三人称单数 )，排除，妨碍，使…行不通；

[例句] At 84, John feels his age precludes too much travel...

[例句] He would rebuff enquiries in such a way as to preclude any further discussion.

v. 使（某人）安静( pacify的过去式和过去分词 )，息怒，抚慰，在（有战争的地区、国家等）实现和平；

[例句] Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?...

[例句] She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.

n. 困惑( perplexity的名词复数 )，混乱，复杂，困难；

[例句] He began counting them and then, with growing perplexity, counted them a second time.

[例句] ...the perplexities of quantum mechanics.

n. 与…有关系的，附属…的，为…固有的(to)；v. 关于( pertain的现在分词 )，有关，存在，适用；

[例句] The restrictions he imposed pertained to the type and height of buildings and the activities for which they could be used...

[例句] I would much rather that you asked Mrs Zuckerman any questions pertaining to herself.

v. 清除（政敌等）( purge的过去式和过去分词 )，涤除（罪恶等），净化（心灵、风气等），消除（错事等）的不良影响；

[例句] The leadership voted to purge the party of 'hostile and anti-party elements'...

[例句] He recently purged the armed forces, sending hundreds of officers into retirement...

v. 占支配地位( predominate的过去式和过去分词 )，在…中占优势；

[例句] In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger...

[例句] All nationalities were represented — but the English predominated.

n. （戏剧的）主角( protagonist的名词复数 )，（故事的）主人公，现实事件（尤指冲突和争端的）主要参与者，领导者；

[例句] ...the main protagonists of their countries' integration into the world market.

[例句] ...the protagonist of J. D. Salinger's novel 'The Catcher in the Rye'...