n. 门廊( porch的名词复数 )；

[例句] Is there a light in the porch or garden?

[例句] We'd eat during the hot summer evenings on the front porch.

v. 开药方( prescribe的现在分词 )，指示，规定，指定遵守；

[例句] Our doctor diagnosed a throat infection and prescribed antibiotic and junior aspirin...

[例句] She took twice the prescribed dose of sleeping tablets...

v. 假定，假设( postulate的第三人称单数 )；

[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的现在分词 )，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...

v. 繁衍，增殖( propagate的第三人称单数 )，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...

v. 推进( propel的第三人称单数 )，推动，驱动，驱使；

[例句] The tiny rocket is attached to the spacecraft and is designed to propel it toward Mars.

[例句] It was a shooting star that propelled me into astronomy in the first place...

v. 激起( provoke的第三人称单数 )，惹怒，引起，引发；

[例句] He started beating me when I was about fifteen but I didn't do anything to provoke him...

[例句] I provoked him into doing something really stupid.

n. 滑轮（组），滑车( pulley的名词复数 )，皮带轮；

[例句] The weights are moved via a cable and pulley system.

n. 全景画( panorama的名词复数 )，全景照片，一连串景象或事；

[例句] Horton looked out over a panorama of fertile valleys and gentle hills.

[例句] ...a gripping panorama of medieval history.

n. （一词的）词形变化表( paradigm的名词复数 )，范例，样式，模范；

[例句] ...a new paradigm of production.

[例句] He had become the paradigm of the successful man.

n. 制药( pharmacy的名词复数 )，药店，药房，（医院的）药房；

[例句] Make sure you understand exactly how to take your medicines before you leave the pharmacy.

[例句] ...the pharmacy section of the drugstore.

n. 糕点( pastry的名词复数 )，油酥糕点，油酥面团，油酥面皮；

n. （柱子或雕塑等的）底座( pedestal的名词复数 )，基座，把某人奉为完人，盲目崇拜某人；

[例句] ...a larger than life sized bronze statue on a granite pedestal.

[例句] Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong...

n. 顶峰( pinnacle的名词复数 )，顶点，尖顶，小尖塔；

[例句] A walker fell 80ft from a rocky pinnacle.

[例句] John Major has reached the pinnacle of British politics...

v. 垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的第三人称单数 )；

[例句] In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day...

[例句] The Prime Minister's popularity has plummeted to an all-time low in recent weeks...

v. （突如其来地）使发生( precipitate的第三人称单数 )，促成，猛然摔下，使沉淀；

[例句] The killings in Vilnius have precipitated the worst crisis yet...

[例句] A slight mistake could precipitate a disaster.

n. 倾向，素质( predisposition的名词复数 )，易染病体质；

[例句] ...a woman's predisposition to use the right side of her brain...

[例句] There is a thin dividing line between educating the public and creating a predisposition to panic.

n. 代表权( proxy的名词复数 )，（测算用的）代替物，（对代理人的）委托书，（英国国教教区献给主教等的）巡游费；

[例句] Those not attending the meeting may vote by proxy.

[例句] Price differences are used as a proxy for differences in quality.

v. 占支配地位( predominate的现在分词 )，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. 全神贯注( preoccupation的名词复数 )，入神，当务之急，使人全神贯注的事物；

[例句] Karouzos's poetry shows a profound preoccupation with the Orthodox Church...

[例句] In his preoccupation with Robyn, Crook had neglected everything.