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.

v. 画像( portray的第三人称单数 )，描述，描绘，描画；

[例句] In 1975 he portrayed the king in a Los Angeles revival of 'Camelot'.

[例句] ...the busty and rumbustious Mrs Hall, excellently portrayed by Toni Palmer.

v. 滑稽地模仿，拙劣地模仿( parody的过去式和过去分词 )；

[例句] 'The Scarlet Capsule' was a parody of the popular 1959 TV series 'The Quatermass Experiment'...

[例句] Throughout the Twenties, Lardner tried in vain to write a hit song, so at last he turned to parody.

v. 准确地找出或描述( pinpoint的过去式和过去分词 )，为…准确定位；

[例句] It was almost impossible to pinpoint the cause of death.

[例句] ...if you can pinpoint exactly what the anger is about...

v. 滥用才能( prostitute的过去式和过去分词 )，糟蹋自己，卖淫，出卖肉体；

[例句] He admitted last week he paid for sex with a prostitute.

[例句] ...male prostitutes.

v. 使俯伏，使拜倒( prostrate的过去式和过去分词 )，（指疾病、天气等）使某人无能为力；

[例句] They prostrated themselves before their king.

[例句] Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed.

n. 彩色粉笔( pastel的名词复数 )，彩色粉笔画，蜡笔画，轻淡柔和的色彩；

[例句] ...delicate pastel shades.

[例句] ...pastel pink, blue, peach and green.

v. 滤( percolate的过去式和过去分词 )，渗透，（思想等）渗透，渗入；

[例句] New fashions took a long time to percolate down.

[例句] ...all of these thoughts percolated through my mind.

v. 挡开，避开，闪开（打击、武器）( parry的过去式和过去分词 )；

[例句] In an awkward press conference, Mr King parried questions on the allegations.

[例句] I did not want to wound him, but to restrict myself to defence, to parry his attacks...