n. 专利，专利品，专利权，专利证；adj. 专利的，显然，显露，明摆着的；vt. 获得…专利，给予…专利权，取得专利权；

[例句] P&G applied for a patent on its cookies...

[例句] He held a number of patents for his many innovations...

adj. 清晰的，精确的，正规的，精密；

[例句] I can remember the precise moment when my daughter came to see me and her new baby brother in hospital...

[例句] The precise location of the wreck was discovered in 1988...

n. 可能性，几率，概率，或然性；

[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...

vt.& vi. 夹，捏，掐，阻止，冻伤，剪断；vt. 伤害，摧残；vi. 快走，掐去，（比赛或竞赛中）势均力敌，将…扼杀在萌芽状态；n. 啃咬，（酒等的）一口，少量，寒冷，寒意；

[例句] Should I nip out and get some groceries?...

[例句] Wayne is always nipping down to the corner shop for him...

adj. 流行的，大众化的，民众的，大众的，公众的，通俗的，普通的，平易的，〈美俚〉自以为了不得的，骄傲的；

[例句] This is the most popular ball game ever devised...

[例句] Chocolate sauce is always popular with youngsters.

n. 丰富，大量，充足，充裕，充分；adv. 相当地，充分地，（口）十分，充分；adj. 足够的，很多的，充裕的，很多的；

[例句] There was still plenty of time to take Jill out for pizza...

[例句] Most businesses face plenty of competition...

n. 毒药，酒，极糟的食物，极有害的思想（或心情等）；vt. 毒死，污染，放毒于，对…有不良影响；adj. 有毒的；

[例句] Poison from the weaver fish causes paralysis, swelling, and nausea...

[例句] Mercury is a known poison.

n. 惩罚，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.

n. 父亲（或母亲），先辈，根源，起源，保护者；

[例句] Children need their parents...

[例句] This is where a lot of parents go wrong...

n. [医]药方，处方，处方药，训令，指示，法规；

[例句] You will have to take your prescription to a chemist.

[例句] The prescription Ackerman gave me isn't doing any good.

n. 偏爱，优先权，偏爱的事物，（债权人）受优先偿还的权利；

[例句] Parents can express a preference for the school their child attends...

[例句] Many of these products were bought in preference to their own.

vt.& vi. 在…之前发生或出现，先于，在…之上，优于，给…作序，处于…前面的位置；

[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...

vt. 刺，戳，贬低，削弱，揭穿；vi. （指轮胎等）被刺穿；n. 刺痕，（车胎等的）刺孔；

[例句] Somebody helped me mend the puncture.

[例句] ...a tyre that has a slow puncture.

v. 举向( present的现在分词 )，面向，举枪瞄准，（分娩时婴儿）露出；

[例句] He has brought much of the present crisis on himself...

[例句] ...the government's present economic difficulties...

n. 人，（语法）人称，身体，容

[例句] At least one person died and several others were injured...

[例句] Everyone knows he's the only person who can do the job...

n. 便士，（美国、加拿大的）一分钱，少量的钱；

[例句] Cider also goes up by a penny a pint while sparkling wine will cost another eight pence a bottle.

[例句] ...a shiny newly minted penny.

vt. 预言，预测，预示，预告；vi. 预言，预示：预言某事，预言；

[例句] The latest opinion polls are predicting a very close contest...

[例句] He predicted that my hair would grow back 'in no time'...

adj. 原始的，发展水平低的，落后的，[生物学]原生的；n. 原始人，早期的艺术家（作品），单纯的人：不世故的人，自学的艺术家；

[例句] ...studies of primitive societies.

[例句] ...primitive tribes.

vt. 使延期，延缓，把…放在次要地位，把…放在后面；vi. 延缓，延缓发作；

[例句] He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day...

[例句] The visit has now been postponed indefinitely.

vi. 步行，踩，踏，漂泊；vt. 践踏，踏实，步行穿过…；n. 流浪汉，妓女，游民，流浪汉，徒步旅行，远足；

[例句] They put on their coats and tramped through the falling snow...

[例句] She spent all day yesterday tramping the streets, gathering evidence.