n. 编辑的地位职位；

[例句] Under his editorship, the Economist has introduced regular sports coverage.

n. （墨西哥与美国西部产的）叉角羚；

v. （使某物）伸出，（使某物）突出( protrude的现在分词 )，凸；

[例句] ...a huge round mass of smooth rock protruding from the water...

[例句] The tip of her tongue was protruding slightly.

n. 集邮家；

vt. 预示，预兆；n. 预示，预兆，预想；adj. 预示的，预兆的；

[例句] The wall through Berlin was finally ruptured, prefiguring the reunification of Germany.

adj. 占有优势的；

adj. 懦弱的，胆怯的；

[例句] The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence.

n. 诗人( poet的名词复数 )；

[例句] He was a painter and poet.

v. 检举、告发某人( prosecute的过去式和过去分词 )，对某人提起公诉，继续从事（某事物），担任控方律师；

[例句] The police have decided not to prosecute because the evidence is not strong enough...

[例句] Photographs taken by roadside cameras will soon be enough to prosecute drivers for speeding...

n. 巡逻者（尤指警官）( patrolman的名词复数 )；

[例句] In Petersburg, 30 patrolmen have died violently in the past five years.

[例句] Mal's car had broken down en route and the AA patrolman had taken an hour to arrive.

n. 肖像，画像( portrait的名词复数 )，生动的描写；

[例句] Lucian Freud has been asked to paint a portrait of the Queen.

[例句] ...the English portrait painter Augustus John.

n. 有害的人或物( pest的名词复数 )，害虫，害兽，害鸟；

[例句] ...crops which are resistant to some of the major insect pests and diseases...

[例句] Each year ten percent of the crop is lost to a pest called corn rootworm.

n. 种植园，大农场( plantation的名词复数 )；

[例句] ...banana plantations in Costa Rica.

[例句] ...a plantation of almond trees.

v. 使瘫痪[麻痹]( paralyse的过去式和过去分词 )，使不能正常活动；

[例句] Her married sister had been paralysed in a road accident.

[例句] ...a virus which paralysed his legs.

v. 预言，预测，预示( predict的第三人称单数 )；

[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'...

v. 预言，预测，预示( predict的现在分词 )；

[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'...

n. 丘疹，粉刺，小脓疱( pimple的名词复数 )；

[例句] ...spots and pimples...

[例句] His face was covered with pimples.

n. 馅饼，派( pie的名词复数 )；

[例句] ...a pork pie.

[例句] ...apple pie and custard.

n. 实践性( practicality的名词复数 )，实际性，实用性，实际事物；

[例句] Decisions about your children should be based on the practicalities of everyday life.

n. 水上平台( pier的名词复数 )，（常设有娱乐场所的）突堤，柱子，墙墩；

[例句] ...Brighton Pier.