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'...

n. 假装( pretence的名词复数 )，作假，自命，自称；

[例句] Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad...

[例句] We have to go along with the pretence that things are getting better...

n. 腭( palate的名词复数 )，味觉，品味的能力；

[例句] ...fresh pasta sauces to tempt more demanding palates.

[例句] ...a discerning palate.

v. 削皮( pare的过去式和过去分词 )，削掉，修剪（指甲等），逐步减小（数量或体积）；

[例句] Pare the brown skin from the meat with a very sharp knife...

[例句] He took out a slab of cheese, pared off a slice and ate it hastily.

n. 朝圣者的旅程( pilgrimage的名词复数 )；

[例句] ...the pilgrimage to Mecca.

[例句] ...a private pilgrimage to family graves...

adj. 伪证的，犯伪证罪的；v. 发假誓，作伪证( perjure的过去式和过去分词 )；

[例句] ...information that was based on perjured testimony.

n. 人，（尤指）要人，名人( personage的名词复数 )，显贵；

[例句] ...MPs, film stars and other important personages.

[例句] There is no evidence for such a historical personage.

v. 撅（嘴）( pout的过去式和过去分词 )；

[例句] He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted.

[例句] ...gorgeous pouting models.

v. 撅（嘴）( pout的现在分词 )；

[例句] He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted.

[例句] ...gorgeous pouting models.

v. （马）腾跃( prance的现在分词 )；

[例句] He was horrified at the thought of his son prancing about on a stage in tights.

[例句] Their horses pranced and whinnied.

v. （戏剧、电影等）首次公演( premiere的过去式和过去分词 )；

[例句] A new Czechoslovak film has had its premiere at the Karlovy Vary film festival.

[例句] ...a royal film premiere.

v. 预映( preview的过去式和过去分词 )，为（影视节目）写预评，概述，扼要介绍；

[例句] He had gone to see the preview of a play.

[例句] ...a sneak preview of the type of car that could be commonplace within ten years.

v. 感到刺痛，引起刺痛( prickle的过去式和过去分词 )；

[例句] He paused, feeling his scalp prickling under his hat...

[例句] Her skin prickled with apprehension.

v. 提供，贡献，提出( proffer的过去式和过去分词 )；

[例句] He rose and proffered a silver box full of cigarettes.

[例句] The army has not yet proffered an explanation of how and why the accident happened.

v. 小心翼翼地移动( prowl的过去式和过去分词 )，徘徊，（动物）潜行（为捕猎等），潜行（图谋不轨等）；

[例句] Policemen prowled around the building.

[例句] Their fellow travellers are a mix of honeymooners, single girls on the prowl and elderly couples...