n. 电话，听筒，（发声或使用声音的）工具，说某种语言的；vt.& vi. 打电话（给某人）；

[例句] You can buy insurance over the phone...

[例句] She looked forward to talking to her daughter by phone...

adv. 或许，（表示不确定）也许，（用于粗略的估计）或许，（表示勉强同意或其实不赞成）也许；n. 假定，猜想，未定之事；

[例句] Millson regarded her thoughtfully. Perhaps she was right...

[例句] In the end they lose millions, perhaps billions...

n. 土堤斜坡，斜道，敲诈，（装车或上下飞机的）活动梯；vt.&vi. 敲诈；vi. 蔓延；

[例句] Lillian was coming down the ramp from the museum.

[例句] ...a ramp to facilitate entry into the pool from a wheelchair.

vt. 假装，伪装，假称，装扮；vi. 扮演，自称，假装，矫作；adj. 仿制的；

[例句] I pretend that things are really okay when they're not...

[例句] Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep...

n. 划分，分开，分割，隔离物，隔墙；vt. 分开，隔开，区分，分割；

[例句] ...new offices divided only by glass partitions...

[例句] Her taxicab has a thick perspex partition between the passengers' seats and the driver.

n. 栖息处，栖枝，高处，鲈

[例句] He lit a cigarette and perched on the corner of the desk...

[例句] He perched himself on the side of the bed.

n. 优先，优先权，（时间，序上的）先，前，优先考虑的事，[数]优先次序；

[例句] Being a parent is her first priority...

[例句] The government's priority is to build more power plants...

adj. 睡着的，休眠的，麻木的，已死的；adv. 熟睡地，处于麻木不仁的状态，长眠；

[例句] My four year-old daughter was asleep on the sofa.

[例句] Sam snuggled down in his pillow and fell asleep.

vt.& vi. （使）滴下；vi. 滴出，含有，充满，充溢；n. 滴答，滴答滴答的声音，水滴，[医]点滴，点滴（的信息等）；

[例句] Sit your child forward and let the blood drip into a tissue or on to the floor...

[例句] Amid the trees the sea mist was dripping...

vt.& vi. 说服，劝说，使相信，使信服；

[例句] My husband persuaded me to come...

[例句] We're trying to persuade manufacturers to sell them here...

n. 扣钩，扣环，握紧，拥抱；vt.& vi. 扣住，紧拥，紧握；

[例句] She clasped the children to her...

[例句] He paced the corridor, hands clasped behind his back.

n. 百分比，百分率，比例，部分，[数]百分法，[商]手续费；

[例句] Only a few vegetable-origin foods have such a high percentage of protein.

n. 照片，相片；vt.& vi. 为…拍照，拍照，摄影，成为拍照对象，在照片上显得；

[例句] He wants to take some photographs of the house...

[例句] Her photograph appeared on the front page of The New York Times.

vt. 崇拜，尊崇，爱慕；vi. 做礼拜，热爱，爱慕，崇拜（尤指达到看不到缺点的地步）；n. （对治安官或市长的尊称）阁下，尊敬，崇拜，礼拜；

[例句] I enjoy going to church and worshipping God.

[例句] ...Jews worshipping at the Wailing Wall.

n. 臀部，[建筑学]屋脊，臀围（尺寸），臀部…的；adj. （衣服、音乐等方面）时髦的，赶时髦的；vt. 使…的髋关节脱臼，损伤…的髋部，[建筑学]给（房屋）建屋脊，使知晓，使了解，告诉，使消息灵通；

[例句] Tracey put her hands on her hips and sighed.

[例句] ...a hip young character with tight-cropped blond hair and stylish glasses.

n. 块，团，肿块，许多，大量，笨拙的人；vi. 结成块，成团，笨重地行走；vt. 使成团，使成块，使团结在一起，把…混在一起；adj. 成团的，成块的；adv. 很，非常；

[例句] The potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.

[例句] ...a lump of wood...

n. 拓荒者，开发者，先驱者，创始者；vt. 开拓，开发，做（…的）先锋，提倡；

[例句] ...one of the leading pioneers of British photo journalism...

[例句] What they lacked in speed those pioneer pilots made up for by flying only a few feet above the ground.

adj. 苍白的，无力的，暗淡的，浅色的；vi. 变得苍白，失色，变得暗淡；vt. 用栅栏围，使失色，使变苍白；n. 栅栏，围篱，桩，境界，范围；

[例句] Migrating birds filled the pale sky...

[例句] As we age, our skin becomes paler.

n. （马等）疾驰，飞奔，（比喻）飞快；vt.& vi. （使马）飞驰，飞速传递；vi. 快速做[说]某事；

[例句] The horses galloped away...

[例句] Staff officers galloped fine horses down the road.

n. 警察部门，警方，警察，治安；vt. （警察、军队等）巡查，维护治安，（委员会等）监督，管制；adj. 警察的，有关警察的；

[例句] The police are also looking for a second car...

[例句] Police say they have arrested twenty people following the disturbances...