adv. 亲自地，就个人而言，个别地，私人地（与工作相对）；

[例句] Personally I think it's a waste of time...

[例句] You can disagree about them, and I personally do, but they are great ideas that have made people think...

n. 演员，[体]运动员，[音]演奏者，播放机；

[例句] ...his greatness as a player...

[例句] She was a good golfer and tennis player.

vt. 祈祷，祷告，请求，恳求，央求；vi. 祈祷，请，恳求；

[例句] He spent his time in prison praying and studying...

[例句] Now all we have to do is help ourselves and to pray to God.

v. 处罚，严厉对付，贪婪地吃喝；

[例句] I don't believe that George ever had to punish the children...

[例句] According to present law, the authorities can only punish smugglers with small fines...

n. 典当，抵押物，（国际象棋中的）兵，卒，爪牙，人质；vt. 典当，抵押，以（某事物）担保，拿（生命，名誉等）作保证；

[例句] He is contemplating pawning his watch.

[例句] It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the President...

n. 支柱，支撑物，支持者，后盾，靠山，道具，（橄榄球中的）支柱前锋；vt. 支撑，支持，维持，使倚靠在某物上；

[例句] He rocked back in the chair and propped his feet on the desk...

[例句] He propped his bike against the bus.

n. 铺地石，俯仰；v. 投( pitch的现在分词 )，用沥青涂，排列，把…定于特定角度；

[例句] There was a swimming-pool, cricket pitches, playing fields...

[例句] Their conduct both on and off the pitch was excellent.

n. 宠物，宠儿，受宠的人，生气；adj. 宠爱的，溺爱的，表示亲昵的；vt. 宠爱，爱抚，亲抚；vi. 亲吻，爱抚；

[例句] It is plainly cruel to keep turtles as pets.

[例句] ...a bachelor living alone in a flat with his pet dog...

n. [航海] 宽叶短桨，桨状物，搅拌金矿的铁器，类似铁铲的工具，洗衣板，扁板；vi. 涉水，趟水，用桨划船，荡桨；vt. 用浆划动，用船桨推动（船只），搬运，运输，拍打，搅

[例句] We might be able to push ourselves across with the paddle.

[例句] ...a piece of driftwood which he used as a paddle.

adj. 初步的，初级的，预备的，开端的，序言的；n. 准备工作，预赛，初步措施，（对学生等的）预考；

[例句] Preliminary results show the Republican party with 11 percent of the vote...

[例句] Preliminary talks on the future of the bases began yesterday.

vt. 禁止，阻止，防止，不准许；

[例句] ...a law that prohibits tobacco advertising in newspapers and magazines...

[例句] Fishing is prohibited...

adv. 公开地，由公众（或政府），为公众所同意，以公众名义；

[例句] Lauderdale House is now open to the public...

[例句] Pure alcohol is not for sale to the general public...

adj. 部分的，偏爱的，偏袒的，钟爱的；n. [数学]偏微商；

[例句] He managed to reach a partial agreement with both republics.

[例句] ...a partial ban on the use of cars in the city.

n. 政治，政治事务，政治观点，权术；

[例句] The key question in British politics was how long the prime minister could survive...

[例句] He quickly involved himself in local politics...

adj. 手提的，轻便的；n. 手提式打字机；

[例句] There was a little portable television switched on behind the bar...

[例句] I always carry a portable computer with me.

vt. 使堕落，误用，滥用，使反常；n. 堕落者，背教者，反常者，性反常者；

[例句] Any reform will destroy and pervert our constitution...

[例句] He perverted her mind.

n. 羽毛，羽毛饰，羽毛状物；vt. 用羽毛装饰，（为某事）使形成羽毛状，自豪；

[例句] The rising plume of black smoke could be seen all over Kabul.

[例句] ...the volcano's towering ash plume.

n. 预测，规划，设计，[心]投射，突起物；

[例句] ...the company's projection of 11 million visitors for the first year.

[例句] ...sales projections.

n. 拉，牵引，拔，拖；v. 拉( pull的现在分词 )，扯，拉过来，划（船）；

[例句] They have pulled out patients' teeth unnecessarily...

[例句] He pulled on a jersey...

n. 普及，流行，名气，名望，通俗性，大众性，人望；

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

[例句] Chocolate sauce is always popular with youngsters.