vt. 声称，宣称，公开表明，信奉；

[例句] She professed to hate her nickname...

[例句] Why do organisations profess that they care?...

n. 面团，糨糊，肉（或鱼等）酱（作涂抹料或烹饪用），（制作人造宝石的）铅质玻璃；vt. 粘贴，张贴，以…覆盖于；

[例句] He then sticks it back together with flour paste...

[例句] Blend a little milk with the custard powder to form a paste.

n. 有，所有，拥有，领地，财产，所有权，占有物，所有物，持有违禁物；

[例句] Those documents are now in the possession of the Guardian...

[例句] We should go up and take possession of the land...

vt. 推进，推动，驱动，驱使；

[例句] The tiny rocket is attached to the spacecraft and is designed to propel it toward Mars.

[例句] It was a shooting star that propelled me into astronomy in the first place...

v. 控告，起诉，继续从事，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...

adj. 不正当的，堕落的，执拗的，刚愎的，故意作对的，有悖常情的；

[例句] It would be perverse to stop this healthy trend...

[例句] Psychotherapists often take a perverse delight in criticizing other psychotherapists...

adj. 卧倒的，被某事物所制服的，瓦解的，无能为力的；vt. 使俯伏，使拜倒，（指疾病、天气等）使某人无能为力；

[例句] They prostrated themselves before their king.

[例句] Percy was lying prostrate, his arms outstretched and his eyes closed.

n. 人行道，硬路面，铺过的路面，[动]铺石状构造[密生的齿列等]；

[例句] He was hurrying along the pavement.

vt. 宣告，公布，表明，赞扬，称颂；

[例句] The Boers rebelled against British rule, proclaiming their independence on 30 December 1880...

[例句] Britain proudly proclaims that it is a nation of animal lovers...

adj. 永久的，不断的，无期限的，四季开花的；

[例句] ...the creation of a perpetual union.

[例句] I thought her perpetual complaints were going to prove too much for me.

adj. 临别的，临别纪念的，分离的，分隔的，将要过去的，临终的，临死的；n. 分别，离别，分界线，分界点，分离，分裂；v. 分开，断裂，离去(part的ing形式)；

[例句] Parting from any one of you for even a short time is hard...

[例句] It was a dreadfully emotional parting.

n. 囚犯，犯人，俘虏，刑事被告；

[例句] The committee is concerned about the large number of prisoners sharing cells.

[例句] ...wartime hostages and concentration-camp prisoners...

adj. 垂直的，成直角的，直立的，险陡的，[建]垂直式的，〈谑〉直站着的；n. 垂直线，垂直面，直立，直立姿势，廉直，垂直测器，锤规，[建]垂直式建筑，绝壁；

[例句] We made two slits for the eyes and a perpendicular line for the nose...

[例句] The sides of the loch are almost perpendicular.

n. 前例，先例；adj. 在前的，在先的；

[例句] The trial could set an important precedent for dealing with large numbers of similar cases...

[例句] There are plenty of precedents in Hollywood for letting people out of contracts.

n. 枢轴，中心点，中枢，[物]支点，支枢，[体]回转运动；vi. 在枢轴上转动，随…转移；vt. 把…放在枢轴上，以…为核心，使绕枢轴旋转，由…而定；adj. 枢轴的，关键的；

[例句] Forming the pivot of the exhibition is a large group of watercolours.

[例句] The boat pivoted on its central axis and pointed straight at the harbour entrance...

n. 序曲，前奏曲，开场戏，序幕，前兆，预兆；v. 为…作序，开头，成为…的序曲，演奏序曲，唱开场戏；

[例句] Most unions see privatisation as an inevitable prelude to job losses...

[例句] The conference, which closed yesterday, was a prelude to a Communist Party Central Committee meeting.

adj. 省的，州的，领地的，地方的，乡下的，粗野的，鄙俗的；n. 首都以外的人，地区居民，外地人，粗野的人，（管辖教区的）大主教；

[例句] Jeremy Styles, 34, was the house manager for a provincial theatre for ten years.

[例句] ...in Rasht, the provincial capital of Gilan province.

n. 胡椒，辣椒，胡椒粉；vt. 在…上撒胡椒粉，使布满，连续击打；

[例句] Season with salt and pepper.

[例句] ...freshly ground black pepper.

n. [气]预测，预报，预言，预言的事物；

[例句] He was unwilling to make a prediction about which books would sell in the coming year...

[例句] Predictions that the recession will be short are small comfort to those already affected...

n. 喘气，喘息，气喘，喷气声；vi. 喘气，喘息，喘着气说，气喘吁吁地讲，热望，渴望，想，（机车等）喷气；vt. 气喘；

[例句] She climbed rapidly until she was panting with the effort.