n. 受约人；

n. （载客的脚踏）三轮车；

v. 把…编成辫绳( plait的现在分词 )，添纱，折布；

[例句] Joanna parted her hair, and then began to plait it into two thick braids.

[例句] ...a plaited leather belt.

n. 身体后部，臀部( posterior的名词复数 )；

[例句] ...the posterior leg muscles.

v. 假定，假设( postulate的现在分词 )；

[例句] ...arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures...

[例句] Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct.

n. 人格化( personification的名词复数 )，拟人化；

[例句] Janis Joplin was the personification of the '60s female rock singer...

[例句] He was usually the personification of kindness.

v. （尤指宗教或政治信仰的）迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的第三人称单数 )，烦扰，困扰或骚扰某人；

[例句] Mr Weaver and his family have been persecuted by the authorities for their beliefs...

[例句] They began by brutally persecuting the Catholic Church.

v. 阻止( preclude的现在分词 )，排除，妨碍，使…行不通；

[例句] At 84, John feels his age precludes too much travel...

[例句] He would rebuff enquiries in such a way as to preclude any further discussion.

v. 检举、告发某人( prosecute的第三人称单数 )，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...

v. （心脏）悸动( palpitate的过去式和过去分词 )，突突跳，急速地跳动，颤抖；

[例句] He felt suddenly faint, and his heart began to palpitate.

[例句] She lay on the bed, her eyes closed and her bosom palpitating.

n. 释义，意译( paraphrase的名词复数 )；v. 释义，意译( paraphrase的第三人称单数 )；

[例句] Parents, to paraphrase Philip Larkin, can seriously damage your health...

[例句] Baxter paraphrased the contents of the press release...

n. 拨火铁棒( poker的名词复数 )，纸牌，扑克，（通常指人）（坐或站得）直挺挺的；

[例句] Lon and I play in the same weekly poker game.

[例句] Mrs Malone took up the poker and stirred at the little fire burning beside her.

n. （信末签名后的）附言，又及( postscript的名词复数 )，（正文后的）补充说明；

[例句] A brief, handwritten postscript lay beneath his signature.

[例句] As the editor's postscript reminds the reader, she was to endure two more spells of mental illness before the book was published...

n. 开端( prelude的名词复数 )，序幕，序曲，短篇作品；

[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.

n. 偏执狂，妄想症患者( paranoid的名词复数 )；

[例句] I'm not going to get paranoid about it.

[例句] ...a paranoid politician who saw enemies all around him.