n. 种植，栽培，装备；v. 种植( plant的现在分词 )，建立，移植（动物、植物），在（某处）栽种；

[例句] Water each plant as often as required.

[例句] ...exotic plants.

n. 医生，内科医生，医学博士，（精神创伤的）医治者，抚慰者；

n. 金字塔，角锥状物；vt. 使…成塔尖形，使…节节建立，使…上涨；vi. 成金字塔状，渐增，连续投机；

[例句] We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx.

[例句] On a plate in front of him was piled a pyramid of flat white biscuits.

n. 柱，台柱，顶梁柱，墩，柱脚，（组织、制度、信仰等的）核心；

[例句] ...the pillars supporting the roof.

[例句] The pillar of her economic policy was keeping tight control over money supply.

n. 高原，平稳时期，稳定水平，停滞期；v. 进入停滞期，达到平稳状态；

[例句] A broad valley opened up leading to a high, flat plateau of cultivated land.

[例句] The US heroin market now appears to have reached a plateau...

adj. 辛辣的，刺激性的，苦痛的，尖刻的；

[例句] The more herbs you use, the more pungent the sauce will be.

[例句] ...the pungent smell of burning rubber.

adj. 精选的，摘下的；v. 采( pick的过去式和过去分词 )，摘，啄，

[例句] Mr Nowell had picked ten people to interview for six sales jobs in London...

[例句] I had deliberately picked a city with a tropical climate.

v. 种植( plant的过去式和过去分词 )，建立，移植（动物、植物），在（某处）栽种；

[例句] Water each plant as often as required.

[例句] ...exotic plants.

n. 罢工纠察员，警戒队，[建]尖木桩，[军]步哨，哨兵；vt. 用尖桩围住，派…担任纠察，用警戒哨保卫，（把马等）系在桩上；vi. 担任纠察；

[例句] The miners went on strike and picketed the power stations...

[例句] 100 union members and supporters picketed outside.

n. 馅饼，派，爱说话的人，[动]喜鹊，容易得到的称心东西，容易的工作；vt. 使杂乱，弄乱（铅字，版面）；

[例句] ...a pork pie.

[例句] ...apple pie and custard.

n. 允许，批准，正式认可，认可；

[例句] He asked permission to leave the room...

[例句] Finally his mother relented and gave permission for her youngest son to marry...

n. 政策，策略，保险单，策略性；

[例句] ...plans which include changes in foreign policy and economic reforms.

[例句] ...the UN's policy-making body.

n. 哲学，哲学体系，哲学思想，生活信条，哲理；

[例句] He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.

[例句] ...traditional Chinese philosophy.

adv. 目前，不久，马上；

[例句] She is presently developing a number of projects...

[例句] The island is presently uninhabited...

adj. 可能的，大概的；n. 很可能的事，可能入选者；

[例句] It is probable that the medication will suppress the symptom without treating the condition...

[例句] She does not want to be taken to an optician with the probable result of having to wear glasses...

n. 完美，完善，最后加工，圆满；

[例句] His quest for perfection is relentless...

[例句] Physical perfection in a human being is exceedingly rare.

n. 期刊，杂志；adj. 周期的，定期的，时常发生的，定期发行的，期刊的；

[例句] The walls would be lined with books and periodicals.

[例句] ...a monthly periodical.

adj. 不重要的，卑鄙的，小气的，小的，一点点，小规模的；n. [会]小额，佩蒂，厕所；

[例句] He was miserable all the time and rows would start over petty things.

[例句] ...endless rules and petty regulations...

vt.& vi. 弥漫，遍布，渗入，渗透；vi. 感染，传播，渗入，遍及，贯穿，穿透某物；

[例句] Bias against women permeates every level of the judicial system...

[例句] An obvious change of attitude at the top will permeate through the system.

vt. 取得，获得，实现，完成，导致；vi. 取得，介绍娼妓，拉皮条；

[例句] It remained very difficult to procure food, fuel and other daily necessities.

[例句] He procured girls of 16 and 17 to be mistresses for his influential friends.