n. 生而为人，人格，人品，个性，人物，名人；

[例句] She has such a kind, friendly personality...

[例句] Through sheer force of personality Hugh Trenchard had got his way...

n. 军队，一群，[军]骑兵连；vi. 成群结队地走，群集，结队；vt. 把（骑兵）编成骑兵连；

[例句] The next phase of the operation will involve the deployment of more than 35,000 troops from a dozen countries...

[例句] There were reports of troop movements.

n. 珍珠，珍品，人造珍珠，珠状物；vi. 采珍珠；vt. 使成珠状，用珍珠装饰；

[例句] She wore a string of pearls at her throat...

[例句] I put on the pearl earrings Daddy had bought me.

vt. 刺穿，戳穿，刺破，洞察，深深打动；vi. 进入，透入；

[例句] One bullet pierced the left side of his chest...

[例句] Pierce the skin of the potato with a fork.

n. 踏板，脚蹬子，垂足线；vt.& vi. 踩自行车的踏板，骑自行车；

[例句] She climbed on her bike with a feeling of pride and pedalled the five miles home...

[例句] She was too tired to pedal back.

adj. 终年的，长久的，多年生的，不断生长的，四季不断的；n. 多年生植物，长期存在的；

[例句] ...the perennial urban problems of drugs and homelessness...

[例句] There's a perennial shortage of teachers with science qualifications.

vt. 清除，（使）净化，（使）通便，肃清；n. 净化，泻药，整肃；

[例句] The leadership voted to purge the party of 'hostile and anti-party elements'...

[例句] He recently purged the armed forces, sending hundreds of officers into retirement...

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. 领导，领导的才能或能力，一群领导者，带路，指引；

[例句] He is expected to hold talks with both the Croatian and Slovenian leaderships.

[例句] ...the Labour leadership of Haringey council in north London.

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...

vt. 用拖把拖，擦拭；vi. 用拖把拖，擦拭，搭拉着脸；n. 拖把，蓬松的头发，鬼脸；

[例句] There was a woman mopping the stairs.

[例句] He mopped perspiration from his forehead...