组成,补足,化妆,编造;
[例句] North Africans make up the largest and poorest immigrant group in the country...
[例句] Women officers make up 13 per cent of the police force...
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.
放弃,投降,把…让给,戒除;
[例句] Coastguards had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive.
[例句] ...smokers who give up before 30.
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.
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. 友情,友谊,友善的关系,友善,好意;
[例句] Giving advice when it's not called for is the quickest way to end a good friendship...
[例句] She struck up a close friendship with Desiree during the week of rehearsals...
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.
开始从事,接受(提议),占用;
[例句] He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport...
[例句] He left a job in the City to take up farming...