n. 政治家，政客，玩弄权术者，政客，政治贩；

[例句] They have arrested a number of leading opposition politicians.

adv. 实际上，几乎，事实上；

[例句] He'd known the old man practically all his life...

[例句] I know people who find it practically impossible to give up smoking.

n. 赞助人，资助人，顾客，老主顾，保护人，[宗]守护神；

[例句] Catherine the Great was a patron of the arts and sciences.

[例句] Fiona and Alastair have become patrons of the National Missing Person's Helpline.

vt. 使迷惑，使混乱，使复杂化；

[例句] It perplexed him because he was tackling it the wrong way.

n. 寄生物，寄生虫，食客，寄生植物，天线反射器；

n. 前提，[复数]房屋，[复数][合同、契约用语]上述各点，（逻辑学中的）大[小]前提；vt. 预述（条件等），提出…为前提，假设，作出前提；

[例句] There is a kitchen on the premises...

[例句] The business moved to premises in Brompton Road.

n. 隐私，秘密，隐居，私事，不受公众干扰的状态；

[例句] He saw the publication of this book as an embarrassing invasion of his privacy...

[例句] Thatched pavilions provide shady retreats for relaxing and reading in privacy.

vi. 参加，参与，吃；n. 参与者，分担者；

[例句] They were happy to partake of our feast, but not to share our company.

[例句] You will probably be asked about whether you partake in very vigorous sports.

adj. 持续的，坚持不懈的，持久的，坚持不渝；

[例句] Her position as national leader has been weakened by persistent fears of another coup attempt...

[例句] His cough grew more persistent until it never stopped...

vt. 确定，准确地指出，精准定位；n. 针尖，尖头，精确位置，极小之物；adj. 精确的，精准的，详尽的；

[例句] It was almost impossible to pinpoint the cause of death.

[例句] ...if you can pinpoint exactly what the anger is about...

n. 公文包，代表作品集，证券投资组合，部长[大臣]的职位；

[例句] After dinner that evening, Edith showed them a portfolio of her own political cartoons.

[例句] Short-term securities can also be held as part of an investment portfolio.

adj. （时间上）较晚的，在后的，后面的，尾部的；n. 身体后部，臀部；

[例句] ...the posterior leg muscles.

n. 血统，家谱，血统表；adj. 纯种的，有血统来源的；

[例句] 60 per cent of dogs and ten per cent of cats have pedigrees.

[例句] ...a pedigree dog.

n. 提议，建议，求婚，〈美〉投标；

[例句] The President is to put forward new proposals for resolving the country's constitutional crisis...

[例句] ...the government's proposals to abolish free health care...

adj. 易于…的，俯卧的，有…倾向的，倾斜的，坡陡的；

[例句] For all her experience, she was still prone to nerves...

[例句] People with fair skin who sunburn easily are very prone to develop skin cancer.

vt. 使突出，使伸出；vi. 突出，伸出；

[例句] ...a huge round mass of smooth rock protruding from the water...

[例句] The tip of her tongue was protruding slightly.

n. （买卖等的）收入，收益；v. 进行( proceed的第三人称单数 )，前进，（沿特定路线）行进，（尤指打断后）继续说；

[例句] He proceeded to tell me of my birth...

[例句] He asked for ice for his whiskey and proceeded to get contentedly drunk.

v. 凑合( piece的现在分词 )，凑成，修补，组合资料（以便了解情况）；

[例句] ...a piece of cake.

[例句] ...a piece of wood.

vt.& vi. 练习，实习，积极从事，执业；na. “practice”的变体；

[例句] Lauren practises the piano every day...

[例句] When she wanted to get something right, she would practise and practise and practise.

adj. 政治的，政党的，对政治有兴趣的；

[例句] All other political parties there have been completely banned...

[例句] The Canadian government is facing another political crisis.