n. 卵石，水晶，水晶透镜，卵石花纹；vt. 用卵石铺，用石子扔，使纹理粗糙；

n. 退休金，养老金，膳宿费，生活津贴，寄宿学校；vt. 发给…养老金[退休金]，准予退休，强迫退休（并发给退休金）；

[例句] ...struggling by on a pension.

[例句] ...a company pension scheme.

adj. 外围的，次要的，（神经）末梢区域的；n. 外部设备；

[例句] Companies are increasingly keen to contract out peripheral activities like training...

[例句] ...peripheral and boring information...

n. 顶峰，顶点，尖顶，[建]（哥德式建筑的）小尖塔；vt. 为…加尖塔，把…放在高处；

[例句] A walker fell 80ft from a rocky pinnacle.

[例句] John Major has reached the pinnacle of British politics...

adj. 沉重的，笨重的，呆板的，沉闷的；

[例句] He had a dense, ponderous style.

[例句] His steps were heavy and ponderous.

vi. 滤，渗透，（思想等）渗透，渗入；vt. （用渗滤壶）煮（咖啡），渗滤；

[例句] New fashions took a long time to percolate down.

[例句] ...all of these thoughts percolated through my mind.

vt. 声称，意图，意味着，打算；n. 意义，要旨，目的，意图；

[例句] ...a book that purports to tell the whole truth.

adj. 父亲的，父亲（般）的，父系的，父方的；

[例句] ...paternal love for his children...

[例句] He put his hand under her chin in an almost paternal gesture.

n. 镐( pick的名词复数 )，最佳选择，选中的人（或物）；v. 采( pick的第三人称单数 )，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. 绘画( picture的过去式和过去分词 )，描绘，想像，设想；

[例句] A picture of Rory O'Moore hangs in the dining room at Kildangan.

[例句] ...drawing a small picture with coloured chalks.

n. 小袋，烟草袋，育儿袋；vt.& vi. （使）成为袋状，把…装入袋中，吞进；

n. 省份，大行政区，范围，职责；

[例句] ...the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost province.

[例句] The government plans to transfer some 30,000 government jobs from Paris to the provinces.

vi. 繁盛，成功；vt. 使…成功，使…昌盛；

[例句] The high street banks continue to prosper...

[例句] His teams have always prospered in cup competitions.

n. 繁荣，兴旺，昌盛，成功；

[例句] ...a new era of peace and prosperity.

[例句] ...Japan's economic prosperity.

n. （一道）甜食，甜点心，布丁（通常用面粉经烘烤或蒸煮做成的美味甜食品），肥胖而迟钝的人，[航]船尾碰垫；

[例句] ...a cherry sponge pudding with warm custard.

[例句] ...a menu featuring canapes, a starter, a main course and a pudding...

n. 预防，防备，警惕，预防措施，避孕措施；vt. 使提防，预先警告；

[例句] Could he not, just as a precaution, move to a place of safety?...

[例句] I had taken the precaution of doing a little research before I left London...

n. 朋友，老兄，兄弟，小子，（对男子的不友好的称呼）家伙；vi. （和某人）结伴，共度时光，成为（某人的）朋友；

vt. 思索，衡量；vi. 仔细考虑，沉思；

[例句] I found myself constantly pondering the question: 'How could anyone do these things?'...

[例句] The Prime Minister pondered on when to go to the polls...

v. 扮演，描述，描绘，表现；

[例句] In 1975 he portrayed the king in a Los Angeles revival of 'Camelot'.

[例句] ...the busty and rumbustious Mrs Hall, excellently portrayed by Toni Palmer.

adj. 不敬（神）的，渎神的，亵渎的，世俗的；vt. 不敬；亵渎，玷污；n. 未受秘传的人；

[例句] ...profane language.

[例句] Cardinal Daly has said that churches should not be used for profane or secular purposes.