adv. 永久地，长期不变地；

[例句] Heavy drinking can cause permanent damage to the brain...

[例句] ...a permanent solution to the problem...

adv. 适当地，恰当地，正确地，完全，非常；

[例句] You're too thin. You're not eating properly...

[例句] There needs to be a properly informed public debate.

n. 试用（期），缓刑（期），查看，查验，试读（期）；

[例句] The thief was put on probation for two years.

[例句] Employee appointment to the Council will be subject to a term of probation of 6 months...

adj. 过早的，提前的，早产的，草率的；

[例句] Accidents are still the number one cause of premature death for Americans...

[例句] His career was brought to a premature end by a succession of knee injuries.

vt. 抢劫，掠夺；n. 抢劫，掠夺，掠夺物；

[例句] Soldiers went on a rampage, pillaging stores and shooting.

[例句] ...the boldness to pillage and rape.

vi. 拖延，耽搁；

[例句] Most often we procrastinate when faced with something we do not want to do.

n. 散步，闲逛，通道，走廊，舞会，骑马；vt.& vi. 漫步，散步，骑马；

[例句] People came out in smarter clothes to promenade along the front.

vi. 搏动，悸动，有规律地跳动；

[例句] ...a star that pulsates.

[例句] ...a pulsating blood vessel.

adj. 腐化的，有毒的，已腐烂的，卑劣的；

[例句] ...a foul, putrid stench.

镇压，写下，付订金，贬低；

[例句] Never put anything down on paper which might be used in evidence against you at a later date...

[例句] We've put down on our staff development plan for this year that we would like some technology courses...

n. （部队的）检阅( parade的名词复数 )；v. （使）集合接受检阅( parade的第三人称单数 )，游行，列队行进，展示，炫耀；

[例句] A military parade marched slowly and solemnly down Pennsylvania Avenue.

[例句] More than four thousand soldiers, sailors and airmen paraded down the Champs Elysee...

adj. 喘得上气不接下气的；v. 用抽水机汲水( pump的过去式和过去分词 )，给…打气，用泵（或泵样器官等）输送，涌出；

[例句] ...pumps that circulate the fuel around in the engine...

[例句] There was no water in the building, just a pump in the courtyard...

n. 管道，输油管道，渠道，传递途径；vt. （通过管道）运输，传递，为…安装管道；

[例句] A consortium plans to build a natural-gas pipeline from Russia to supply eastern Germany.

[例句] Already in the pipeline is a 2.9 per cent pay increase for teachers.

n. 教授，（大学的）讲师，教员，自称者，宣称者；

[例句] ...Professor Cameron...

[例句] In 1979, only 2% of British professors were female.

n. 恳求，请求，（被告或被告律师的）抗辩，答辩，借口，托辞，请愿；

[例句] Mr Nicholas made his emotional plea for help in solving the killing.

[例句] ...an impassioned plea to mankind to act to save the planet.

vt. 假定，提出要求，视…为理所当然；n. 假定，先决条件，基本原理；

[例句] ...arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures...

[例句] Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct.

n. 威信，威望，声望，声誉，（财势的）显赫，信望；

[例句] ...efforts to build up the prestige of the United Nations...

[例句] It was his responsibility for foreign affairs that gained him international prestige.

n. 拙劣的模仿，恶搞，滑稽的模仿诗文；vt. 滑稽地拙劣地模仿，把（他人诗文）模仿成滑稽体裁；

[例句] 'The Scarlet Capsule' was a parody of the popular 1959 TV series 'The Quatermass Experiment'...

[例句] Throughout the Twenties, Lardner tried in vain to write a hit song, so at last he turned to parody.

vi. 垂直落下，骤然跌落；n. 铅锤，坠子，重压物；

[例句] In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day...

[例句] The Prime Minister's popularity has plummeted to an all-time low in recent weeks...

n. 悬崖，峭壁；

[例句] I was beginning to admit to myself that our marriage was rolling toward the edge of a precipice...

[例句] The King now stands on the brink of a political precipice.