n. 门童，搬运工人，（医院里护送病人的）护工，（尤指卧铺车厢的）列车服务员；

vt. 使纯净，净化，精炼，使（语言）纯正，给…赎罪，使纯洁；

[例句] I take wheat and yeast tablets daily to purify the blood...

[例句] Only purified water is used.

adj. 令人同情的，可怜的，又笨又可怜的，无价值的，荡气回肠；

[例句] ...a pathetic little dog with a curly tail...

[例句] The small group of onlookers presented a pathetic sight...

n. 后代，后世，子孙，后裔，儿孙；

[例句] A photographer recorded the scene on video for posterity...

[例句] Was he making these notes for the benefit of posterity?

n. 礼仪，（外交条约的）草案，（数据传递的）协议，科学实验报告（或计划）；vt. 把…写入议定书，在议定书中拟定（或颁布）；vi. 拟定议定书，拟定草案；

[例句] He has become something of a stickler for the finer observances of royal protocol.

[例句] ...minor breaches of protocol.

adj. 牧师的，主教的，牧人的，有关田园生活的，乡村的；n. 牧歌，田园诗，田园景色，牧师写给教区居民的公开信；

[例句] ...the pastoral care of the sick...

[例句] Many churches provide excellent pastoral counselling.

prep. 直到，在等待…期间；adj. 未决的，未定的，待定的，即将发生的；

[例句] The cause of death was listed as pending...

[例句] In 1989, the court had 600 pending cases...

vt. 沉重地走；vi. 沉重缓慢地行走，孜孜不倦，勤苦地工作；n. 沉重缓慢的前进，沉重的踏步声；

[例句] Crowds of French and British families plodded around in yellow plastic macs.

[例句] He is plodding on with negotiations...

开门，可得到，开业，张开，（使）出现；

[例句] As the market opens up, I think people are going to be able to spend more money on consumer goods...

[例句] He said he wanted to see how Albania was opening up to the world...

vi. 不减弱， （天气）持续不变，保持，保养，（使）不倒下，保持不衰退；

[例句] She shook her head and started to walk on. He kept up with her.

[例句] ...wage increases which keep up with inflation...

vi. 挑剔，吹毛求疵，找茬儿；n. 鲤鱼，鲤科（包括金鱼或锦鲤）；

[例句] He cannot understand why she's constantly carping at him...

[例句] This was the man whom other trainers love to carp about.

vt. 装备，配备，使具备，使有准备；

[例句] They become obsessed with trying to equip their vehicles with gadgets to deal with every possible contingency...

[例句] Owners of restaurants would have to equip them to admit disabled people...

n. 艰难，困苦，艰难情况，造成困苦与苦难的原因；

[例句] Many people are suffering economic hardship...

[例句] One of the worst hardships is having so little time to spend with one's family.

n. 会员资格，会员身份，会员全体；

[例句] The country has also been granted membership of the World Trade Organisation...

[例句] He sent me a membership form...

n. 小包，信息包，邮船，大笔款项；vt. 包装，打包，用邮船运送；

[例句] Cook the rice according to instructions on the packet.

[例句] ...a cigarette packet.

n. 池塘；v. 拦截（流水等液体）形成小湖；

[例句] She chose a bench beside the duck pond and sat down.

[例句] ...a garden pond.

n. 谚语，格言，话柄，笑柄，人人知道的事情，有名的事情，俚谚剧，俚谚游戏；

[例句] An old Arab proverb says, 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend'.

adj. 比例的，成比例的，相称的，均衡的；n. [数]比例项，比例量；

[例句] Loss of weight is directly proportional to the rate at which the disease is progressing.

[例句] ...a proportional fee based on the final sale price.

adj. 貌似真实的，貌似有理的，花言巧语的，有眉有

[例句] A more plausible explanation would seem to be that people are fed up with the Conservative government...

[例句] That explanation seems entirely plausible to me.

n. 助长者，发起人，促进者；

[例句] ...one of the top boxing promoters in Britain.

[例句] Aaron Copland was an energetic promoter of American music.