v. 水煮,偷猎,窃取,把…踏成泥浆;
[例句] Many wildlife parks are regularly invaded by people poaching game.
[例句] The company authorised its staff to poach customers from the opposition.
adj. 循规蹈矩的,整洁的,(人)一本正经;adv. 循规蹈矩地,整洁地;v. (使)一本正经,使整洁;
[例句] We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.
[例句] ...a rather prim British spinster.
n. (从插塞外壳引出的)第三导线,列兵,士兵( private的名词复数 ),阴部,兵卒;
[例句] ...a joint venture with private industry...
[例句] Bupa runs private hospitals in Britain...
vi. 弯曲,下垂,枯萎;vt. 使…下垂,使颓丧;n. 下垂,消沉;
[例句] Crook's eyelids drooped and he yawned...
[例句] Pale wilting roses drooped from a blue vase.
n. 鹦鹉,应声虫,学舌者,机械模仿别人的人;vt. 机械地重复,随声附和,死背,做…的应声虫;
[例句] Generations of students have learnt to parrot the standard explanations.
adv. 在一定程度上,部分地,不完全地,半;
[例句] It's partly my fault...
[例句] He let out a long sigh, mainly of relief, partly of sadness...
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. 灾祸,不幸事故;
[例句] After a number of mishaps she did manage to get back to Germany...
[例句] The plot passed off without mishap.
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.
上升,响起,(幕布)升起,破产;
[例句] Interest rates went up...
[例句] The cost has gone up to $1.95 a minute...
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.