vi. 和谈，谈判；

[例句] ...a place where we meet and parley...

[例句] I don't think you've ever tried parleying with Gleed, have you?

n. 荚，豆荚，（飞机的）吊舱，（航天器或船只上可与船只主体分离的）分离舱；vi. 结豆荚；vt. 把（豆等）剥出荚，去荚；

[例句] ...fresh peas in the pod.

[例句] ...hot red pepper pods.

做，（使）在内，在…上花费，选举…执政；

[例句] Wade was going to be paid a salary, instead of by the hour, whether he put in forty hours or not...

[例句] They've put in time and effort to keep the strike going...

vt. 安置（position的过去式与过去分词形式）；

[例句] The ship was identified, and its name and position were reported to the coastguard...

[例句] This conservatory enjoys an enviable position overlooking a leafy expanse.

n. 测绘，标图；v. 密谋( plot的现在分词 )，绘制，把…分成小块，为（文学作品）设计情节；

[例句] Security forces have uncovered a plot to overthrow the government...

[例句] He was responding to reports of an assassination plot against him.

n. 参加，参与，分享；

[例句] They expected him to participate in the ceremony...

[例句] Over half the population of this country participate in sport.

[体]运动员被挤在人群

[例句] He took his flashlight from his jacket pocket and switched it on...

[例句] The man stood with his hands in his pockets.

adj. 心理的，精神上的，精神（现象）的，心理学（上）的，关于心理学的；

[例句] John received constant physical and psychological abuse from his father...

[例句] Robyn's loss of memory is a psychological problem, rather than a physical one.

n. （雄）孔雀，孔雀，爱虚荣的人，爱炫弄自己的人，[天]孔雀座；vi. 炫耀，招摇过市，趾高气扬地走；

[例句] ...peacocks strutting slowly across the garden.

[例句] ...peacock feathers.

n. 借口，托辞，假象，掩饰；vt. 借口，假托；

[例句] They wanted a pretext for subduing the region by force...

[例句] He excused himself on the pretext of a stomach upset...

n. 小球，小子弹，石弹，炮弹，（货币等的）圆浮雕；v. 用小球扔，用子弹射击，将…制成丸状，把…弄成小球形；

[例句] He was shot in the head by an air gun pellet...

[例句] A beetle was rolling a pellet of dried dung up the hill.

adj. 可感觉[感受]到的，可理解的，可认识的；

[例句] Pasternak gave him a barely perceptible smile...

[例句] There was a slight but perceptible air of neglect.

adj. 死后的，遗腹的，死后出生的，作者死后出版的；

[例句] His family and supporters have campaigned for many years for a posthumous pardon.

[例句] ...the posthumous publication of his first novel.

adv. 精确地，恰好地，严谨地，严格地，一丝不苟地；

[例句] Nobody knows precisely how many people are still living in the camp...

[例句] The meeting began at precisely 4.00 p.m...

adj. 宽大的，放任的，自由的，容许的；

[例句] ...the permissive tolerance of the 1960s...

[例句] Single parents are more likely to be permissive.

n. （事件的）连续，一系列，发展，进展，级数；

[例句] Both drugs slow the progression of HIV, but neither cures the disease...

[例句] I think they saw it as a natural progression for me.

vi. 增生，增殖，激增，扩散；vt. 使激增，使扩散；

[例句] Computerized data bases are proliferating fast...

[例句] In recent years commercial, cultural, travel and other contacts have proliferated between Europe and China.

n. 声望，突出，卓越，[天]日珥；

[例句] He came to prominence during the World Cup in Italy...

[例句] Crime prevention had to be given more prominence.

adj. 明显的，显著的，决然的，断然的，强硬的，被说出来的；v. 发音，读(pronounce的过去式和过去分词)，宣布，宣称，断言；

[例句] Most of the art exhibitions have a pronounced Scottish theme.

[例句] ...a pronounced Australian accent...

vt.& vi. 吓呆，使麻木；vt. 使吓呆，使惊呆；

[例句] Prison petrifies me and I don't want to go there.

[例句] ...the fear that a political deadlock may petrify economic initiatives.