n. 肖像，肖像画，模型，标本，半身雕塑像，人物描写；

[例句] Lucian Freud has been asked to paint a portrait of the Queen.

[例句] ...the English portrait painter Augustus John.

v. 窥视，偷看，（小鸟等）唧唧地叫，（从隐蔽处）出现；n. 窥视，唧唧声，隐现，慢慢露出；

[例句] Children came to peep at him round the doorway...

[例句] Now and then she peeped to see if he was noticing her.

n. 手枪；v. 用手枪射击；

vi. 坚忍，熬住，坚持，百折不回，不屈不挠，支撑；

[例句] ...his ability to persevere despite obstacles and setbacks.

[例句] ...a school with a reputation for persevering with difficult and disruptive children...

n. [物]极性，[生]反向性，对立，[数]配极；

[例句] ...the ideological polarity between nations.

[例句] ...the polarities of good and evil...

adv. 明确地，断然地，肯定地；

[例句] This is positively the worst thing that I can even imagine...

[例句] This is positively the last chance for the industry to establish such a system.

n. 螺旋桨，推进器，=propellor；

[例句] ...a fixed three-bladed propeller.

n. 海上抢劫，盗版行为，非法复制；

[例句] Seven of the fishermen have been formally charged with piracy.

[例句] ...protection against piracy of books and films.

n. 卖淫者，妓女，男妓，卖身投靠的人，出卖贞操的人；vt. 使卖淫，卖身，出卖（名誉等），滥用（能力等），卖淫，卖身；adj. 卖淫的，堕落的；

[例句] He admitted last week he paid for sex with a prostitute.

[例句] ...male prostitutes.

vt. 惠顾，资助，保护，屈尊；

[例句] Don't you patronize me!...

[例句] Cornelia often felt patronised by her tutors.

n. 猛击，冲击力，奔驰，快感；vt. 猛击，击败；vi. 冲过去，打滚，颠簸，沸腾；adj. 大的，极大的；

[例句] Once, she walloped me over the head with a frying pan.

[例句] ...a big-serving tennis player who wallops the ball so hard that it often finishes out of court.

adj. （叶子等）畸形伸长的，引长的；v. 生产( produce的过去式和过去分词 )，产生，制作，创作；

[例句] The drug is known to produce side-effects in women...

[例句] Talks aimed at producing a new world trade treaty have been under way for six years.

adj. 事先准备好的，愿意的，期望的；adv. 事先准备好地，愿意地，期望地；v. 准备( prepare的过去式和过去分词)，预备（饭菜），配备，使（自己）有准备；

[例句] Are you prepared to take industrial action?...

[例句] Members of the KGB service were only prepared to take orders from the President.

n. 痔，痔疮，桩( pile的名词复数 )，一堆，绒头，摞；v. 堆起( pile的第三人称单数 )，堆叠，放置，装入；

[例句] ...a pile of sand...

[例句] ...a little pile of crumbs...

adj. （尤指）性关系随便的，混杂的，随便的，淫乱；

[例句] She is perceived as vain, spoilt and promiscuous...

[例句] You know the risks of promiscuous sex.

adj. 严守时刻的， 准时的，正点的；

[例句] He's always very punctual. I'll see if he's here yet.

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.