n. 工资名单，工资总支出，工薪总额；

[例句] They had 87,000 employees on the payroll.

adj. 实际的，实用主义的，好管闲事的，国事的；n. 爱管闲事的人，专断的人，国事诏书，实务家；

[例句] Robin took a pragmatic look at her situation.

[例句] ...a pragmatic approach to the problems faced by Latin America.

n. 先决条件，前提，必要条件；adj. 必须先具备的，必要的，先决条件的；

[例句] Good self-esteem is a prerequisite for a happy life...

[例句] Party membership was an essential prerequisite of a successful career.

n. 剽窃，抄袭，剽窃物，抄袭物；

[例句] Now he's in real trouble. He's accused of plagiarism.

[例句] Most famous political quotes are plagiarisms and this was no exception.

vt.& vi. 传播，散播，兜售，叫卖，忙于做琐事；

[例句] His attempts to peddle his paintings around London's tiny gallery scene proved unsuccessful.

[例句] When a drug pusher offered the Los Angeles youngster $100 to peddle drugs, Jack refused.

adj. 很有害的，恶性的，致命的，险恶的，引起巨大伤害的，毁灭性的；

[例句] I did what I could, but her mother's influence was pernicious...

[例句] There is a pernicious culture of excellence: everything has to be not merely good but the best.

n. 精力，（木）髓，（争论、思想等）核心，橙子等外皮之下的海绵层；vt. 杀死，使瘫痪，除去…中的髓；

n. 充分，完全，丰富，茂盛；

[例句] The music brought him a feeling of plenitude and freedom.

[例句] ...the safety and plenitude of their life.

adj. 〈俚〉豪华的，漂亮的，舒服的，长毛绒做的；n. 长绒棉，长毛绒，长毛绒裤；

[例句] ...a plush, four-storey, Georgian house in Mayfair.

[例句] ...one of the plushest posts in US diplomacy.

（使）停下（住），责备，（使）名次提前，从土里拔出来；

[例句] The cab pulled up and the driver jumped out.

[例句] He pulled up a chair behind her and put his chin on her shoulder.

n. 烙饼，薄煎饼，粉饼，[航]平降，平坠；vt. 使平坠著陆，使平展；vi. 平坠着陆，平展；

adj. 标绘的；v. 密谋( plot的过去式和过去分词 )，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.

adj. 哲学上的，哲学（家）的，冷静的，沉着的，明达的，达观的；

[例句] He was not accustomed to political or philosophical discussions.

[例句] Lewis has grown philosophical about life.

n. 心理学，心理特点，心理状态，心理影响；

[例句] ...Professor of Psychology at Bedford College.

[例句] ...a fascination with the psychology of murderers.

n. 宣传，宣传运动；

[例句] The Front adopted an aggressive propaganda campaign against its rivals.

[例句] ...anti-European propaganda movies.

n. 传播，传输，蔓延，扩展，波及深度，〔生〕繁殖法，〔地〕传导，宣传，培养；

[例句] They propagated political doctrines which promised to tear apart the fabric of British society.

[例句] The easiest way to propagate a vine is to take hardwood cuttings...

adj. 易腐烂的，易腐败的，易毁灭的，易消亡的；n. 容易腐坏的东西（尤指食品）；

[例句] ...perishable food like fruit, vegetables and meat...

[例句] Raw eggs are highly perishable and must be chilled before and after cooking.

n. 特权，君权，天赋的特权（能力等），特性，特点，显著的优点，[史]优先投票权，总督委任组成的法庭；adj. 有特权的，[罗史]有优先投票权的；

[例句] Constitutional changes are exclusively the prerogative of the parliament...

[例句] It is your prerogative to stop seeing that particular therapist and find another one.

n. 资助，赞助，光顾，惠顾，任免权，支援，保护；

[例句] ...government patronage of the arts in Europe...

[例句] The Vevey Festival was founded 12 years ago under the patronage of Oona Chaplin.

adj. （教师）在多所学校兼课的，徒步游历的，漫游的，巡回的；

[例句] Her father was in the army and the family led a peripatetic existence.

[例句] ...a hectic, peripatetic life full of people and parties.