adj. 最高的，至上的，最重要的，主要的，卓越的，有最高权力的；n. 最高，至上，有最高权力的人，元首，首长；

[例句] The child's welfare must be seen as paramount...

[例句] Nitrogen is of paramount importance to life on earth.

vt. 使烦恼，使为难，纠缠；

[例句] I thought she'd stop pestering me, but it only seemed to make her worse...

[例句] I know he gets fed up with people pestering him for money.

n. 凤凰，长生鸟（神话中的鸟，在阿拉伯沙漠中，可活数百年，然后自焚为灰而再生），菲尼克斯 （美国城市）；

[例句] Out of the ashes of the economic shambles, a phoenix of recovery can arise.

n. 倾向，素质，易染病体质；

[例句] ...a woman's predisposition to use the right side of her brain...

[例句] There is a thin dividing line between educating the public and creating a predisposition to panic.

n. 内容说明书，（即将出版的书等的）内容介绍，简介，计划书，意见书，（讲义等的）大纲；

adj. 刑事的，刑法上的，与刑罚有关的，作为刑罚场所的；

[例句] ...director-general of penal affairs at the justice ministry.

[例句] ...penal and legal systems.

adj. 险峻的，多悬崖的，急躁的，鲁莽的；

[例句] The town is perched on the edge of a steep, precipitous cliff.

[例句] The stock market's precipitous drop frightened foreign investors...

v. 宣传，推广，宣扬，传播；

[例句] The author appeared on television to publicize her latest book...

[例句] He never publicized his plans.

n. 万神庙，（一国或一民族信奉的）众神，名流，伟人；

[例句] ...the birthplace of Krishna, another god of the Hindu pantheon.

[例句] ...the Communist Party's pantheon of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin.

n. 黑影周围的半阴影，半影，边缘，外围；

n. 假誓，伪证，伪证罪；

[例句] This witness has committed perjury and no reliance can be placed on her evidence.

[例句] ...charges of perjury.

n. 匾额，匾牌，牙斑，牙菌斑；

[例句] After touring the hospital, Her Majesty unveiled a commemorative plaque.

[例句] Deposits of plaque build up between the tooth and the gum.

adj. 净化的，清洗的，通便的；n. 泻剂；

[例句] The doctors attempted to reduce his high fever by inducing diarrhea with a purgative.

[例句] ...purgative oils.

n. 购买，采购；v. 购买( purchase的现在分词 )，购买东西；

[例句] He purchased a ticket and went up on the top deck...

[例句] Most of those shares were purchased from brokers.

n. 社交聚会( party的名词复数 )，党，政党，一方；

[例句] ...a member of the Labour party.

[例句] ...India's ruling party.

n. 项目( project的名词复数 )，课题，（政界领导人的）长期目标，有组织的任务；v. 投射( project的第三人称单数 )，计划，提出，展现；

[例句] Money will also go into local development projects in Vietnam...

[例句] ...an international science project...

adj. 加工过的，经加工的；v. 加工( process的过去式和过去分词 )，处理，审阅，审核；

[例句] There was total agreement to start the peace process as soon as possible...

[例句] They decided to spread the building process over three years...

adj. 诗的，韵文的，有诗意的，诗人的；n. 诗学，诗论；

[例句] Nikolai Demidenko gave an exciting yet poetic performance.

[例句] There's a very rich poetic tradition in Gaelic.

n. （芭蕾）皮鲁埃特旋转（竖趾旋转）；vi. 作皮鲁埃特旋转；

[例句] Virginia Zucci of the Russian Ballet was famous for her pirouettes.

[例句] She pirouetted in front of the glass.

adj. 所有（权）的，占有的，所属关系的，所有格的；n. 所有格，占有，占有欲；adv. 占有地，所属关系地；

[例句] Danny could be very jealous and possessive about me...

[例句] He used to ring his possessive mother several times a day.