vt. 先占，取代，先取，先发制人；

[例句] You can pre-empt pain by taking a painkiller at the first warning sign...

[例句] He pre-empted any decision to sack him...

n. 影印本，复印件；v. 影印，照相复制，复印；

[例句] Staff photocopied the cheque before cashing it.

n. 品脱，一品脱的量器或容器，一品脱容器的东西；

[例句] ...a pint of milk...

[例句] The military requested 6,000 pints of blood from the American Red Cross.

n. 特性，特质，怪癖，奇形怪状；

[例句] Joe's other peculiarity was that he was constantly munching hard candy.

[例句] Each nation can have its own peculiarities when it comes to doing business.

vi. 突袭，猛扑，掌握，抓住；vt. 扑过去抓住；n. 猛扑，爪；

[例句] He pounced on the photographer, beat him up and smashed his camera...

[例句] Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.

n. 假装，做作，要求，主张，自负，借口；vt. [建]预张，预拉；

[例句] Her wide-eyed innocence soon exposes the pretensions of the art world...

[例句] We like him for his honesty, his lack of pretension.

n. 倾向，癖性；

[例句] He was indulging his own sexual proclivities.

[例句] ...a proclivity to daydream.

adj. 敷衍的，马虎的，肤浅的，浅薄的；

[例句] She gave the list only a perfunctory glance...

[例句] ...a perfunctory handshake...

n. 请求人，请愿人，离婚案原告；

[例句] The judge awarded the costs of the case to the petitioners.

[例句] Both the petitioner and respondent provide for the upkeep of the children.

adj. 绘画的，有图片的，图画似的，形象化的；n. 画报，画刊，画页，图画邮票；

[例句] ...a pictorial history of the Special Air Service.

[例句] ...pictorial images.

n. 子孙，后裔，结果，结局；

[例句] Davis was never loquacious on the subject of his progeny.

[例句] Among its many progeny, the 1944 Education Act gave birth to the modern youth service.

adj. 计划了的，根据计划的；v. 计划，打算，设计( plan的过去式和过去分词 )；

[例句] The three leaders had worked out a peace plan...

[例句] The project is part of a United Nations plan for refugees.

v. 出版( publish的过去式和过去分词 )，（在互联网上）发表，公布，在报刊)发表；

[例句] They publish reference books...

[例句] His latest book of poetry will be published by Faber in May.

adj. 探索的，寻根究底的，寻求真理的，（问题）深入锐利的；v. 探索，用探针（或探测器等）探查，探测( probe的现在分词 )，盘问，（用试探性袭击等）侦察（敌情），用尖物刺穿（物件）；

[例句] The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become...

[例句] For three years, I have probed for understanding...

adj. 使为难的，费解的，令人困惑的；v. 使迷惑，使难解( puzzle的现在分词 )，为难，伤脑筋，苦思；

[例句] My sister puzzles me and causes me anxiety.

[例句] In rehearsing Shakespeare, I puzzle over the complexities of his verse and prose.

n. 硬石蜡，石蜡；vt. 用石蜡处理，涂石蜡于…；

[例句] ...a paraffin lamp.

vt.& vi. （小孩般）天真无邪地说话，发出连续而无意义的声音，闲扯，东拉西扯；n. 闲扯，东拉西扯，（小孩般）咿咿呀呀的话；

[例句] Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream...

[例句] She prattled on as she drove out to the Highway...

n. 邮递员，邮差；

n. 豌豆，豌豆类，豌豆状物，〈美俚〉棒球；

n. 汗，汗水，出汗，流汗；

[例句] His hands were wet with perspiration.

[例句] ...night sweats and excessive perspiration.