n. 多聚物，[高分子] 聚合物；

adj. （计划、言行）考虑周到的，有见识的，谨慎的，慎重的；v. 从政；

[例句] Many towns often found it politic to change their allegiance.

vt.& vi. 偷窃（小东西），小偷；vi. 偷窃（一般指小偷小摸）；

[例句] Staff were pilfering behind the bar...

[例句] When food stores close, they go to work, pilfering food for resale on the black market.

vt. 把…编成辫绳，给…打褶，编织；n. 发辫，辫子，辫绳，辫状物；

[例句] Joanna parted her hair, and then began to plait it into two thick braids.

[例句] ...a plaited leather belt.

n. 困境，窘况，[逻]范畴；

[例句] Hank explained our predicament...

[例句] The decision will leave her in a peculiar predicament.

n. 首映；vi.&vt. 初次公演，首次露面；adj. 首要的，至上的；

[例句] A new Czechoslovak film has had its premiere at the Karlovy Vary film festival.

[例句] ...a royal film premiere.

vt.& vi. （使某物）起褶子或皱纹；n. （衣服上的）皱纹，褶子；

[例句] Toby's face puckered...

[例句] She puckered her lips into a rosebud and kissed him on the nose.

逐步建立，增进，（在某个地方）盖满了建筑物，宣扬；

[例句] The regime built up the largest army in Africa...

[例句] The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years...

n. 胶合板，合板，夹板；

[例句] ...a sheet of plywood.

做口袋的各种布料，口袋用布；

[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.

n. 永久，永恒，永远；

[例句] The US Government gave the land to the tribe in perpetuity.

adj. 邮政的，邮政局的；n. 明信片；

[例句] Compensation for lost or damaged mail will be handled by the postal service...

[例句] Include your full postal address.

adv. 完美地，理想地，完全地，无瑕疵地；

[例句] There's no reason why you can't have a perfectly normal child...

[例句] They made it perfectly clear that it was pointless to go on...

n. 邮费，邮资；

n. 摆，钟摆，摇摆不定的事态（或局面）；

[例句] The pendulum has swung back and the American car companies have made dramatic advances in safety...

[例句] The political pendulum has swung in favour of the liberals.

vt. 预先布置，事先调整，预先决定，事先安排；

[例句] ...a computerised timer that can be preset to a variety of programs...

[例句] Bake the cake in a preset oven.

adv. 敏捷地，迅速地，立即地，毫不迟疑；

[例句] Sister Francesca entered the chapel, took her seat, and promptly fell asleep.

[例句] Promptly at a quarter past seven, we left the hotel.

n. 预言家，先知，倡导者，主张者；

[例句] ...the sacred name of the Holy Prophet of Islam.

[例句] I promised myself I'd defy all the prophets of doom and battle back to fitness.

n. 条约，公约，公约；

[例句] Last month he signed a new non-aggression pact with Germany...

[例句] The other two opposition parties cannot agree on an electoral pact between themselves.

n. 药房，配药学，药学，制药业，一批备用药品；

[例句] Make sure you understand exactly how to take your medicines before you leave the pharmacy.

[例句] ...the pharmacy section of the drugstore.