adj. 被看作最重要的，被看作最有价值的；v. 珍视，珍惜( prize的过去式和过去分词 )；

[例句] You must claim your prize by telephoning our claims line...

[例句] He won first prize at the Leeds Piano Competition...

n. 借口，（无事实根据的）要求，自称，假装；

vt. 使（议会）休会；

vt. 预告，预言；

[例句] He prophesied that within five years his opponent would either be dead or in prison...

[例句] She prophesied a bad ending for the expedition.

n. 诗人，空想家，古典芭蕾舞大师；

[例句] He was a painter and poet.

n. 陶器，陶器厂[作坊]，陶器类，陶器制造（术）；

[例句] Some bowls were made of pottery and wood.

n. 鸽子，易受骗的人，责任；

n. 门廊，游廊，走廊；

[例句] Is there a light in the porch or garden?

[例句] We'd eat during the hot summer evenings on the front porch.

n. 公众信息，宣传效用，宣传，公诸于众的状况；

[例句] Much advance publicity was given to the talks...

[例句] ...government publicity campaigns...

n. 陶工，制陶工人；v. 稀里糊涂地混日子，慢条斯理地走，闲逛，混（日子），浪费（时间）；

n. 包装机，罐头食品工人，赶牲口运货的人，打包机；

[例句] Norma Jones worked as a packer in a local chemical factory.

v. 使愤恨，使恼怒；n. 怨恨，愤恨，恼怒，凸纹坚挺布料；

[例句] Mimi had gotten over her pique at Susan's refusal to accept the job.

[例句] This phenomenon piqued Dr Morris' interest...

vi. 使极化，使偏振，使两极分化；

[例句] Missile deployment did much to further polarize opinion in Britain...

[例句] As the car rental industry polarizes, business will go to the bigger companies...

n. 花粉，[虫]粉面；vt. 传授花粉给，用花粉掩盖；

n. 异常俭省，极度节俭，吝啬，小气；

[例句] Due to official parsimony only the one machine was built.

adj. 拘礼的，拘谨的，谨小慎微的，拘泥形式的；

[例句] He was punctilious about being ready and waiting in the entrance hall exactly on time...

[例句] He was a punctilious young man.

n. 周期，时期( period的名词复数 )，（一段）时间，学时，句号；

[例句] This crisis might last for a long period of time.

[例句] ...a period of a few months.

n. 护理人员，医务辅助人员；

[例句] We intend to have a paramedic on every ambulance within the next three years.

adv. 心理上地，心理学地；

[例句] John received constant physical and psychological abuse from his father...

[例句] Robyn's loss of memory is a psychological problem, rather than a physical one.

n. 部分( proportion的名词复数 )，[数学]比例（法），面积，等比关系；

[例句] A large proportion of the dolphins in that area will eventually die...

[例句] A proportion of the rent is met by the city council.