n. 序，绪言，（法令、文件等的）序文，前言；

[例句] The controversy has arisen over the text of the preamble to the unification treaty...

[例句] 'I would like you to return to the villa as soon as possible,' she said without preamble.

n. （架高压输电线的）电缆塔；

[例句] ...electricity pylons.

给…打电话，叫醒，朝上方叫喊，使回忆起；

[例句] When I'm in Pittsburgh, I call him up...

[例句] He called up the museum...

起立，竖立，经久耐用，失约；

[例句] He made wild accusations that did not stand up...

[例句] How well does this thesis stand up to close examination?

使热，变热，（使）更活跃，（使）作准备活动；

[例句] He blew on his hands to warm them up...

[例句] All that she would have to do was warm up the pudding...

n. 供应（ provision的名词复数 ），准备，规定，食物和饮料；

[例句] The department is responsible for the provision of residential care services.

[例句] ...nursery provision for children with special needs.

adj. 膨胀的，肿胀的；n. 膨胀，肿胀；

[例句] Her cheeks were puffy with crying.

[例句] ...dark-ringed puffy eyes.

v. 采( pluck的过去式和过去分词 )，拔掉，解救，弹；

[例句] I plucked a lemon from the tree...

[例句] He plucked a stalk of dried fennel.

adj. 无力的，无能的，无权力的，虚弱的，无资源的；

[例句] If you don't have money, you're powerless.

[例句] ...political and economic systems that keep women poor and powerless.

n. [电子学]尖峰信号，尖头信号，短促而尖锐的声音，（统计数字的）上下浮动，雷达的可视信号；vi. 发哔哔声，发信号，（雷达等屏幕上）出现光点，出现波动；

[例句] Interest rates generally have been declining since last spring, despite a few upward blips in recent weeks.

n. 打印机，印刷机，印刷商，印刷厂，印刷业从业人员，印花工；

[例句] The manuscript had already been sent off to the printers.

vt. 铺设，为…铺平道路，安排；n. （用砖石）铺（地）；adj. （宝石）密镶的；

[例句] The avenue had never been paved, and deep mud made it impassable in winter.

[例句] ...a new proposal intended to pave the way for the signing of a chemical weapons reduction agreement...

n. [物]质子；

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...