n. 有礼貌，客气，文雅，有礼貌的行为；

[例句] Everyone around him was trying to be polite, but you could tell they were all bored...

[例句] It's not polite to point or talk about strangers in public...

adv. 潜在地，可能地，强有力地，权威地；

[例句] The firm has identified 60 potential customers at home and abroad...

[例句] ...potential party members...

adv. 穷困地，差劲地，看不起地；adj. 身体不舒服的，健康欠佳的；

[例句] I've just phoned Julie and she's still poorly.

n. 井( pit的名词复数 )，煤矿，麻子，（赛车道旁的）修理加油站；

[例句] It was a better community then when all the pits were working.

[例句] Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit.

n. 勇气，精神( pluck的名词复数 )；v. 采( pluck的第三人称单数 )，拔掉，解救，弹；

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

[例句] He plucked a stalk of dried fennel.

n. 瘫痪，麻痹，中风；

n. 悲观，悲观情绪，悲观主义；

[例句] ...universal pessimism about the economy...

[例句] My first reaction was one of deep pessimism.

adj. 悲哀的，哀怨的，哭诉的，可怜的，忧郁的；

[例句] They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls...

[例句] Her voice was small and plaintive.

n. 序言，开场白；vi. 作序言，作开场白；

[例句] The prologue to the novel is written in the form of a newspaper account.

[例句] This was a prologue to today's bloodless revolution.

n. 标点法，标点符号，标点符号的使用，点标点；

[例句] He was known for his poor grammar and punctuation.

[例句] Jessica scanned the lines, none of which had any punctuation.

n. （装在项链等上的）垂饰，坠儿；

vt. 填迟…的日期；n. 事后日期；

n. 精神分析（学），心理分析；

n. 哑剧，童话剧，手势；vi. 打手势，演哑剧；

[例句] What she does very well is pantomime...

[例句] He is currently starring in pantomime in Weston-super-Mare.

n. 一妻多夫（制），一妻多夫制，多雄性，一雌多雄；

n. （生活必需品的）匮乏，贫困；

[例句] They endured five years of privation during the second world war...

[例句] The privations of monastery life were evident in his appearance.

adj. 好战的，好斗的，好挑衅的；

[例句] The President was in a pugnacious mood when he spoke to journalists about the rebellion.

n. 炼狱，（在炼狱中的）涤罪，暂时受苦的地方，暂时的苦难；adj. 净化的，清洗的；

[例句] Prayers were said for souls in Purgatory.

[例句] Every step of the last three miles was purgatory.

n. 泥煤，泥炭；

n. 长矛，梭鱼，狗鱼，收费道路，[泳]虾式跳水；v. 用矛刺穿，赶路，走，（跟着大赌客）小心谨慎的赌小钱，用长矛戳（伤，死）；

[例句] Some of them carried pikes with shrivelled heads on top.

[例句] There have been threats to veto any legislation that comes down the pike.