n. 摄影，摄影术，一组照片；

[例句] Photography is one of her hobbies.

[例句] ...some of the top names in fashion photography.

n. 散文，单调，平凡，枯燥无味的话，无聊的议论；vt. 用散文写，把…改写成散文，平淡无趣地写，啰啰唆唆地讲；

[例句] Shute's prose is stark and chillingly unsentimental...

[例句] What he has to say is expressed in prose of exceptional lucidity and grace.

n. 天文馆，天象仪；

n. （药的）一服，一剂；

adj. 预备的，准备的，筹备的，初步的；adv. 在先前，作为准备；n. 大学预科，私立预科学校；

[例句] At least a year's preparatory work will be necessary before building can start.

[例句] ...preparatory talks for this week's summit in the Maldive Islands.

n. 代表权，代理人，代替物，委托书，代理服务器；

[例句] Those not attending the meeting may vote by proxy.

[例句] Price differences are used as a proxy for differences in quality.

vi. 支吾，搪塞，说谎；n. 推诿的人，撒谎的人；

[例句] British ministers continued to prevaricate.

adj. 挥霍的，浪费的，放荡的，行为不检点的；n. 放荡的人，浪子，肆意挥霍者；

[例句] ...the most profligate consumer of energy in the world.

n. 记录，[会计]过帐，记账，委派；v. 邮寄，张贴(post的现在分词)，公布；

[例句] He was rewarded with a posting to New York...

[例句] Relevant work experience is required for overseas postings.

n. 迫害或受迫害，烦扰，苛求，困扰；

[例句] ...the persecution of minorities.

[例句] ...victims of political persecution...

adj. 闹着玩的，爱玩的，戏谑的；

[例句] ...a playful kiss on the tip of his nose.

[例句] ...a playful fight...

n. 通道( passage的名词复数 )，经过，通路，（文章的）一段；

[例句] Harry stepped into the passage and closed the door behind him.

[例句] ...up some stairs and along a narrow passage towards a door.

adj. 父母的，亲代的，[生]（杂种）亲本的，作为来源[渊源]的；

[例句] Medical treatment was sometimes given to children without parental consent...

[例句] Parental attitudes vary widely.

v. 补( patch的过去式和过去分词 )，修理，调停，解决；

[例句] ...the bald patch on the top of his head...

[例句] There was a small patch of blue in the grey clouds.

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. 便携式电脑；

[例句] She used to work at her laptop until four in the morning.

[例句] ...a laptop computer he called Magic Slate.

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.