n. 盛会，露天表演，虚饰，选美比赛；

[例句] In August 1968 women held a demonstration at the Miss America Beauty Pageant.

n. 策略，手法，工作；v. 横队变纵队；

[例句] Christmas should be a time of excitement and wonder, not a cynical marketing ploy.

adj. 敏锐的，有洞察力的，聪明的，响亮的；v. 贯穿，穿过( penetrate的现在分词)，刺入，了解，渗透；

[例句] Mary heard the penetrating bell of an ambulance...

[例句] Her voice was nasal and penetrating.

n. 语音（学），发音学，语音学；

[例句] ...the Japanese phonetic system, with its relatively few, simple sounds...

[例句] I thought a phonetic spelling might aid in pronunciation.

adj. 易弯的，柔韧的，能适应的；

[例句] She's proud and stubborn, you know, under that pliant exterior.

[例句] ...pliant young willows.

n. 总统，总统的任期，管辖，支配；

[例句] Britain will support him as a candidate for the presidency of the organisation...

[例句] Poverty had declined during his presidency.

adv. 深深地，深切地，深刻地，极度地；

[例句] ...discoveries which had a profound effect on many areas of medicine.

[例句] ...profound disagreement...

adj. 突出的，伸出的；v. 投射( project的现在分词 )，计划，提出，展现；

[例句] Money will also go into local development projects in Vietnam...

[例句] ...an international science project...

n. 突然发作，发作，阵发；adj. 发作性的，爆发性的；

[例句] He exploded in a paroxysm of rage.

[例句] ...a paroxysm of grief.

n. 祖传的财物，继承物，遗产；

[例句] I left my parents' house, relinquished my estate and my patrimony.

[例句] In the 1930's, The National Trust began its campaign to save Britain's patrimony of threatened country houses.

adj. （饥、寒等）令人极难受的，冷极的，讨厌的，该死的；adv. 该死地；v. 丧生( perish的现在分词 )，消亡，死亡，损坏；

[例句] Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn.

[例句] ...the ferry disaster in which 193 passengers perished.

adj. 冷静的，镇定的，迟钝的，冷漠的；

[例句] ...a most phlegmatic man, steadily working on as the rain splashed down.

n. 谨慎，节俭，精明；

[例句] Western businessmen are showing remarkable prudence in investing in the region...

[例句] A lack of prudence may lead to financial problems.

脱去，胜利完成，捣

[例句] The National League for Democracy pulled off a landslide victory...

[例句] It will be a very, very fine piece of mountaineering if they pull it off.

conj. 如果，假如，在…条件下，倘若；v. 提供，供给，供应( provide的现在分词)，规定，提供[(+for)]，装备；

[例句] I do believe in people being able to do what they want to do, providing they're not hurting someone else...

[例句] Providing they do not panic, I believe that their chances of survival will be beyond 95 per cent.

adv. 政治地，政党地；

[例句] All other political parties there have been completely banned...

[例句] The Canadian government is facing another political crisis.

n. 加工，数据处理机，（计算机的）中央处理器，加工机（或工人）；

[例句] ...food growers and processors.

vt.& vi. (promise的过去式或过去分词形式)，承诺，允诺，答应；v. 允诺( promise的过去式和过去分词 )，答应，有…希望，预示；

[例句] The post office has promised to resume first class mail delivery to the area on Friday...

[例句] He had promised that the rich and privileged would no longer get preferential treatment...

adj. 有毒的，中过毒的，发炎的，金杯毒酒；v. 毒死( poison的过去式和过去分词 )，污染，放毒于，对…有不良影响；

[例句] Poison from the weaver fish causes paralysis, swelling, and nausea...

[例句] Mercury is a known poison.

adj. 波斯（现称伊朗）的，波斯人的，波斯语的；n. 波斯人，波斯语，波斯绸，百叶窗；

[例句] ...the Persian Empire.

[例句] ...Persian poetry.