adj. 塞紧的；v. 插上插头( plug的过去式和过去分词 )，以（塞子）塞住；

[例句] She put the plug in the sink and filled it with cold water.

[例句] A plug had been inserted in the drill hole.

n. [化学] 铂，白金，唱片集达100万张的销售量，银灰色；adj. 唱片集已售出100万张的；

[例句] ...a platinum blonde with thick eye shadow and scarlet lipstick.

v. 继续( pursue的现在分词 )，追求，进行，追捕；

[例句] It became harder for women married to diplomats to pursue their own interests...

[例句] He said Japan would continue to pursue the policies laid down at the London summit...

n. 苍白，暗淡，失色；

[例句] Migrating birds filled the pale sky...

[例句] As we age, our skin becomes paler.

脉冲[振，动]的，脉冲调制的，受脉冲作用的；

[例句] Mahoney's pulse was racing, and he felt confused.

[例句] ...the repetitive pulse of the music.

n. 胎盘，胎座；

[例句] The drug can be transferred to the baby via the placenta.

adj. 成比例的，相称的，适当的；vt. 使…成比例，使相称，使相当，使适应；

[例句] Republics will have voting rights proportionate to the size of their economies...

[例句] The extra field cultivated meant a proportionate increase in work.

adv. 凌乱地，匆忙地；adj. 胡乱的，匆忙的；n. 混乱；

[例句] All three of us rushed pell-mell into the kitchen.

n. 灵长目动物，（英国教会的）大主教，首领，监督长；adj. 灵长目动物的，首要的；

[例句] The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.

[例句] ...the Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland.

n. 预言，预言能力，预言书；

[例句] The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.

[例句] ...Biblical prophecy.

n. 管子工，水暖工，（防止泄密的）堵漏人员；

adj. [医]病理学的，由疾病引起的，病态的，疾病的；

[例句] He experiences chronic, almost pathological jealousy...

[例句] He's a pathological liar.

adj. 有说服力的，劝诱的，动听；

[例句] What do you think were some of the more persuasive arguments on the other side?...

[例句] I can be very persuasive when I want to be...

adj. 可预言的，可预报的，可预见的，可预料的；

[例句] This was a predictable reaction, given the bitter hostility between the two countries...

[例句] The result was entirely predictable.

adj. 微粒的，粒子的；n. 微粒，粒子；

[例句] ...the particulate pollution in our atmosphere.

n. 大水罐，投掷的人；

[例句] ...a pitcher of iced water.

[例句] Over the next five years, he became one of the greatest pitchers in baseball.

adj. 规定的，法定的；v. 开药方( prescribe的过去式和过去分词 )，指示，规定，指定遵守；

[例句] Our doctor diagnosed a throat infection and prescribed antibiotic and junior aspirin...

[例句] She took twice the prescribed dose of sleeping tablets...

n. 模范，典型，十全十美的人，完美无缺的人；

[例句] We don't expect candidates to be paragons of virtue.

[例句] ...a paragon of neatness, efficiency and reliability...

adj. 脾气坏的，易动怒的；

[例句] Aubrey had slept little and that always made him peevish...

[例句] She glared down at me with a peevish expression on her face.

adj. 简练的，精辟的，简洁扼要的；

[例句] His pithy advice to young painters was, 'Above all, keep your colours fresh.'...

[例句] Many of them made a point of praising the film's pithy dialogue.