n. (赎罪的)苦行,苦修;
[例句] ...a time of fasting, penance and pilgrimage...
[例句] The Koran recommends fasting as a penance before pilgrimages.
adj. (人)通晓、使用多种语言的,(书等)用多种语言写的;n. 通晓多种语言的人;
[例句] ...Chicago's polyglot population.
[例句] ...a polyglot who speaks four languages.
n. 伙伴关系,合伙人身份,合作关系,合营公司;
[例句] ...the partnership between Germany's banks and its businesses...
[例句] Alex and Mikhail were in partnership then: Mikhail handled the creative side; Alex was the financier.
卷起, 卷成圆筒形[球形],到达, 出现;
[例句] The jacket was too big for him so he rolled up the cuffs...
[例句] Walking in the surf, she had to roll her pants up to her knees.
放弃,呕吐,产生(人才),匆匆建造(某物);
[例句] She said she had thrown up after reading reports of the trial.
[例句] If it had hit the Earth, it would have made a crater 100 miles across and thrown up an immense cloud of dust.
n. 传布;v. 涌出( pour的现在分词 ),倾,倒,涌流,倾泻;
[例句] Pour a pool of sauce on two plates and arrange the meat neatly...
[例句] Francis poured a generous measure of the whisky into a fresh glass...
adv. 强大地,强烈地,有效地;
[例句] You're a powerful man — people will listen to you.
[例句] ...Russia and India, two large, powerful countries.
adj. 被看作最重要的,被看作最有价值的;v. 珍视,珍惜( prize的过去式和过去分词 );
[例句] You must claim your prize by telephoning our claims line...
[例句] He won first prize at the Leeds Piano Competition...
n. 借口,(无事实根据的)要求,自称,假装;
vt. 使(议会)休会;
vt. 预告,预言;
[例句] He prophesied that within five years his opponent would either be dead or in prison...
[例句] She prophesied a bad ending for the expedition.
n. 公民身份,公民权;
[例句] After 15 years in the USA, he has finally decided to apply for American citizenship...
[例句] Only people who can trace their family history in Kuwait back before 1920 are entitled to citizenship.
n. 咬舌,口齿不清(把s音发成th音);vt.& vi. (说话)咬舌(把s音发成th音);
[例句] He has a slight lisp.
[例句] The little man, upset, was lisping badly...
n. 诗人,空想家,古典芭蕾舞大师;
[例句] He was a painter and poet.
n. 陶器,陶器厂[作坊],陶器类,陶器制造(术);
[例句] Some bowls were made of pottery and wood.
n. 鸽子,易受骗的人,责任;
n. 门廊,游廊,走廊;
[例句] Is there a light in the porch or garden?
[例句] We'd eat during the hot summer evenings on the front porch.
n. 公众信息,宣传效用,宣传,公诸于众的状况;
[例句] Much advance publicity was given to the talks...
[例句] ...government publicity campaigns...
n. 陶工,制陶工人;v. 稀里糊涂地混日子,慢条斯理地走,闲逛,混(日子),浪费(时间);
n. 包装机,罐头食品工人,赶牲口运货的人,打包机;
[例句] Norma Jones worked as a packer in a local chemical factory.