v. 使愤恨，使恼怒；n. 怨恨，愤恨，恼怒，凸纹坚挺布料；

[例句] Mimi had gotten over her pique at Susan's refusal to accept the job.

[例句] This phenomenon piqued Dr Morris' interest...

vi. 使极化，使偏振，使两极分化；

[例句] Missile deployment did much to further polarize opinion in Britain...

[例句] As the car rental industry polarizes, business will go to the bigger companies...

n. 花粉，[虫]粉面；vt. 传授花粉给，用花粉掩盖；

n. 异常俭省，极度节俭，吝啬，小气；

[例句] Due to official parsimony only the one machine was built.

adj. 拘礼的，拘谨的，谨小慎微的，拘泥形式的；

[例句] He was punctilious about being ready and waiting in the entrance hall exactly on time...

[例句] He was a punctilious young man.

n. 临时雇员，（尤指）临时秘书；vi. 打临时工，做临时工作，打零工；abbr. temperature温度；

[例句] Like so many aspiring actresses, she ended up waiting tables and temping in office jobs...

[例句] Mrs Reynolds has been temping since losing her job.

打扮，穿上特殊服装，（使）装扮成另一种样子，为取乐和假扮而穿别人的衣服，盛装打扮；

[例句] You do not need to dress up for dinner...

[例句] I just love the fun of dressing up in another era's clothing...

照亮，点烟，开街灯或车灯，（使）变得喜悦；

[例句] ...a keypad that lights up when you pick up the handset...

[例句] On September 5, at the end of the festival, a massive display of fireworks will light up the sky around Broadlands.

升起，（使）增长，迅速地登上，沿…迅速地移动；

[例句] He ran up a £1,400 bill at the Britannia Adelphi Hotel...

[例句] Many ran up huge debts as they spent millions to buy foreign players.

n. 周期，时期( period的名词复数 )，（一段）时间，学时，句号；

[例句] This crisis might last for a long period of time.

[例句] ...a period of a few months.

n. 护理人员，医务辅助人员；

[例句] We intend to have a paramedic on every ambulance within the next three years.

adv. 心理上地，心理学地；

[例句] John received constant physical and psychological abuse from his father...

[例句] Robyn's loss of memory is a psychological problem, rather than a physical one.

n. 部分( proportion的名词复数 )，[数学]比例（法），面积，等比关系；

[例句] A large proportion of the dolphins in that area will eventually die...

[例句] A proportion of the rent is met by the city council.

v. 使平，涂以灰泥，粘贴，掩饰(plaster的过去分词形式)；adj. 涂得厚厚的，醉醺醺的，〈美俚〉“plaster”的派生；

[例句] His hair was plastered down to his scalp by the rain.

[例句] My hands, boots and trousers were plastered with mud.

n. 推进器，推进式飞机，咄咄逼人的人，推挤的人，贩毒者；

[例句] He was accused of acting as a carrier for drug pushers.

（使）端坐，晚睡，熬夜，引起注意；

[例句] Her head spins dizzily as soon as she sits up.

[例句] She sat him up and made him comfortable.

n. （关家禽等的）笼子，栏舍，拘禁的场所，监牢；vt. 把…关在笼子（或栏舍等）中，把…拘禁起来；vi. （警察值勤时）打瞌睡；

[例句] ...a family whose children have grown up and flown the coop...

[例句] She graduates to senior stylist and then flies the coop to set up in a salon of her own.

n. （警察要见证人指出谁为嫌疑犯而让数人排成的）行列，人（或物）的列队，选手阵容，电视节目时间表；

[例句] Ryan Giggs is likely to be in Wales's starting line-up for their World Cup qualifying match...

[例句] The programme is back for a new series with a great line-up of musicians and comedy acts.

n. 物理学家，唯物论者，自然科学家，宇宙机械论者；

[例句] ...a nuclear physicist.

adj. 更好的，更可取的，略胜一筹的；

[例句] A big earthquake a long way off is preferable to a smaller one nearby...

[例句] The hazards of the theatre seemed preferable to joining the family paint business...