vt. 翻新（轮胎）的胎面；vt.& vi. 扼要重述，概括；n. 胎面翻新的轮胎，重述要点，简明新闻；

[例句] To recap briefly, an agreement negotiated to cut the budget deficit was rejected 10 days ago...

[例句] Can you recap the points included in the regional conference proposal?

n. 井( pit的名词复数 )，煤矿，麻子，（赛车道旁的）修理加油站；

[例句] It was a better community then when all the pits were working.

[例句] Eric lost his footing and began to slide into the pit.

n. 勇气，精神( pluck的名词复数 )；v. 采( pluck的第三人称单数 )，拔掉，解救，弹；

[例句] I plucked a lemon from the tree...

[例句] He plucked a stalk of dried fennel.

n. 瘫痪，麻痹，中风；

n. 哔哔声；v. 嘟嘟响；

[例句] A cellular telephone beeped...

[例句] He beeped the horn.

vt. 超过，越过，优于，胜于，做得比…更好，跑过，逃脱；

[例句] In the mid-eighteenth century the production of food far outstripped the rise in population...

[例句] In 1989 and 1990 demand outstripped supply, and prices went up by more than a third.

n. 悲观，悲观情绪，悲观主义；

[例句] ...universal pessimism about the economy...

[例句] My first reaction was one of deep pessimism.

adj. 悲哀的，哀怨的，哭诉的，可怜的，忧郁的；

[例句] They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls...

[例句] Her voice was small and plaintive.

n. 序言，开场白；vi. 作序言，作开场白；

[例句] The prologue to the novel is written in the form of a newspaper account.

[例句] This was a prologue to today's bloodless revolution.

n. 标点法，标点符号，标点符号的使用，点标点；

[例句] He was known for his poor grammar and punctuation.

[例句] Jessica scanned the lines, none of which had any punctuation.

n. （装在项链等上的）垂饰，坠儿；

vt. 填迟…的日期；n. 事后日期；

n. 精神分析（学），心理分析；

n. 哑剧，童话剧，手势；vi. 打手势，演哑剧；

[例句] What she does very well is pantomime...

[例句] He is currently starring in pantomime in Weston-super-Mare.

n. 一妻多夫（制），一妻多夫制，多雄性，一雌多雄；

n. （生活必需品的）匮乏，贫困；

[例句] They endured five years of privation during the second world war...

[例句] The privations of monastery life were evident in his appearance.

adj. 好战的，好斗的，好挑衅的；

[例句] The President was in a pugnacious mood when he spoke to journalists about the rebellion.

n. 炼狱，（在炼狱中的）涤罪，暂时受苦的地方，暂时的苦难；adj. 净化的，清洗的；

[例句] Prayers were said for souls in Purgatory.

[例句] Every step of the last three miles was purgatory.

是…的总和[数]，合计，总结，概括，向陪审团概述案情；

[例句] One voter in Brasilia summed up the mood — 'Politicians have lost credibility,' he complained...

[例句] Obree summed his weekend up in one word: 'Disastrous.'

n. 泥煤，泥炭；