adj. 磨光的，擦亮的，完美的，精良的，优雅的；v. 使光滑，擦亮(polish的过去式和过去分词)；

[例句] He is polished, charming, articulate and an excellent negotiator.

[例句] It was simply a very polished performance.

adj. 太古的，原始状态的，纯朴的，纯洁的，未受腐蚀的，新鲜的；

[例句] Now the house is in pristine condition.

[例句] ...pristine white shirts.

n. 废话，空话；

[例句] We don't want all that palaver, do we?

adj. 不诚实的，背信弃义的；

[例句] Their feet will trample on the dead bodies of their perfidious aggressors.

n. （捣碎或碾磨用的）杵；

adj. 辛辣的，开胃的，刺激的，有趣的；

[例句] ...a crisp mixed salad with an unusually piquant dressing.

[例句] There may well have been a piquant novelty about her books when they came out.

n. 争论，辩论，辩论者，争论者；adj. 辩论的，好争论的；

[例句] ...a polemic against the danger of secret societies...

[例句] The book is both a history and a passionate polemic for tolerance.

n. 百姓，平民，人口；

[例句] ...a large proportion of the populace.

adj. 猪的，似猪的；

n. 获得，取得，采购；

[例句] Russia was cutting procurement of new weapons 'by about 80 per cent', he said.

偿还，报复，报答，偿付；

[例句] He burst into tears, begging her to forgive him and swearing to pay back everything he had stolen...

[例句] I'll pay you back that two quid tomorrow.

逐渐发生，展开，结束，使精疲力竭；

[例句] Her union reforms were played out against a background of rising unemployment...

[例句] The film has eerie parallels with the drama being played out in real life.

n. 恳求，请求，辩论，辩护，[法]诉状，诉讼程序；adj. 恳求的，请求的；v. 恳求，请求(plead的现在分词)，抗辩，答辩，恳求，请求；

[例句] ...his pleading eyes.

[例句] ...the pleading expression on her face...

n. 男妓，皮条客，妓院老板，引人作坏事的人；vi. 拉皮条，帮助干坏事；

[例句] He stole, lied, deceived and pimped his way out of poverty.

adj. 纯的( pure的比较级 )，单纯的，纯真的，干净的；

[例句] ...a carton of pure orange juice.

[例句] In remote regions, the air is pure and the crops are free of poisonous insecticides.

v. 涌出( pour的过去式和过去分词 )，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...

adj. 可怜的( poor的比较级 )，贫乏的，贫困的，低劣的；

[例句] The reason our schools cannot afford better teachers is because people here are poor...

[例句] He was one of thirteen children from a poor family.

n. 五边形，五角形，五角大楼（指美国国防部）；

adv. 显著地，重要地；

[例句] ...a prominent member of the Law Society.

[例句] ...the children of very prominent or successful parents.

adj. 不正当的；v. 滥用( pervert的过去式和过去分词 )，腐蚀，败坏，使堕落；

[例句] You've been protecting sick and perverted men...

[例句] His actions, to his small perverted mind, were surely forgivable.