abbr. passive investment generators 无源投资发电机；n. 猪( pig的名词复数 )，猪肉，令人不快（或讨厌）的人，金属块（锭）；

[例句] ...the grunting of the pigs.

[例句] ...a pig farmer.

adj. 先导控制的，带先导阀的，有人驾驶的；

[例句] He spent seventeen years as an airline pilot.

[例句] ...fighter pilots of the British Royal Air Force.

n. 台( platform的名词复数 )，站台，（公开表达意见或在某方面发展的）机会，纲领；

[例句] Nick finished what he was saying and jumped down from the platform.

[例句] Some of these flood shelters are on raised platforms, which have allowed government helicopters to land amid the continuing floods...

n. 分割法，分区技术，分割，细分，分块；

[例句] ...new offices divided only by glass partitions...

[例句] Her taxicab has a thick perspex partition between the passengers' seats and the driver.

v. 掠食( prey的第三人称单数 )，掠食，折磨，（人）靠欺诈为生；

[例句] Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges...

[例句] These animals were the prey of hyenas.

n. 预兆，征兆，怪事，奇物；

[例句] The savage civil war there could be a portent of what's to come in the rest of the region...

[例句] I hope this is a portent for the rest of the year...

n. 穿孔，贯穿，针孔，齿孔；

[例句] Tear off the form along the perforations and send it to Sales...

[例句] When held to the light the small oblong leaves are seen to possess tiny perforations.

vt. 使瘫痪[麻痹]，使不能正常活动，[电]关闭；

[例句] Her married sister had been paralysed in a road accident.

[例句] ...a virus which paralysed his legs.

n. 从业者，执业医生，习艺者，专门人才；

n. 爱国主义，爱国心，爱国精神；

[例句] He was a country boy who had joined the army out of a sense of patriotism and adventure...

[例句] We live in an age when patriotism is often sneered at.

adj. 有知觉力的，感知的，有理解力的；

[例句] He was one of the most perceptive US political commentators.

[例句] ...a very perceptive critique of Wordsworth.

adv. 明显地，清楚地，简单地，朴素地，平坦地；

[例句] The judge's conclusion was plainly wrong...

[例句] Plainly, a more objective method of description must be adopted...

n. 水管装置，水暖工的工作，管道工程；v. 用铅锤测量（plumb的现在分词），探究；

[例句] The electrics and the plumbing were sound.

[例句] She learned the rudiments of brick-laying, wiring and plumbing.

adj. 推进的；n. 推进物；

[例句] ...an enormous amount of propellant.

[例句] ...a propellant for nuclear rockets.

n. 喧嚣， 嘈杂，大混乱，大混乱的场面；

[例句] There was pandemonium in court as the judge gave his summing up...

[例句] Pandemonium broke out as they ran into the street shouting.

n. （青铜器上的）铜绿，绿锈，（旧木器等表面）年久而产生的光泽，神情；

[例句] The trophy is very impressive and rather special because it has a beautiful green patina...

[例句] He allowed a fine patina of old coffee to develop around the inside of the mug.

n. 永久，持久；

[例句] Heavy drinking can cause permanent damage to the brain...

[例句] ...a permanent solution to the problem...

n. 恶作剧，开玩笑；vt. 装饰，打扮；vi. 炫耀自己；

（时间等）消磨掉，去世，终止，停止；

[例句] He unfortunately passed away last year.

adj. 精神病学的，精神病治疗的；

[例句] We finally insisted that he seek psychiatric help.

[例句] About 4% of the prison population have chronic psychiatric illnesses.