n. 深奥，深刻，深厚；

[例句] The profundity of this book is achieved with breathtaking lightness.

[例句] ...the profundity of the structural problems besetting the country.

修补，包扎，（暂时）解决，匆匆做成；

[例句] She has gone on holiday with her husband to try to patch up their marriage...

[例句] He has now patched up his differences with the Minister...

n. 尖头，尖端，滩嘴，歧点，牙齿；

[例句] I am sitting on the cusp of middle age...

[例句] Mr Short's behaviour is only on the cusp of acceptability.

n. 猪肉，〈美俚〉支持政党上台所分到的好处，政治分肥，〈古〉猪；

[例句] ...fried pork chops.

[例句] ...a packet of pork sausages.

n. 执行者，演奏者，演员，歌手，完成者；

[例句] A performer in evening dress plays classical selections on the violin.

[例句] Until 1987, Canada's industry had been the star performer...

n. 毅力 ，韧性，不屈不挠的精神；

n. 诗，韵文，诗一样的作品，富有诗意的东西；

n. 小册子，活页文选；

adj. 充气的，气动的，装满空气的，有气胎的；n. 气胎，有气胎的自行车，（风琴的）管；

[例句] ...the sound of a pneumatic drill hammering away.

[例句] ...pneumatic tyres.

n. 盛会，露天表演，虚饰，选美比赛；

[例句] In August 1968 women held a demonstration at the Miss America Beauty Pageant.

n. 策略，手法，工作；v. 横队变纵队；

[例句] Christmas should be a time of excitement and wonder, not a cynical marketing ploy.

adj. 敏锐的，有洞察力的，聪明的，响亮的；v. 贯穿，穿过( penetrate的现在分词)，刺入，了解，渗透；

[例句] Mary heard the penetrating bell of an ambulance...

[例句] Her voice was nasal and penetrating.

n. 语音（学），发音学，语音学；

[例句] ...the Japanese phonetic system, with its relatively few, simple sounds...

[例句] I thought a phonetic spelling might aid in pronunciation.

adj. 易弯的，柔韧的，能适应的；

[例句] She's proud and stubborn, you know, under that pliant exterior.

[例句] ...pliant young willows.

n. 总统，总统的任期，管辖，支配；

[例句] Britain will support him as a candidate for the presidency of the organisation...

[例句] Poverty had declined during his presidency.

adv. 深深地，深切地，深刻地，极度地；

[例句] ...discoveries which had a profound effect on many areas of medicine.

[例句] ...profound disagreement...

adj. 突出的，伸出的；v. 投射( project的现在分词 )，计划，提出，展现；

[例句] Money will also go into local development projects in Vietnam...

[例句] ...an international science project...

n. 突然发作，发作，阵发；adj. 发作性的，爆发性的；

[例句] He exploded in a paroxysm of rage.

[例句] ...a paroxysm of grief.

n. 祖传的财物，继承物，遗产；

[例句] I left my parents' house, relinquished my estate and my patrimony.

[例句] In the 1930's, The National Trust began its campaign to save Britain's patrimony of threatened country houses.

adj. （饥、寒等）令人极难受的，冷极的，讨厌的，该死的；adv. 该死地；v. 丧生( perish的现在分词 )，消亡，死亡，损坏；

[例句] Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn.

[例句] ...the ferry disaster in which 193 passengers perished.