adj. 谨小慎微的，过分讲究的，拘谨的，刻板的；

[例句] I grew to dislike the people from my background — they were rather uptight and prissy.

n. 飞行员( pilot的名词复数 )，引航员，向导，[机械学]导向器（或轴）；

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

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

v. 允许（ permit的过去式和过去分词 ），许可，许用；adj. . 被允许的；

[例句] He can let the court's decision stand and permit the execution...

[例句] The guards permitted me to bring my camera and tape recorder...

v. 继续( pursue的过去式和过去分词 )，追求，进行，追捕；

[例句] It became harder for women married to diplomats to pursue their own interests...

[例句] He said Japan would continue to pursue the policies laid down at the London summit...

adv. 愉快地，快活地，和气地，和蔼地；

[例句] I've got a pleasant little apartment...

[例句] It's always pleasant to do what you're good at doing.

n. （演出或活动的）程序( programme的名词复数 )，计划，节目，课程；v. 训练( programme的第三人称单数 )，培养，预调；

[例句] The general argued that the nuclear programme should still continue...

[例句] The programme of sell-offs has been implemented by the new chief executive.

n. 猛击( punch的名词复数 )，拳打，冲床，力量vi.；v. 用拳猛击( punch的第三人称单数 )，打孔；

[例句] After punching him on the chin she wound up hitting him over the head...

[例句] He punched the wall angrily, then spun round to face her.

v. 收聚，夹痛( pinch的现在分词 )，逮捕，盗窃，使入不敷出；adj. 引起痛苦[拮据]的，吝啬的；

[例句] She pinched his arm as hard as she could...

[例句] We both kept pinching ourselves to prove that it wasn't all a dream.

n. 盛况，盛大的仪式，壮丽，壮观，虚荣，浮华，夸耀，炫耀；

[例句] ...the pomp and splendour of the English aristocracy.

adj. 防腐的，可保存的，加工过的；v. 保存( preserve的过去式和过去分词 )，保护，保持，防护；

[例句] We will do everything to preserve peace.

[例句] ...an effort to fit in more students while preserving standards.

n. 磷酸盐，（含有少量磷酸的）汽水；

n. 衣夹( peg的名词复数 )，挂钉，系帐篷的桩，弦钮；v. 用夹子或钉子固定( peg的第三人称单数 )，使固定在某水平；

[例句] His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.

[例句] He builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails.

adj. 经过验证或证实的；v. 证明（ prove的过去分词 ），检验，试

n. 出席( presence的名词复数 )，仪表，风度，（在商业活动中）某公司在某地方有"presence"；

[例句] They argued that his presence in the village could only stir up trouble...

[例句] Her Majesty later honoured the Headmaster with her presence at lunch.

n. 自尊( pride的名词复数 )，骄傲，自满，（马的）精力；v. 以…而自豪，得意于…( pride的第三人称单数 )，自豪，骄傲，得意；

[例句] ...the sense of pride in a job well done...

[例句] We take pride in offering you the highest standards...

n. 导轨，类似（点）( parallel的名词复数 )，平行线[面]，比较，极相似的人[事物]；v. 与…平行( parallel的第三人称单数 )，与…媲美，（为找出相似处）将…作比拟；

[例句] Readers familiar with English history will find a vague parallel to the suppression of the monasteries...

[例句] It's an ecological disaster with no parallel anywhere else in the world.

n. 修枝，剪枝，修剪；v. 修剪（树木等）( prune的现在分词 )，精简某事物，除去某事物多余的部分；

[例句] You have to prune a bush if you want fruit...

[例句] There is no best way to prune.

n. 影印机，复印机；

v. 同情，怜悯( pity的过去式和过去分词 )，觉得…可鄙；

[例句] He felt a sudden tender pity for her...

[例句] She knew that she was an object of pity among her friends.

n. 瘟疫( plague的名词复数 )，灾害，折磨；

[例句] A cholera plague had been killing many prisoners of war at the time.

[例句] ...a fresh outbreak of plague.