adj. 冷静的，镇定的，迟钝的，冷漠的；

[例句] ...a most phlegmatic man, steadily working on as the rain splashed down.

n. 谨慎，节俭，精明；

[例句] Western businessmen are showing remarkable prudence in investing in the region...

[例句] A lack of prudence may lead to financial problems.

脱去，胜利完成，捣

[例句] The National League for Democracy pulled off a landslide victory...

[例句] It will be a very, very fine piece of mountaineering if they pull it off.

拧紧，扭歪（脸），把…搞糟；

[例句] She had screwed up her eyes, as if she found the sunshine too bright...

[例句] Close your eyes and screw them up tight...

摇匀，以摇动弄好，使战栗， 吃惊；

[例句] The government wanted to reform the institutions, to shake up the country...

[例句] Shareholders are preparing to shake things up in the boardrooms of America.

conj. 如果，假如，在…条件下，倘若；v. 提供，供给，供应( provide的现在分词)，规定，提供[(+for)]，装备；

[例句] I do believe in people being able to do what they want to do, providing they're not hurting someone else...

[例句] Providing they do not panic, I believe that their chances of survival will be beyond 95 per cent.

adv. 政治地，政党地；

[例句] All other political parties there have been completely banned...

[例句] The Canadian government is facing another political crisis.

n. 加工，数据处理机，（计算机的）中央处理器，加工机（或工人）；

[例句] ...food growers and processors.

vt.& vi. (promise的过去式或过去分词形式)，承诺，允诺，答应；v. 允诺( promise的过去式和过去分词 )，答应，有…希望，预示；

[例句] The post office has promised to resume first class mail delivery to the area on Friday...

[例句] He had promised that the rich and privileged would no longer get preferential treatment...

adj. 有毒的，中过毒的，发炎的，金杯毒酒；v. 毒死( poison的过去式和过去分词 )，污染，放毒于，对…有不良影响；

[例句] Poison from the weaver fish causes paralysis, swelling, and nausea...

[例句] Mercury is a known poison.

adj. 波斯（现称伊朗）的，波斯人的，波斯语的；n. 波斯人，波斯语，波斯绸，百叶窗；

[例句] ...the Persian Empire.

[例句] ...Persian poetry.

adj. 塞紧的；v. 插上插头( plug的过去式和过去分词 )，以（塞子）塞住；

[例句] She put the plug in the sink and filled it with cold water.

[例句] A plug had been inserted in the drill hole.

n. [化学] 铂，白金，唱片集达100万张的销售量，银灰色；adj. 唱片集已售出100万张的；

[例句] ...a platinum blonde with thick eye shadow and scarlet lipstick.

v. 继续( pursue的现在分词 )，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...

n. 苍白，暗淡，失色；

[例句] Migrating birds filled the pale sky...

[例句] As we age, our skin becomes paler.

n. 棱纹平布，雷普（物体伦琴当量），浪子，默唱；abbr. 代表(representative)，名声(reputation)；

[例句] I'd been working as a sales rep for a photographic company.

[例句] Contact the health and safety rep at your union.

脉冲[振，动]的，脉冲调制的，受脉冲作用的；

[例句] Mahoney's pulse was racing, and he felt confused.

[例句] ...the repetitive pulse of the music.

n. 胎盘，胎座；

[例句] The drug can be transferred to the baby via the placenta.

adj. 成比例的，相称的，适当的；vt. 使…成比例，使相称，使相当，使适应；

[例句] Republics will have voting rights proportionate to the size of their economies...

[例句] The extra field cultivated meant a proportionate increase in work.

adv. 凌乱地，匆忙地；adj. 胡乱的，匆忙的；n. 混乱；

[例句] All three of us rushed pell-mell into the kitchen.