n. 流氓，（昵称）顽皮的家伙；vt. 草率地做，对…草率从事；

[例句] Have some respect for me, you scamp!

[例句] ...cheeky young scamps.

vi. 偷听（别人的谈话）；n. 檐水；

[例句] The government illegally eavesdropped on his telephone conversations...

[例句] The housemaid eavesdropped from behind the kitchen door.

n. 灵长目动物，（英国教会的）大主教，首领，监督长；adj. 灵长目动物的，首要的；

[例句] The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.

[例句] ...the Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland.

n. 车间，专题讨论会，研究会，创作室，实习班，实验班；

[例句] Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave ran a jazz workshop for young artists...

[例句] The Jamaica Festival is planning a series of workshops and business seminars.

n. 预言，预言能力，预言书；

[例句] The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.

[例句] ...Biblical prophecy.

n. 管子工，水暖工，（防止泄密的）堵漏人员；

adj. [医]病理学的，由疾病引起的，病态的，疾病的；

[例句] He experiences chronic, almost pathological jealousy...

[例句] He's a pathological liar.

adj. 有说服力的，劝诱的，动听；

[例句] What do you think were some of the more persuasive arguments on the other side?...

[例句] I can be very persuasive when I want to be...

adj. 可预言的，可预报的，可预见的，可预料的；

[例句] This was a predictable reaction, given the bitter hostility between the two countries...

[例句] The result was entirely predictable.

adj. 微粒的，粒子的；n. 微粒，粒子；

[例句] ...the particulate pollution in our atmosphere.

n. 大水罐，投掷的人；

[例句] ...a pitcher of iced water.

[例句] Over the next five years, he became one of the greatest pitchers in baseball.

adj. 规定的，法定的；v. 开药方( prescribe的过去式和过去分词 )，指示，规定，指定遵守；

[例句] Our doctor diagnosed a throat infection and prescribed antibiotic and junior aspirin...

[例句] She took twice the prescribed dose of sleeping tablets...

vt.& vi. 少用，少给，克扣，节省；

[例句] Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities just to meet the monthly rent.

n. 模范，典型，十全十美的人，完美无缺的人；

[例句] We don't expect candidates to be paragons of virtue.

[例句] ...a paragon of neatness, efficiency and reliability...

adj. 脾气坏的，易动怒的；

[例句] Aubrey had slept little and that always made him peevish...

[例句] She glared down at me with a peevish expression on her face.

adj. 简练的，精辟的，简洁扼要的；

[例句] His pithy advice to young painters was, 'Above all, keep your colours fresh.'...

[例句] Many of them made a point of praising the film's pithy dialogue.

n. 表演台，讲台，乐队指挥台，领奖台；

提出，将…提前，向前移，将钟拨快；

[例句] He has put forward new peace proposals...

[例句] I rang the Colonel and asked him to put my name forward for the vacancy in Zurich.

吸收， （使）充满，大量而迅速地吸取；

[例句] The cells will promptly start to soak up moisture.

[例句] I was lying on my stomach soaking up the sun.

v. 放置（put的现在分词），轻击球（putt的现在分词）；

[例句] ...a 5-foot putt.

[例句] Turner, however, putted superbly, twice holing from 40 feet.