adj. 表演的，履行的；v. 执行( perform的现在分词 )，履行，表演，扮演；

[例句] We're looking for people of all ages who have performed outstanding acts of bravery, kindness or courage...

[例句] His council had had to perform miracles on a tiny budget...

adj. 准备的，预备的；v. 准备( prepare的现在分词 )，预备（饭菜），配备，使（自己）有准备；

[例句] Two technicians were preparing a videotape recording of last week's programme...

[例句] On average each report requires 1,000 hours to prepare...

v. 困扰（plague的过去分词）；

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

[例句] ...a fresh outbreak of plague.

n. 过程( process的名词复数 )，工序，做事方法，工艺流程；v. 加工( process的第三人称单数 )，处理，审阅，审核；

[例句] There was total agreement to start the peace process as soon as possible...

[例句] They decided to spread the building process over three years...

n. 一步( pace的名词复数 )，溜蹄，常规；v. 踱步于，走动( pace的第三人称单数 )，调整自己的工作（或活动）节奏，领先于，为…定步速；

[例句] Many people were not satisfied with the pace of change.

[例句] ...people who prefer to live at a slower pace...

n. 人( person的名词复数 )，（语法）人称；

[例句] At least one person died and several others were injured...

[例句] Everyone knows he's the only person who can do the job...

n. 同等的人，贵族；vi. 凝视，窥视；vt. 与…同等，封为贵族；v. 凝视( peer的第三人称单数 )，盯着看，同等，比得上；

[例句] I had been peering at a computer print-out that made no sense at all...

[例句] He watched the Customs official peer into the driver's window.

adj. 行星的，俗世的，现世的，流浪的，飘忽不定的，[机]行星齿轮的；

[例句] Within our own galaxy there are probably tens of thousands of planetary systems.

vt. 将（某物）更新，翻新，修补，修改，修理；n. 改进，换新鞋面；

[例句] All Italy's political parties have accepted that it is time to revamp the system...

[例句] Ricardo Bofill, the Catalan architect, has designed the revamped airport.

adj. 卓越的，杰出的，超群的；adv. 卓越地，杰出地，超群地；

[例句] ...his fifty years as the pre-eminent political figure in the country...

[例句] For a decade 'X' was the pre-eminent punk band in Los Angeles.

vi. （较平时）节省着过日子，一点一滴地省钱，吝啬，克扣；vt. 节省，节缩，过度减少；

[例句] Scrimping on safety measures can be a false economy...

[例句] He has had to give up luxuries as he scrimps and saves while looking for a job.

n. 波普爵士乐，一击，一掴，防喷器；vt. 跳舞，击，打，[俚] 去；

[例句] People just want a good tune and a good bop.

[例句] He was bopping around, snapping his fingers...

adj. 摄影（术）的，摄影用的，逼真的，（尤指记忆）记得详细准确的；

[例句] ...photographic equipment...

[例句] The bank is able to provide photographic evidence of who used the machine.

n. 瓷，瓷器；adj. 瓷制的，精美的，脆的，易碎的；

[例句] There were lilies everywhere in tall white porcelain vases.

[例句] ...decorative 17th and 18th century porcelains.

n. 万应灵药，治百病的药；

[例句] Membership of the ERM is not a panacea for Britain's economic problems...

[例句] Western aid may help but will not be a panacea.

n. 鼠海豚；

n. 病菌，病原体；

n. 皮夹，小本子，女用钱袋，必须花费的钱；

[例句] People feel pinched in their pocketbooks and insecure about their futures.

[例句] ...the voters' concerns over pocketbook issues.

adj. 禁止的，禁止性的，抑制的，（指价格等）过高的；

[例句] The cost of private treatment can be prohibitive.

[例句] ...the prohibitive prices charged for seats at the opera.

adj. 贵族的，显贵的，（相貌等）贵族似的；n. 贵族，有教养的人，罗马帝国的地方官，中世纪意大利的显贵；

[例句] ...the patrician banker Sir Charles Villiers.

[例句] He was a lean, patrician gent in his early sixties.