n. 小狗，幼犬，浅薄自负的年轻男子，狂妄自大的小伙子，呆笨的花花公子，〈美俚〉脚；

[例句] One Sunday he began trying to teach the two puppies to walk on a leash.

n. 睡衣，宽松裤；

[例句] My brother was still in his pyjamas.

[例句] ...a pyjama jacket.

n. 随身物品，装备，设备，[法]妻子的财产；

[例句] ...a large courtyard full of builders' paraphernalia...

[例句] Get rid of all cigarettes and ashtrays and other paraphernalia associated with smoking.

n. 邮政局长；

n. 职业水准或特性，职业化；

[例句] American companies pride themselves on their professionalism...

[例句] There was a lack of professionalism in their dealings.

n. 模仿作品，拼凑的艺术作品，集锦，模仿的艺术风

[例句] Peter Baker's bathroom is a brilliant pastiche of expensive interior design.

adj. 轻蔑的，贬损的；n. 轻蔑语；

[例句] I agree I am ambitious, and I don't see that as a pejorative term...

[例句] Isn't there a suggestion that 'poetess' is slightly pejorative?

n. 民意调查（分析）者，整理民意测验结果的人；

毁坏， 拆毁，使虚弱， 拖垮；

[例句] They'd pulled the registry office down which then left an open space...

[例句] A small crowd attempted to pull down a statue.

放回原处，拨回，向后推；

[例句] There are always new projects which seem to put the reunion back further...

[例句] News conferences due to be held by both men have been put back.

n. 暗示，提示，刺激，鼓励，煽动，驱使；v. 推动，提示，鼓舞(prompt的现在分词)；

[例句] New York needed little prompting from their coach Bill Parcells.

[例句] ...the promptings of your subconscious.

adj. 清教徒式的，道德极严格的；

[例句] ...puritanical fathers...

[例句] He has a puritanical attitude towards sex.

adv. 平静地，安宁地；

[例句] He died peacefully on 10th December after a short illness.

adj. 首选的；v. 提出（请求、控诉等）( prefer的过去式和过去分词 )，提升，建议，选择某事物（而不选择他事物）；

[例句] Does he prefer a particular sort of music?...

[例句] I became a teacher because I preferred books and people to politics...

n. 奖赏( prize的名词复数 )，值得竞争的东西，难能可贵的事物，难以争取的重要事物；v. 珍视，珍惜( prize的第三人称单数 )；

[例句] You must claim your prize by telephoning our claims line...

[例句] He won first prize at the Leeds Piano Competition...

n. [化]聚乙烯，=polyethylene；

[例句] Simply put them into a polythene bag and store them in the freezer for a day.

vt. 居住于，布满（people的过去式与过去分词形式）；

[例句] Millions of people have lost their homes.

[例句] ...the people of Angola.

n. 物理疗法；

[例句] He'll need intensive physiotherapy.

adj. 全神贯注的，入神的，被抢先占有的，心事重重的；v. 占据（某人）思想，使对…全神贯注，使专心于( preoccupy的过去式)；

[例句] Tom Banbury was preoccupied with the missing Shepherd child and did not want to devote time to the new murder...

[例句] She looked very preoccupied.

adj. 令人生气的，使人恼火的，刺激的；v. 激起( provoke的现在分词 )，惹怒，引起，引发；

[例句] He started beating me when I was about fifteen but I didn't do anything to provoke him...

[例句] I provoked him into doing something really stupid.