v. 为…举行社交聚会（party的现在分词形式）；

[例句] ...a member of the Labour party.

[例句] ...India's ruling party.

adj. 爱打听的；v. 打听，刺探（他人的私事）( pry的现在分词 )，撬开；

[例句] We do not want people prying into our affairs...

[例句] Imelda might think she was prying...

v. 水煮（荷包蛋）( poach的过去式和过去分词 )，侵入他人地界偷猎；

[例句] Many wildlife parks are regularly invaded by people poaching game.

[例句] The company authorised its staff to poach customers from the opposition.

adv. 可预见地，果不出所料地，脱不出老一套地；

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

[例句] The result was entirely predictable.

adj. 使人困惑的，令人费解的；v. 使迷惑，使混乱( perplex的现在分词 )；

[例句] It took years to understand many perplexing diseases...

[例句] British Parliamentary procedure is perplexing at the best of times.

v. 为…举行社交聚会（party的过去式与过去分词形式）；

[例句] ...a member of the Labour party.

[例句] ...India's ruling party.

n. 电镀，被覆金属；v. 镀( plate的现在分词 )，为…加设护板，给…制铅版（或电铸版），用金属板固定（装饰）；

[例句] The tanker began spilling oil the moment her outer plating ruptured.

adj. 怜悯的，同情的；v. 同情，怜悯( pity的现在分词 )，觉得…可鄙；

[例句] She gave him a pitying look; that was the sort of excuse her father would use.

n. 发疹的疾病，痘，疹，瘟疫；

n. （脸色等的）苍白，灰白；

[例句] The deathly pallor of her skin had been replaced by the faintest flush of color...

[例句] My face had a greenish pallor.

n. 双亲（ parent的名词复数 ）；

[例句] Children need their parents...

[例句] This is where a lot of parents go wrong...

abbr. Peru 秘鲁，Product Engineering 产品工程；

adj. 语音的，语音学的，音形一致的，表示语音的；

n. 罗马教皇，主教，权威，大师；

[例句] ...the Pope's message to the people.

[例句] ...Pope John Paul II.

n. 糕点，油酥糕点，油酥面团，油酥面皮；

adj. 可允许的，许可的，不碍事的，得到准许的；

[例句] Religious practices are permissible under the Constitution...

[例句] He said it was just not permissible to postpone the main issue by allowing business to carry on as usual.

n. 鸟类羽毛，漂亮衣服，羽衣；

vt. 预示，预兆，给…以警告，预告；

[例句] The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.

adj. 宫殿（似）的，宏伟的，壮丽的；

[例句] ...a palatial Hollywood mansion.

[例句] ...the academy's palatial headquarters in Moscow.

n. 偏袒，特别喜爱，酷爱，偏心；

[例句] He managed to reach a partial agreement with both republics.

[例句] ...a partial ban on the use of cars in the city.