n. [医]肺炎，急性肺炎；

[例句] She nearly died of pneumonia.

n. 潜望镜；

n. 虔诚，虔敬；

adj. 优先的，优先选择的，特惠的；

[例句] Despite her status, the Duchess will not be given preferential treatment.

adj. 可渗透的，具渗透性的；

[例句] A number of products have been developed which are permeable to air and water.

n. 和平主义者，反战主义者，绥靖主义者，持消极态度者；adj. 非战主义的；

n. 治标药物， 缓解剂， 治标措施， 保守疗法；

[例句] The loan was a palliative, not a cure, for ever-increasing financial troubles...

[例句] The increase in the number of rooms available in private homes acted as a palliative to the general accommodation shortage.

adj. 透明的，清澈的；

[例句] ...her pellucid blue eyes...

[例句] ...the warm pellucid water.

n. 钳子，老虎钳，夹钳，手钳；

n. 预感，预兆，前兆，征兆，预先的警告（告诫），预诫；

[例句] He had an unshakable premonition that he would die.

[例句] ...a real, genuine premonition of bad news.

n. 假设的事情，假定，预设；

[例句] ...the presupposition that human life must be sustained for as long as possible.

adj. 预言的，先知的，先兆的；

[例句] This ominous warning soon proved prophetic...

[例句] Friends recalled Elisabeth's prophetic words of several years ago.

n. 赞美诗，圣诗，圣歌，(中的)；

[例句] He recited a verse of the twenty-third psalm.

vi. （种子）发芽，充满，富于，聚集；

n. 出版，出版社，出版业；v. 出版(publish的现在分词)，发表，发

[例句] I had a very high-powered job in publishing.

跳起， 跃起，迅速成长，突然开始；

[例句] New theatres and arts centres sprang up all over the country.

n. 照片，相片( photograph的名词复数 )；

[例句] He wants to take some photographs of the house...

[例句] Her photograph appeared on the front page of The New York Times.

n. 毒药( poison的名词复数 )，酒，极糟的食物，极有害的思想（或心情等）；v. 毒死( poison的第三人称单数 )，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.

v. 保证，许诺，发誓( pledge的过去式和过去分词 )，典当，保证给予（或做），以誓言约束；

[例句] The meeting ended with a pledge to step up cooperation between the six states of the region.

[例句] ...a £1.1m pledge of support from the Spanish ministry of culture.

adv. 耐心地，坚韧不拔地；

[例句] The earlier the treatment is given, the better the patient's chances...

[例句] She was tough but wonderful with her patients...