v. 为（演员）提示台词( prompt的过去式和过去分词 )，促使，为（发言者）提示，导致；

[例句] Japan's recession has prompted consumers to cut back on buying cars...

[例句] The need for villagers to control their own destinies has prompted a new plan.

adv. 十分慷慨地，毫不吝惜地，丰富地，繁茂地；

[例句] ...a remedy that produces profuse sweating.

[例句] Then the policeman recognised me, breaking into profuse apologies.

n. 小镇，镇区，种族；

[例句] ...the South African township of Soweto.

[例句] …a black township.

n. 投票，轮询；v. 获得…张票数(poll的ing形式)，对…进行调查，投票；

[例句] There has been a busy start to polling in today's local elections...

[例句] Elections were postponed the day before polling was due to take place.

adv. 热情地，激昂地；

[例句] ...his passionate commitment to peace...

[例句] I'm a passionate believer in public art...

v. 使摆姿势( pose的第三人称单数 )，以…身份出现，招摇，炫耀；

[例句] This could pose a threat to jobs in the coal industry...

[例句] His ill health poses serious problems for the future.

adv. 坚持地，固执地，一个劲儿；

[例句] The allegations have been persistently denied by ministers...

[例句] People with rail season tickets will get refunds if trains are persistently late.

v. 刺入，刺穿，穿透( pierce的过去式和过去分词 )，冲破，突破；

[例句] One bullet pierced the left side of his chest...

[例句] Pierce the skin of the potato with a fork.

n. 重击，重击声；v. 连续重击( pound的现在分词 )，咚咚地走，（持续地）苦干，（驾舟时）拍打（水面）；

[例句] Sarajevo took one of its worst poundings in weeks.

[例句] The prospects are that he will give opponents a thorough pounding.

n. 前列腺；adj. 前列腺的；

n. 完成，精制，完善，改善；v. 使熟练( perfect的现在分词 )，使完全，使…完美，充分地指导（告诉）；

[例句] He spoke perfect English...

[例句] Hiring a nanny has turned out to be the perfect solution...

v. 宽恕( pardon的过去式和过去分词 )，原谅，赦免，特赦；

[例句] 'Will you let me open it?' — 'Pardon?' — 'Can I open it?'...

[例句] 'Does it have wires coming out of it?' — 'Pardon me?' — 'Does it have wires coming out of it?'

n. 客厅，起居室，（旅馆中的）休息室，（通常用来构成合成词）店；

n. 补缀品，拼缝物，混杂物；

[例句] ...beds covered in patchwork quilts.

[例句] The low mountains were a patchwork of green and brown.

adj. 处罚的，惩罚性的，令人受苦的；

[例句] ...a punitive bombing raid...

[例句] Other economists say any punitive measures against foreign companies would hurt US interests.

adj. 剪去了树梢的，剪了毛[发]的，秃头的，锯了角的；v. 获得…张票数( poll的过去式和过去分词 )，对…进行调查，切短，投票；

[例句] Polls show that the European treaty has gained support in Denmark...

[例句] We are doing a weekly poll on the president, and clearly his popularity has declined...

v. 掠食( prey的过去式和过去分词 )，掠食，折磨，（人）靠欺诈为生；

[例句] Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges...

[例句] These animals were the prey of hyenas.

v. 宽恕( pardon的现在分词 )，原谅，赦免，特赦；

[例句] 'Will you let me open it?' — 'Pardon?' — 'Can I open it?'...

[例句] 'Does it have wires coming out of it?' — 'Pardon me?' — 'Does it have wires coming out of it?'

v. 宽恕( pardon的第三人称单数 )，原谅，赦免，特赦；

[例句] 'Will you let me open it?' — 'Pardon?' — 'Can I open it?'...

[例句] 'Does it have wires coming out of it?' — 'Pardon me?' — 'Does it have wires coming out of it?'

v. 涌出( pour的第三人称单数 )，倾，倒，涌流，倾泻；

[例句] Pour a pool of sauce on two plates and arrange the meat neatly...

[例句] Francis poured a generous measure of the whisky into a fresh glass...