v. 穿过( penetrate的过去式和过去分词 )，刺入，了解，渗透；

[例句] X-rays can penetrate many objects...

[例句] His men had been ordered to shoot on sight anyone trying to penetrate the area.

v. 继续( pursue的第三人称单数 )，追求，进行，追捕；

[例句] It became harder for women married to diplomats to pursue their own interests...

[例句] He said Japan would continue to pursue the policies laid down at the London summit...

v. 刺入，刺穿，穿透( pierce的第三人称单数 )，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.

adj. 忙于琐事的，无关紧要的；n. 行商；v. （沿街）叫卖( peddle的现在分词 )，兜售，宣传，散播；

[例句] His attempts to peddle his paintings around London's tiny gallery scene proved unsuccessful.

[例句] When a drug pusher offered the Los Angeles youngster $100 to peddle drugs, Jack refused.

n. 暴利，不正当利益；adj. 牟取暴利的；

[例句] ...a wave of profiteering and corruption.

n. 过路人，经过者；

[例句] A passer-by described what he saw moments after the car bomb had exploded...

[例句] I went and sat in a cafe and watched the passers-by.

n. （建房互助会的）存取款记录簿，（种族隔离时期所有黑人随身携带的）有色人种身份证；

adj. 引起偏见的，有损害的；

[例句] You could face up to eight years in jail for spreading rumours considered prejudicial to security...

[例句] The judge agreed with the prosecution that such information would be too prejudicial for the jury to hear.

n. 传粉者，传粉媒介，传粉昆虫，授花粉器；

n. 小猪；

n. 文书工作，纸上作业；

[例句] At every stage in the production there will be paperwork — forms to fill in, permissions to obtain, letters to write.

n. 法老；

[例句] ...Rameses II, Pharaoh of All Egypt.

n. 黄铁矿；

n. 少量，缺乏，不足；

[例句] Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.

[例句] ...the paucity of good British women sprinters.

adj. 无与伦比的，盖世无双的，天下第一，无可匹敌，无敌于天下；

[例句] ...two days of clear sunshine under peerless blue skies.

adj. （建筑物、船等）预制构件的；v. 预制( prefabricate的过去式和过去分词 )；

[例句] ...high-quality, Scandinavian prefabricated wooden homes.

adj. 英俊的，风度好的；

[例句] The people I met were intelligent, mature, personable.

失去， 卖掉[付出]…， 与…分开，割舍；

[例句] Buyers might require further assurances before parting with their cash...

[例句] He parted with much of his collection to pay his gardening bills.

逐步淘汰，逐步结束；

[例句] They said the present system of military conscription should be phased out...

[例句] They phased out my job in favor of a computer.

n. 色情文学，色情描写；

[例句] A nationwide campaign against pornography began in the summer.