n. 保护，护照，[经]保护贸易制，保护政策，（向歹徒缴纳的）保护费；

[例句] Such a diet is widely believed to offer protection against a number of cancers...

[例句] It is clear that the primary duty of parents is to provide protection for our children...

n. [物]极点，顶点，地极，杆，两极端；vt.& vi. 用篙撑船，摆船；vt. [航海] 用一根杆来推动，以杆推进，以杆支撑（植物），用杆子击打、戳、或搅

[例句] The truck crashed into a telegraph pole...

[例句] He reached up with a hooked pole to roll down the metal shutter.

n. [医]（对伤处等的）针探，探查，[医]探针，取样器，探头，探测仪；vt.& vi. 探索，调查，用探针（或探测器等）探查，探测；vt. 盘问，（用试探性袭击等）侦察（敌情），用尖物刺穿（物件），用力使向前推进；

[例句] The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become...

[例句] For three years, I have probed for understanding...

n. 扁平物，[航] 襟翼，拍打，拍打声，〈口〉不安，恐

[例句] Grey sheets flapped on the clothes line...

[例句] They would flap bath towels from their balconies as they chatted.

adj. 可能的，可接受的，合理的，可以允许的，不坏的；n. 可能性，潜在性，可能的人物，可能有的事，最高分；

[例句] If it is possible to find out where your brother is, we shall...

[例句] Everything is possible if we want it enough...

adj. 脆的，干冷的，易碎的，新鲜的，爽快的；n. 炸马铃薯片，松脆物；vt. （使）变脆，卷曲，烘脆（面包等）；vi. 卷曲；

[例句] Bake the potatoes for 15 minutes, till they're nice and crisp.

[例句] ...crisp bacon.

n. 问题，疑难问题，习题，引起麻烦的人；adj. 成问题的，难处理的，关于社会问题的；

[例句] ...the economic problems of the inner city...

[例句] The main problem is unemployment...

n. 堆，堆积，许多，大量，破车；vt. 扔成一堆，完全填满，灌满，大量或奢侈的赠予；

[例句] ...a heap of bricks...

[例句] ...a compost heap...

adj. 有耐性的，能容忍的；n. 患者，病人，病号；

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

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

n. 准备，预备，准备工作，配制品，制剂；

[例句] Rub the surface of the wood in preparation for the varnish...

[例句] Few things distracted the Pastor from the preparation of his weekly sermons...

v. 购买，采购，换得，依靠机械力移动；n. 购买，购买行为，购置物，紧握；

[例句] He purchased a ticket and went up on the top deck...

[例句] Most of those shares were purchased from brokers.

vt. 继续，追求，进行，追捕；vi. 追，追赶，继续进

[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...

n. 被捕食的动物，捕食（习性），受害者，受骗者；vi. 捕食，（疾病等）使人慢慢衰弱，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.

adj. 强大的，权力大的，（药）有效地；adv. 很，非常；

[例句] You're a powerful man — people will listen to you.

[例句] ...Russia and India, two large, powerful countries.

adj. 宝贵的，珍贵的，贵重的，矫揉造作的，可爱的，宝贝的；adv. 很，非常；n. 珍爱的人，可爱的人；

[例句] After four months in foreign parts, every hour at home was precious...

[例句] A family break allows you to spend precious time together...

vt. 给…装衬垫， 加垫子，填塞，踏平；vi. 步行，放轻脚步走；n. 垫，衬垫，护具，便签本，发射台；

[例句] He withdrew the needle and placed a pad of cotton-wool over the spot.

[例句] ...a scouring pad.

vt. 捏，掐，挤痛，夹痛，使（植物）枯萎，凋谢，使紧缺，节制；vi. 挤痛，压痛，吝惜，节约；n. 匮乏，少量，一撮，困苦；

[例句] She pinched his arm as hard as she could...

[例句] We both kept pinching ourselves to prove that it wasn't all a dream.

vt. 涌出，倾，倒；vi. 涌流，泛滥，涌出，斟，倒；n. 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...

n. 模式，花样，样品，图案，榜样，典范；vt. 模仿，以图案装饰；vi. 形成图案；

[例句] All three attacks followed the same pattern...

[例句] A change in the pattern of his breathing became apparent.

vt.& vi. （动词present的过去式及过去分词形式），表示"展示，展现，出示"；v. 举向( present的过去式和过去分词 )，面向，举枪瞄准，（分娩时婴儿）露出；

[例句] He has brought much of the present crisis on himself...

[例句] ...the government's present economic difficulties...