adj. 初生的，初发的，原始的；

[例句] Twenty million years ago, Idaho was populated by dense primordial forest.

[例句] ...the original primordial explosion.

n. 教师，卖弄学问的教师；

[例句] De Gaulle was a born pedagogue who used the public platform and the television screen to great effect.

adj. 柏拉图（哲学）的，理想的，不切实际的，（两性之间关系）纯精神友谊的；

[例句] She values the platonic friendship she has had with Chris for ten years.

[例句] ...the Platonic tradition of Greek philosophy.

n. 足病医生；

vt.& vi. （使）腐烂，（使）腐败，（使）化脓；vi. 腐化，堕落；

[例句] The meat in all of the open flasks putrefied.

[例句] ...putrefying corpses.

n. 量角器，分度规；

n. 便条，纸条，纸片，临时凭证；

[例句] The cash or scrip would be offered as part of a pro rata return of capital to shareholders.

v. 做扫尾工作，擦，抹，痛击；

[例句] A waiter mopped up the mess as best he could...

[例句] When the washing machine spurts out water at least we can mop it up...

adj. 有图案的，组成图案的；v. 模仿，以图案装饰，复写，使形成；

[例句] ...a plain carpet with a patterned border.

[例句] ...bone china patterned with flowers.

n. 意志( purpose的名词复数 )，目的，作用，（进行中的）行动；

[例句] The purpose of the occasion was to raise money for medical supplies...

[例句] Various insurance schemes already exist for this purpose.

打电话给；

[例句] You can buy insurance over the phone...

[例句] She looked forward to talking to her daughter by phone...

n. 雉，野鸡，野鸡肉；

n. 人口( population的名词复数 )，全体居民，特定人[动物]群；

[例句] Bangladesh now has a population of about 110 million.

[例句] ...the annual rate of population growth.

adj. 肺的，肺部的，有肺[肺状器官]的，肺状的，患肺部疾病的，易患肺部疾病的，肺活量；

[例句] ...respiratory and pulmonary disease.

n. 山峰（ peak的名词复数 ），最高点，尖端，帽

[例句] The party's membership has fallen from a peak of fifty-thousand after the Second World War...

[例句] The bomb went off in a concrete dustbin at the peak of the morning rush hour.

v. （使）进步， （使）进行( progress的现在分词 )，改进，进展，（时间上）推移；

[例句] The medical community continues to make progress in the fight against cancer...

[例句] The two sides made little if any progress towards agreement.

n. 聚酯；

[例句] ...a green polyester shirt.

n. 石块铺砌，护坡；

[例句] I really intended to pen this letter to you early this morning...

[例句] She penned a short memo to his private secretary.

adj. 熟练的，有经验的，精通的，习得的；

n. 木栅，围篱；v. 变得苍白，失色，变得暗淡( pale的现在分词 )；

[例句] Migrating birds filled the pale sky...

[例句] As we age, our skin becomes paler.