n. 精华( prime的名词复数 )，初期，全盛时期，上撇号；

[例句] Political stability, meanwhile, will be a prime concern...

[例句] It could be a prime target for guerrilla attack...

v. 为（演员）提示台词( prompt的第三人称单数 )，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.

n. 支撑；v. 支撑，支持，维持( prop的现在分词 )；

[例句] He rocked back in the chair and propped his feet on the desk...

[例句] He propped his bike against the bus.

n. [化]磷，磷光体；

全部还清，付清；

[例句] We claimed a refund from the association, but they would not pay up.

塞进，停止， 放弃， 辞

[例句] I'd just packed in a job the day before...

[例句] Pack it in. Stop being spiteful.

打电话，把钱款记入收款机，赚取，盈利；

[例句] She was ringing up her sale on an ancient cash register.

[例句] The advertising agency rang up 1.4 billion dollars in yearly sales.

绊倒，跌倒，抓住（某人）的差错，（使）犯错误；

[例句] Your own lies will trip you up...

[例句] He will do all he can to trip up the new right-wing government...

n. 绝顶，最高点，黄金时代；adj. 出色的，极好的；adv. 非常好；

[例句] Her hair was thick, glossy and in tip-top condition.

n. 敏捷，迅速，机敏；

n. 作者身份；

[例句] Its authorship has been disputed.

[例句] It was her first try at authorship and proved a great success.

n. 偶然，机会，运气；vi. 偶然发生；

n. 汽油；

n. 小狗，幼犬，浅薄自负的年轻男子，狂妄自大的小伙子，呆笨的花花公子，〈美俚〉脚；

[例句] One Sunday he began trying to teach the two puppies to walk on a leash.

n. 睡衣，宽松裤；

[例句] My brother was still in his pyjamas.

[例句] ...a pyjama jacket.

n. 随身物品，装备，设备，[法]妻子的财产；

[例句] ...a large courtyard full of builders' paraphernalia...

[例句] Get rid of all cigarettes and ashtrays and other paraphernalia associated with smoking.

n. 邮政局长；

n. 职业水准或特性，职业化；

[例句] American companies pride themselves on their professionalism...

[例句] There was a lack of professionalism in their dealings.

n. 模仿作品，拼凑的艺术作品，集锦，模仿的艺术风

[例句] Peter Baker's bathroom is a brilliant pastiche of expensive interior design.

adj. 轻蔑的，贬损的；n. 轻蔑语；

[例句] I agree I am ambitious, and I don't see that as a pejorative term...

[例句] Isn't there a suggestion that 'poetess' is slightly pejorative?