n. 民意调查（分析）者，整理民意测验结果的人；

向上梳（某物），温习，打扮整洁；

[例句] I had hoped to brush up my Spanish...

[例句] Eleanor spent much of the summer brushing up on her driving.

毁坏， 拆毁，使虚弱， 拖垮；

[例句] They'd pulled the registry office down which then left an open space...

[例句] A small crowd attempted to pull down a statue.

放回原处，拨回，向后推；

[例句] There are always new projects which seem to put the reunion back further...

[例句] News conferences due to be held by both men have been put back.

醒来，活跃起来，引起注意，（使）认识到；

[例句] A cool shower wakes up the body and boosts circulation.

n. 暗示，提示，刺激，鼓励，煽动，驱使；v. 推动，提示，鼓舞(prompt的现在分词)；

[例句] New York needed little prompting from their coach Bill Parcells.

[例句] ...the promptings of your subconscious.

adj. 清教徒式的，道德极严格的；

[例句] ...puritanical fathers...

[例句] He has a puritanical attitude towards sex.

adv. 平静地，安宁地；

[例句] He died peacefully on 10th December after a short illness.

adj. 首选的；v. 提出（请求、控诉等）( prefer的过去式和过去分词 )，提升，建议，选择某事物（而不选择他事物）；

[例句] Does he prefer a particular sort of music?...

[例句] I became a teacher because I preferred books and people to politics...

n. 奖赏( prize的名词复数 )，值得竞争的东西，难能可贵的事物，难以争取的重要事物；v. 珍视，珍惜( prize的第三人称单数 )；

[例句] You must claim your prize by telephoning our claims line...

[例句] He won first prize at the Leeds Piano Competition...

n. [化]聚乙烯，=polyethylene；

[例句] Simply put them into a polythene bag and store them in the freezer for a day.

vt. 居住于，布满（people的过去式与过去分词形式）；

[例句] Millions of people have lost their homes.

[例句] ...the people of Angola.

n. 物理疗法；

[例句] He'll need intensive physiotherapy.

adj. 全神贯注的，入神的，被抢先占有的，心事重重的；v. 占据（某人）思想，使对…全神贯注，使专心于( preoccupy的过去式)；

[例句] Tom Banbury was preoccupied with the missing Shepherd child and did not want to devote time to the new murder...

[例句] She looked very preoccupied.

adj. 令人生气的，使人恼火的，刺激的；v. 激起( provoke的现在分词 )，惹怒，引起，引发；

[例句] He started beating me when I was about fifteen but I didn't do anything to provoke him...

[例句] I provoked him into doing something really stupid.

v. 为…举行社交聚会（party的现在分词形式）；

[例句] ...a member of the Labour party.

[例句] ...India's ruling party.

adj. 爱打听的；v. 打听，刺探（他人的私事）( pry的现在分词 )，撬开；

[例句] We do not want people prying into our affairs...

[例句] Imelda might think she was prying...

v. 水煮（荷包蛋）( poach的过去式和过去分词 )，侵入他人地界偷猎；

[例句] Many wildlife parks are regularly invaded by people poaching game.

[例句] The company authorised its staff to poach customers from the opposition.

adv. 可预见地，果不出所料地，脱不出老一套地；

[例句] This was a predictable reaction, given the bitter hostility between the two countries...

[例句] The result was entirely predictable.

n. 破产管理，破产清算，破产在管，[法]破产案产业管理人的职务；

[例句] The company has now gone into receivership with debts of several million...

[例句] Accountants Touche Ross say that there were 45 receiverships among hotels and caterers.