n. 鸟类羽毛，漂亮衣服，羽衣；

vt. 预示，预兆，给…以警告，预告；

[例句] The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.

adj. 宫殿（似）的，宏伟的，壮丽的；

[例句] ...a palatial Hollywood mansion.

[例句] ...the academy's palatial headquarters in Moscow.

n. 偏袒，特别喜爱，酷爱，偏心；

[例句] He managed to reach a partial agreement with both republics.

[例句] ...a partial ban on the use of cars in the city.

adj. 爱挑剔的，要求极度精确的；

[例句] He is a very rigorous man, very persnickety.

n. 少量，少许，微薄的工资，少量的收入；

[例句] Her secretaries work tirelessly for a pittance.

vi. 超过，胜过；

adj. 过分拘谨的；adv. 过分拘谨地；

[例句] I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene.

n. 生理学者；

[例句] ...the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology.

[例句] ...the physiology of respiration.

用魔法召（鬼）， 凭幻想（或用魔法）做出；

[例句] When he closed his eyes, he could conjure up in exact colour almost every event of his life...

[例句] When we think of adventurers, many of us conjure up images of larger-than-life characters trekking to the North Pole.

（以…）结束，最终成为[变得]，最后处于；

[例句] The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal...

[例句] She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend's cellar.

n. 上油漆( painting的名词复数 )，作画，（一幅）水彩画，涂漆；

[例句] ...a large oil-painting of Queen Victoria.

[例句] ...two hobbies she really enjoyed, painting and gardening.

v. 颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )，暴跌，骤降，突降；

[例句] At least 50 people died when a bus plunged into a river...

[例句] He ran down the steps to the pool terrace and plunged in.

n. 出版者，出版商，出版社( publisher的名词复数 )；

[例句] The publishers planned to produce the journal on a weekly basis.

n. 娱乐( pleasure的名词复数 )，愉快，愿望，快乐的事物；

[例句] Watching sport gave him great pleasure...

[例句] Everybody takes pleasure in eating...

v. 保护( protect的现在分词 )，防护，投保，关税保护；

[例句] So, what can women do to protect themselves from heart disease?...

[例句] A long thin wool coat and a purple headscarf protected her against the wind...

n. 生产( production的名词复数 )，产量，产品，出示；

[例句] That model won't go into production before late 1990.

[例句] ...tax incentives to encourage domestic production of oil.

adj. 促销的，增进的；

[例句] You can use the logo in all your promotional material.

adj. （人或罪行）该处罚的，可惩罚的；

[例句] Treason in this country is still punishable by death...

[例句] They called on the authorities to make slavery a punishable offence.

n. 柱廊，（有圆柱的）门廊；