n. 姿势( posture的名词复数 )，看法，态度，立场；v. 做出某种姿势( posture的第三人称单数 )；

[例句] You can make your stomach look flatter instantly by improving your posture...

[例句] Exercise, fresh air, and good posture are all helpful...

v. 刺，戳( prod的现在分词 )，刺激，促使，（用手指或尖物）戳；

[例句] He prodded Murray with the shotgun...

[例句] Prod the windowsills to check for signs of rot...

adj. （牛奶等）巴氏消毒的；v. 用巴氏灭菌法对（牛奶等）消毒（灭菌）( pasteurize的过去式和过去分词 )；

adj. 规定的， 指定的，约定俗成的， 惯例的；

[例句] ...prescriptive attitudes to language on the part of teachers...

[例句] The psychologists insist, however, that they are not being prescriptive.

vi. 讨价还价， 含糊其辞，敷衍了事， 儿戏般对待；

n. 体育，体育运动；

n. 长尾小鹦鹉；

n. 家常便饭，运气；

adj. 教师的，教育学的，教授法的；

n. 沉淀剂，沉淀物；

adj. 适于抓住的；

[计] 私有化；

[例句] The water boards are about to be privatized.

[例句] ...a pledge to privatise the rail and coal industries.

n. 小学，初等学校，参见：elementary school；

[例句] ...eight-to-nine-year-olds in their third year at primary school...

[例句] Greenside Primary School.

忍受，容忍，容受，忍得住，将就；

[例句] They had put up with behaviour from their son which they would not have tolerated from anyone else.

n. 珍珠( pearl的名词复数 )，珍品，人造珍珠，珠状物；

[例句] She wore a string of pearls at her throat...

[例句] I put on the pearl earrings Daddy had bought me.

倒齿，掣爪；

v. 执行( perform的第三人称单数 )，履行，表演，扮演；

[例句] We're looking for people of all ages who have performed outstanding acts of bravery, kindness or courage...

[例句] His council had had to perform miracles on a tiny budget...

v. 祈祷，祷告( pray的过去式和过去分词 )，请求，恳求；

[例句] He spent his time in prison praying and studying...

[例句] Now all we have to do is help ourselves and to pray to God.

n. 池塘( pond的名词复数 )；

[例句] She chose a bench beside the duck pond and sat down.

[例句] ...a garden pond.

v. 有( possess的现在分词 )，具有，占据，感觉；

[例句] He was then arrested and charged with possessing an offensive weapon...

[例句] He is said to possess a fortune of more than two-and-a-half-thousand million dollars.