n. 前例，先例；adj. 在前的，在先的；
[例句] The trial could set an important precedent for dealing with large numbers of similar cases...
[例句] There are plenty of precedents in Hollywood for letting people out of contracts.
n. 枢轴，中心点，中枢，[物]支点，支枢，[体]回转运动；vi. 在枢轴上转动，随…转移；vt. 把…放在枢轴上，以…为核心，使绕枢轴旋转，由…而定；adj. 枢轴的，关键的；
[例句] Forming the pivot of the exhibition is a large group of watercolours.
[例句] The boat pivoted on its central axis and pointed straight at the harbour entrance...
n. 序曲，前奏曲，开场戏，序幕，前兆，预兆；v. 为…作序，开头，成为…的序曲，演奏序曲，唱开场戏；
[例句] Most unions see privatisation as an inevitable prelude to job losses...
[例句] The conference, which closed yesterday, was a prelude to a Communist Party Central Committee meeting.
n. 批发，趸售，大规模买卖；adj. 批发的，整批卖的，大规模的；adv. 大量地，大批地，广泛地，大规模地；vt. 批发；vi. 经营批发业，批发售出；
[例句] Warehouse clubs allow members to buy goods at wholesale prices...
[例句] I am in the wholesale trade.
vt. [生]分泌，隐匿，隐藏，私下侵吞；
[例句] The sweat glands secrete water.
[例句] She secreted the gun in the kitchen cabinet.
adj. 省的，州的，领地的，地方的，乡下的，粗野的，鄙俗的；n. 首都以外的人，地区居民，外地人，粗野的人，（管辖教区的）大主教；
[例句] Jeremy Styles, 34, was the house manager for a provincial theatre for ten years.
[例句] ...in Rasht, the provincial capital of Gilan province.
v. 注意（ notice的过去式和过去分词 ），觉察；
[例句] People should not hesitate to contact the police if they've noticed anyone acting suspiciously...
[例句] I noticed that most academics were writing papers during the summer...
n. 模型( model的名词复数 )，模特儿，模式，典型；
[例句] ...an architect's model of a wooden house.
[例句] ...a working scale model of the whole Bay Area...
v. 带来( bring的现在分词 )，促使，提供，使朝（某方向或按某方式）移动；
[例句] Remember to bring an apron or an old shirt to protect your clothes...
[例句] Come to my party and bring a girl with you...
n. 财富，富人( rich的名词复数 )，深的，富裕的，强烈的；
[例句] You're going to be a very rich man...
[例句] Their one aim in life is to get rich...
n. 鼻子( nose的名词复数 )，（飞机、太空船等的）头部，有…鼻子的，似鼻子的东西；
[例句] She wiped her nose with a tissue...
[例句] She's got funny eyes and a big nose.
v. 扫( sweep的第三人称单数 )，扫视，蜿蜒，步态轻盈地走；
[例句] The owner of the store was sweeping his floor when I walked in...
[例句] She was in the kitchen sweeping crumbs into a dust pan...
vt. 撤销，取消，废除；vi. 有牌不跟；
[例句] The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews.
n. 有瘾的人，入迷的人，（吸毒）成瘾者；vt. 使沉溺，使上瘾，使自己沾染（某些恶习）；
[例句] He's only 24 years old and a drug addict.
[例句] She is a TV addict and watches as much as she can.
vt. 爱慕，崇拜，非常喜欢，敬佩；vi. 崇拜，爱慕；
[例句] She adored her parents and would do anything to please them.
[例句] My mother adores bananas and eats two a day...
vt. 附加，粘贴，加以，盖（印章）；
[例句] Complete the form and affix four tokens to its back...
[例句] I covered the scroll in sealing wax, and affixed a red ribbon.
n. 议事日程，待议诸事项一览表，日常工作事项，议程（ agendum的名词复数）；
[例句] Does television set the agenda on foreign policy?...
[例句] Many of the coalition members could have their own political agendas...
adv. 以前，过去的，之前；
[例句] He was killed a few days ago in a skiing accident...
[例句] The meeting is the first since the war began 14 years ago...
n. 器具，器械，装置，家用电器；
[例句] He could also learn to use the vacuum cleaner, the washing machine and other household appliances.
[例句] ...Maytag, one of America's biggest domestic appliance manufacturers.
vt. 任命，委派，约定，指定，装设，布置；
[例句] It made sense to appoint a banker to this job...
[例句] The commission appointed a special investigator to conduct its own inquiry...