Exercise 21
COLUMN 1
pioneer
pique
platitude
potent
pliable
pitch
plight
pollute
ponderous
pivot
COLUMN 2
A.effective
B.stimulate
C.predicament
D.center
E.predecessor
F.cumbersome
G.banality
H.make dirty
I.cast
J.tractable
答案：EBGA JICH FD
详解：
1.pioneer
n. 先锋；拓荒者
What if I am a pioneer, or even a genius? 跟读
要是我是个开拓者，甚至是个天才怎么办？
predecessor
n. 前任，前辈
But this new era must not repeat or prolong the mistakes of its predecessor.
但是这个新纪元必须不能重复或延长其前任的错误。
2.pique
vt. 刺激；伤害…自尊心；激怒
Take a long, hard look at all of the services available and your time constraints and choose the ones that pique your interest the most.
长时间仔细的的看一下所有可以得到的服务和你的时间限制，然后选择那些最能引起你兴趣的。
stimulate
vt. 刺激；鼓舞，激励
Success will stimulate the people for fresh efforts.
成功能鼓舞人们去作新的努力。
3.platitude
n. 陈词滥调；平凡；陈腐
That's no platitude; the boundary between the two is surprisingly clear.
这并非陈词滥调；这两者之间的界限极其清晰。
banality
n. 平凡；陈腐；陈词滥调
It is a mass-producer of banality.
这是陈腐平庸的大规模制造者。
4.potent
adj. 有效的；强有力的，有权势的；有说服力的
For me, it represents a potent adjunct to antidepressant medications and, for some patients, it’s something you can take in lieu of pills.
对于我，它是一个抗抑郁剂曾用药物的强有力的助手，对一些病人来说，它是能够代替药丸的东西。
effective
adj. 有效的，起作用的；实际的，实在的；给人深刻印象
We have to resign ourselves to fate since we cannot think out an effective remedy.
既然我们想不出一个有效的挽救办法，我们只好听天由命了。
5.pliable
adj. 柔韧的；柔软的；圆滑的；易曲折的
However, he never loses the line registration; and the book remains quite pliable.
不过，他从未丢失掉每行的注册信息；电话簿依旧十分柔软。
tractable
adj. 易于管教的；易驾驭的；易处理的；驯良的
If you separate the operations that can throw an exception from those that can't, the problem becomes more tractable.
如果将可能抛出异常的操作与不会抛出异常的操作分开，那么问题就更容易处理了。
6.pitch
vt. 投；掷；定位于；用沥青涂；扎营；向前倾跌
He bunted at the first pitch.
他触击第一个投球。
cast
vt. 投，抛；计算；浇铸；投射（光、影、视线等）
Cast your care aside.
抛开你的忧虑吧。
7.plight
n. 困境；境况；誓约
But faced with the plight of those families in Nampula, how can we throw it away?
但是面对楠普拉这些家庭的困境，我们怎么能将它抛到一边？
predicament
n. 窘况，困境；状态
I am in the identical predicament with yourself.
我和你处于同样的窘境之中。
8.pollute
vt. 污染；玷污；败坏
We love the sea, yet we pollute it.
我们热爱大海，然而我们却污染了它。
make dirty
弄脏
Some people make dirty words their phrases.
有些人说脏话他们的短语。
9.ponderous
adj. 笨重的；沉闷的；呆板的
Mao Zedong tried to change Beijing into an industrial and governmental center, putting up factories and ponderous administrative buildings.
毛泽东想把北京变为工业和政治中心，于是建起了工厂和呆板的政府大楼。
cumbersome
adj. 笨重的；累赘的；难处理的
The cumbersome process and cacophany of messages is all about honoring the First Amendment to them.
这繁琐的流程和冗长的信息都是关于纪念他们的第一修正案。
10.pivot
adj. 枢轴的；关键
So today is not only a pivot, but a confluence of pivots.
所以今天不仅是一个支点，还是一个支点的汇合。
center
adj. 中央的，位在正中的
The builder designed a new shopping center for the company.
那名设计者为该公司设计了一个新的购物中心。