personification[pəˌsɒnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]

　　n.人格化; 拟人化

　　1. a person who represents an abstractquality;

　　2. representing an abstract quality or ideaas a person or creature

　　3. the act of attributing humancharacteristics to abstract ideas etc.

　　convenient [kənˈvi:niənt]

　　adj.方便的; [废语]适当的; [口语]近便的;实用的

　　1. suited to your comfort or purpose orneeds;

　　2. easy to reach;

　　3. large and roomy (`convenient' is archaicin this sense);

　　Population [ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn]

　　n.人口; 全体居民; 特定[生物]种群; [物]布居

　　1. the people who inhabit a territory orstate;

　　2. a group of organisms of the same speciespopulating a given area;

　　3. (statistics) the entire aggregation ofitems from which samples can be drawn;

　　4. the number of inhabitants (either thetotal number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place(country or city etc.);

　　5. the act of populating (causing to livein a place)

　　verve [vɜ:v]

　　n.热情; (艺术品等的)气韵，神韵; 生气，活力; 气魄

　　an energetic style

　　evocation [ˌi:vəʊ'keɪʃn]

　　n.唤出，唤起，招魂

　　1. imaginative re-creation

　　2. calling up supposed supernatural forcesby spells and incantations

　　3. stimulation that calls up (draws forth)a particular class of behaviors

　　partisan [ˌpɑ:tiˈzæn]

　　adj.党派性的; 偏袒的; 游击队的

　　n.党羽，强硬支持者; 游击队员; 戟的一种

　　Noun

　　1. a fervent and even militant proponent ofsomething

　　2. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter ofsome person or activity

　　3. a pike with a long tapering double-edgedblade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries

　　Adjective

　　1. devoted to a cause or party

　　2. adhering or confined to a particularsect or denomination or party;

　　sequester [sɪ'kwestə(r)]

　　vt.使隔绝，使隔离; <律>扣押

　　1. requisition forcibly, as of enemyproperty;

　　2. take temporary possession of as asecurity, by legal authority;

　　3. undergo sequestration by forming astable compound with an ion;

　　4. keep away from others;

　　5. set apart from others;

　　negligible [ˈneglɪdʒəbl]

　　adj.可以忽略的; 微不足道的; 无足轻重的;不足轻重

　　1. so small as to be meaningless;insignificant;

　　2. not worth considering;