proposition
n. 主张；建议; 提案；命题
1.The young man gave a clear proposition at the meeting.
会上, 那位年轻人提出了一个明确的主张。
2.The business proposition was rejected as impractical.
这个生意上的提议因不适用而未被采纳。
3.The two teams prepared to debate the given proposition.
两个队准备就所给定的命题展开辩论。
4.I was propositioned by the editor about becoming film critic of the paper.
编辑提议我担当该报的电影评论员。
protest
n. 抗议; 反对
vt. & vi. 声明; 抗议
搭配：protest against 反对，对...表示不满
under protest 被迫地，抗议地
without protest 心甘情愿地
1.I can't pass the matter by without a protest.
我不能对此事视而不见, 我要提出抗议。
2.They were formally protesting.
他们正式提出抗议。
3.The accused man protested his innocence.
被告申明自己是无辜的。
pump
n. 泵, 打气筒
vt. & vi. 用抽水机汲水; 给…打气
1.At the farm there was an old-fashioned pump for drawing water from a well.
那个农场有一台老式的用来从井里抽水的抽水机。
2.He was pump-ing away.
他正用抽水机抽水。
3.Pump the tire up hard before going out on the road.
在出去上路之前, 要把轮胎打足气。
quantitative
adj. 数量(上)的
联想：quantity 数量
quantify 确定...的数量，量化
quantitative 数量的
quality 质量
qualify 使...符合质量要求
qualitative 性质的，定性的
1.He said it was only a quantitative difference.
他说这仅仅是数量上的差别。
2.There has been a quantitative jump in industrial production.
工业生产有一个量的飞跃。
