再要你命1651-1800 Flashcards
outwit
瞞騙,以智取勝:surpass cunning
overbearing
專橫傲慢的:arrogant;壓倒一切的,(在力量或重要性上)勢不可擋的;支配的,顯著的:overwhelming in power
overlap
(與…)部分重疊:same area
overt
明顯的,公開的:open
overture
前言:introductory, preclude;序曲:introduction opera
oxymoron
矛盾修飾法:combination contradictory
pacify
使平靜,安慰:ease the anger
padding
誇張,廢話:go beyond the facts
paean
歡樂頌:joyous song praise
painstaking
煞費苦心的:diligent care
palatable
感到愉悅滿足的:pleasure or contentment
palatial
宮殿般奢華的:ornateness
pall
失去興趣:interest attraction
palliate
平息,減輕:less severe intense
pallid
無生氣的,缺乏活力的:lacking radiance vitality;蒼白無血色的:pale
palmy
繁榮的:prosperity
palpable
摸得到的:capable touched;明顯的,易覺察的:obvious
palter
欺騙,討價還價:insincerely deceitfully
paltry
無價值的,微不足道的:importance;讓人厭惡的,讓人鄙視的:loathing and disgust
pan
嚴厲批評:harsh criticism
panache
炫耀:flamboyance
pandemic
大範圍流行的:widespread
pandemonium
喧囂,騷動:noise
panegyric
讚頌之詞,頌文:eulogistic
panoramic
全景的:complete view
parable
寓言:teach a basic truth
paradigm
典範,模範:pattern
paradise
天堂,極樂世界:perfection and happiness;快樂,狂喜:pleasurable emotion
paradox
表面矛盾實際可能正確的話,悖論:opposed to commonsense
paragon
優秀模範:example;把…比作,顯示相似:compare
paramount
最重要的:chief importance
paranoid
多疑的,對他人極端恐懼和懷疑的:extreme fear of distrust
paraphrase
轉述,意譯,改寫;in different words
parch
熾,烤,烤幹:dry
parenthesis
間斷:interruption
pariah
被排斥或鄙視的人:despised or rejected
parity
相稱,同等,平等:being equal
parody
(以嘲笑原作作者的)模仿作品:imitated for ridicule;模仿(以嘲弄):copy to make fun
paroxysm
(感情、動作的)突發:outburst;(政治、社會領域呃)大動盪:disturbance
parrot
(機械地)模仿,複製:imitate without understanding
parry
躲避(問題):evade
parsimonious
過度節儉的,吝嗇的:stinginess
partial
偏袒的,偏愛的:biased;部分的,不完整的:lacking
particularize
詳述:give details
partisan
跟隨者,信徒:follows;(狂熱。堅定的)擁護者,支持者:excessively devoted;偏袒的:one side
pastiche
(帶嘲諷的)模仿:imitates with satirical intent;大雜燴:hodgepodge
partition
分割,劃分:dividing
patent
顯而易見的,明顯的:readily visible
pathological
不正常的,病態的:markedly abnormal
patina
外表:superficial;(由內而外散發的)氛圍,氣場:appearance or aura
patrician
貴族,名門望族:high birth;貴族的,地位高的:high birth
patriot
愛國者:loves country
patronize
贊助:provide aid;以高人一等的態度對待:treat haughtily
paucity
少量,缺乏:dearth
paunchy
大腹便便的,大肚子的:potbelly
peck
大量:considerable amount;(不情願地)小口咬:in small bites
pedagogue
教育者,老師:give formal instruction
pedant
書呆子,墨守成規之人:formal rules
predestine
預先註定:in advance
pedestrian
行人:traveling on foot;平庸無奇的,令人厭倦的:causing weariness